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Lisa Davis took an unconventional path to becoming a sheet metal worker.

Harleys Co. opened in its new 3rd Ward location in Milwaukee on Monday, replacing its longtime home in Shorewood.

The new location is in the first floor of the historic Marshall Building at North Water and East Buffalo streets, where store manager Jeff Brand expects to attract more business from the 3rd Ward’s busy sidewalks and out-of-town visitors to Milwaukee.

“We feel this is the new retail hot spot and we wanted to be part of it,” he said.

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Gov. Charlie Baker is pursuing the sale of Hynes Convention Center in Back Bay, he announced Monday, with the proceeds to be used to fund the long-debated expansion of the Seaport District’s Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC).

The proposal would open up a large property on Boylston Street for redevelopment, a prospect likely to generate heavy interest among developers amid a building boom in that neighborhood and across Boston.

The announcement also resurrects the BCEC expansion,…

WS Development plans to bring its deep retail relationships to bring new offerings to Wichita.

Nike has opened a 1.5-million-square-foot distribution center in Ham, Belgium, that underscores the company's commitments to direct sales and a decreased carbon footprint.

The distribution center will serve customers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Nike's core business plan, which it calls the Consumer Direct Offense, emphasizes getting products to consumers quicker. The new distribution center can ship a single order as efficiently as an order of 10,000, according to a Nike news release.…

WT Partnership, one of the companies working on the team to redevelop Hawaii’s Aloha Stadium under a public-private partnership is holding a “P3 industry day” next month for developers and other vendors interested in working on the project to turn the 98-acre campus into a sports and entertainment complex.

The New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District project would add hotel, retail, office and residential uses, as well as a scaled-down stadium.

WT Partnership is an international cost-management…

The Queen Liliuokalani Trust has sold the land beneath the Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach for $195 million to Safehold Inc., a real estate investment trust affiliated with iStar Financial.

It’s the first Hawaii investment for Safehold (NYSE: SAFE), a REIT that specializes in ground leases and whose largest shareholder, as well as founder and manager, is iStar Financial (NYSE: STAR).

The acquisition includes the 2.5-acre parcel at 2490 Kalakaua Ave., but does not include the leasehold hotel, whose…

Viewers of “Million Dollar Listing New York” are familiar with Douglas Elliman, the residential real estate brokerage of one of the stars of the TV show. The firm is now launching in Austin and looking to forge alliances with developers of new single-family and condo homes.

An Arlington apartment complex featuring 616 units has changed hands.

Sutter Creek Apartments, which is located at 2216 Plum Lane, was sold for $53.5 million, Del Rey Urban announced in a news release on Monday.

The three-story community was built in 1984 and offers one-bedroom and two-bedroom near some of North Texas' key thoroughfares.

Commercial and residential real estate brokerage Del Ray Urban, which is based in Santa Monica, California, and Houston, was the seller.

“DRU was proud to offer…

Some housing advocates believe that impact fees local governments put on residential development projects are a barrier to homeowners desiring to add backyard apartments.