WiRED Properties and Shaffer Development plan to build a $16 million, five-building, mixed-use development northwest of Mequon and Cedarburg roads in the Mequon Town Center district. The developers plan to demolish two single-family homes, a gas station and an American Legion Post building on the site. Then they plan to build five new buildings: two four-story mixed use buildings with ground floor retail space and apartments on the upper floors, one a 39,000-square-foot building with 3,300 square feet of retail space and the other a 36,000-square-foot building with 8,800 square feet of retail space; a two-story 12,800-square-foot restaurant building; a single-story, 8,400-square-foot build-to-suit commercial building; and a new 3,250-square-foot American Legion Post building. The developers are negotiating with Milwaukee-based Lowlands Group and Atlerra Coffee Roasters to anchor the project.

The recent announcement that Zilber Property Group plans to develop a 95,000-square-foot office building for Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB Ltd. is a major boost for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Real Estate Foundation's Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa.

In the past couple of years, we've heard many company leaders lament that what business hates more than anything else is uncertainty.

Economist Mike Knetter, Ph.D., foresees another year of steady, but slow, growth in 2013.

Diminished expectations mark survey results from the latest Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) Business Outlook Survey.

Consumers are more connected than ever, with Wi-Fi, 4G, aircards and other technology allowing people to connect to the Internet almost anywhere.

Manufacturing companies have a lot of cash on their balance sheets, but they will continue to spend it conservatively in 2013, according to Peter Gottsacker, president of St. Francis-based Wixon Inc.

Horizontal directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) will continue to result in larger domestic energy supplies in the U.S. and lower prices for consumers this year, according to energy industry experts, including Lawrence T. Borgard, the president and chief operating officer of Integrys Energy Group.

With the certainty ongoing rollout of Obamacare in the coming year, Gerald Frye, president of The Benefit Services Group in Pewaukee, advises employers to focus their immediate attention on exchange notifications they must give employees and internal assessments of their health care plans in the face of reform.

Digital marketing and social media have changed very quickly in a short period of time. In 2013, three trends will play key roles in determining online success.