Andrew Weiland

Andrew is the editor of BizTimes Milwaukee. He joined BizTimes in 2003, serving as managing editor and real estate reporter for 11 years before being promoted to editor in 2015. An award-winning journalist, Weiland is a five-time winner in the Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards contest and a five-time winner in the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP) Awards contest. BizTimes Milwaukee has won 45 AABP awards for design and journalism during his time as editor. He is also a regular guest on WISN-TV Channel 12's 4 p.m. newscast to discuss the week's most significant business news stories.

Kohl’s HQ project is another missed opportunity for downtown

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Corp. is considering plans to build a new 1 million-square-foot corporate headquarters in the...

Shorewood Project

Milwaukee-based Mandel Group Inc. plans to build a 6-story, mixed-use development with 84 apartments and a Walgreens store...

Private sector adds 10,100 jobs in Walker’s first month

During January, Gov. Scott Walker's first month in office, the private sector added 10,100 jobs in Wisconsin, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to a new report from the state Department of Workforce Development.


The state lost 3,900 government jobs during the month, so the total job gain for the state was 6,200 jobs in January, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Pabst project perks up

From the outside, 2010 appeared to be a quiet year at the former Pabst brewery complex in downtown Milwaukee. No major construction occurred, and no significant new tenants moved in.

Walker’s Point

Mercy Housing Lakefront plans to build a 55-unit affordable senior apartment development in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood. The five-story building would be built on a vacant lot at the northeast corner of South 1st Street and East Pittsburgh Avenue.

Wisconsin exports up 18% in 2010

As the economic recovery took hold in 2010, especially for manufacturers, Wisconsin's exports soared.


The state Department of Commerce reported that the state's exports increased 18.28 percent to $19.78 in 2010.

Mandel Group asked to clean up another mess

Prior to the Great Recession, the downtown Milwaukee condo market was booming. New condo towers shot up along the lakefront and several old warehouses were transformed to residential use.

The Enclave

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently approved a guarantee for a $20 million loan...
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Wisconsin sales tax ranks low

Wisconsin has a reputation for being a high-tax state. Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans in the state Legislation have recently pushed through legislation to provide tax relief for businesses.

Walker’s target – 2.98 million jobs

The state Department of Workforce Development recently reported that Wisconsin had 2,731,000 nonfarm jobs in December, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Several potential Kenosha Highway 50 corridor retail sites in play


In recent years, urban sprawl from the Chicago area has crept north of the state line into Kenosha County. After sluggish growth in the '70s and '80s Kenosha County's population increased by 29 percent from 128,181 in 1990 to an estimated 165,382 in 2009. At the same time, Wispark LLC attracted dozens of firms to its LakeView Corporate Park in Pleasant Prairie, and retail development flourished along Highway 50, which has become a major retail corridor in Kenosha County.

Commercial Realtors form boutique brokerage

In early 2010, when the commercial real estate market was still deep in the post Great Recession doldrums, two Milwaukee area commercial Realtors left their jobs at two of the largest commercial real estate firms in the region to start their own boutique commercial real estate brokerage in the Village of Lannon in northern Waukesha County.

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