A subsidiary of Astec Industries leased more than 8,300 square feet at Donges Bay Office Center in Mequon; engineering teams are expected to move in later in 2026.

Milwaukee’s city attorney filed to declare Highgrove Holdings a public nuisance, saying about 260 properties were neglected, tax‑delinquent and unsafe. The suit names owner David Tomblin and seeks court orders to force remedies.

Phoenix Investors modernized the former Rexnord campus in West Milwaukee into roughly 753,076 sq ft across 56 acres, blending preserved historic fabric with modern systems. The site is now being marketed to industrial tenants while surplus land is eyed for mixed use.

Concordia University Wisconsin plans a new wing for its School of Nursing at the Mequon campus, folding simulation labs and an inter‑professional clinic into a larger academic building.

Milwaukee County has listed the Medical Examiner’s downtown building at 933 W. Highland Ave for redevelopment, seeking housing-focused proposals with an initial May 26 deadline.

Lifeway, INNIO and Aries Industries are moving forward with expansion projects in Waukesha that will boost production capacity and add skilled jobs.

Developers say work could begin this summer on Midtown Commons, a 100-unit affordable apartment project next to the shuttered Walmart on Milwaukee's northwest side.

A Saputo‑occupied cold-storage warehouse in Caledonia traded for $71M, underscoring demand for temperature‑controlled logistics in southeastern Wisconsin.

Acts Housing hit a $26.4M fundraising goal to expand its acquisition and lending programs and sell rehabbed homes to Milwaukee buyers. The push aims to keep homes local, not investor‑owned.

A La Crosse real estate company bought Sage on Prospect, a 34‑unit LEED‑Platinum building on Milwaukee’s East Side. The sale adds another multifamily asset to regional investors' portfolios.

A tower crane is up at MSOE as the $76.5M Robert D. Kern Engineering Innovation Center begins to rise at Milwaukee and State. The four-story building adds labs, robotics workshops and a new applied‑AI center.

A Bureau of Indian Affairs draft assessment moved the Menominee‑Hard Rock casino in Kenosha one step closer to federal approval, but critics say traffic, jobs and transparency remain unresolved.

Catalano Square in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward will be reworked in a roughly $1.5M plan that replaces the inoperable fountain with a paved events plaza. The redesign aims to make staging markets, the beer garden and holiday programs easier.