Real Estate

Imagine you have been appointed king of Milwaukee for a day. You hold all the chips, you press all the buttons and you pull all the levers. And you are a commercial real estate developer. What is the one dream project you would do?

A new restaurant serving Mexican food will soon be located in Bay View in the former Bella’s Fat Cat location at 2737 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

The Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin (CARW) recently announced the winners of its annual Deal of the Year Awards.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced Tuesday that “Freshwater Way” is the winner in a contest to rename Milwaukee’s Pittsburgh Avenue.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Firehouse Subs will open a location in Ashwaubenon and plans to open 42 stores in Wisconsin and northern Illinois, including up to 25 in the Milwaukee area, according to a report this week in the Green Bay Press Gazette.

Miron Construction Co. hired Amy Firkus as a project coordinator in the company’s Milwaukee area office, located in Wauwatosa.

The vacancy rate for the Milwaukee area retail real estate market increased a bit in the third quarter to 6.3 percent, up from 6.2 percent in the second quarter, according to a report from CoStar Group Inc.

The Milwaukee area office market gained strength in the third quarter with positive net absorption of 250,472 square feet of office space, which pushed the office space vacancy rate for the market down to 10.8 percent, according to a report by CoStar Group Inc.

Chicago-based HSA Commercial announced it has purchased a 24,178-square-foot outpatient clinic building, occupied by Aurora Health Care, northeast of Janesville and Moorland roads in Muskego.

Cybros The Sprouted Bakehouse has dropped its plans to move to a new facility in the Menomonee Valley.