Jimmy John Liautaud is moving part of the sandwich chain that bears his name to Florida next year, making good on a threat issued in 2011 after Illinois hiked its corporate tax rate.

Waukegan-based Vista Health System is reviving its plan for a new, $131 million hospital in nearby Lindenhurst, setting the stage for another bruising battle over a major health care construction project.

Janesville-based J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc. has been awarded a $36.4 million contract to build the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences in Milwaukee.

At breakfast with my 13-year-old daughter Chloe and her friend, a baffling question was posed. Chloe's friend asked, "Can I get the vegetarian omelet...but with ham?"

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s plans for a new office building to replace the 16-story, 451,964-square-foot East Building on its downtown campus appear to be focused downtown, rather than at its Franklin campus.

Milwaukee-based Mandel Group Inc. announced recently that it has successfully completed the sellout of two downtown condominium developments, The Point on the River and Rivercrest.

Jackson Street Management LLC, the group of hotel development investors that are building the 204-room Marriott Hotel under construction downtown and developed the 160-room Aloft hotel in the Park East corridor downtown, are planning to build another hotel.

Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. today announced that it plans to open a 36,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack store in the proposed Mayfair Collection development in Wauwatosa.

Willis North America, a unit of London-based Willis Group Holdings, a global insurance broker, announced today that it plans to move its Milwaukee area office from 2323 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, to a 26,000-square-foot office space at 400 N. Executive Dr. in Brookfield. The new office will open on Oct. 29.

The Shops of Grand Avenue in downtown Milwaukee recently added three new tenants to the western half of the mall.
Sports World will occupy 1,730 square feet, Cream City Soap Company will occupy 1,675 square feet and Boss Chick Clothing will occupy 1,496 square feet. All three will open in mid-October.

State Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, on Tuesday issued a request for an audit of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority’s (WHEDA) allocation of $43.5 million Midwest Disaster Area bonds for Jackson Street Management LLC’s $54 million, 204-room Marriott hotel development, which is currently under construction southwest of Wisconsin Avenue and Milwaukee Street in downtown Milwaukee.

The Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center recently began work to repair damage to the Old Main building in the National Soldiers Home Historic District.