Andrew Weiland

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…”
– Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Speedwagon Properties, a Chicago-based real estate investment firm, paid nearly $43.7 million to purchase the adjacent Southport Plaza and Indian Trail Plaza shopping centers in Kenosha, according to state records.

Milwaukee-based ER Wagner Manufacturing Co. Inc. purchased a 31.7-acre site in Menomonee Falls for $1.5 million, according to state records.

The Green Bay Packers today unveiled plans for the Titletown District, a 34-acre development that the team plans to build along Lombardi Avenue west of Lambeau Field.

LTC Properties Inc., a Westlake Village, Calif.-based real estate investment trust, announced that it has purchased a portfolio of 10 senior living properties, nine of which are in Wisconsin, from Toledo, Ohio-based Health Care REIT Inc. for $142 million.

Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A Inc. recently purchased a 1.6-acre site in the Drexel Town Square development in Oak Creek from an affiliate of Wispark LLC for $990,000, according to state records.

Pewaukee-based Steinhafels Inc. will host a job fair on Monday, Aug. 24, to fill 50 job openings.

Country music star Garth Brooks will play two concerts at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in downtown Milwaukee.

West Bend-based Delta Defense LLC, which provides insurance and training materials for firearms owners, announced plans to build a new 65,000-square-foot headquarters facility.

Now that the legal battle over the Downtown Transit Center site is over, construction work for The Couture could begin in 2016, said developer Rick Barrett, the owner of Barrett Lo Visionary Development.

Milwaukee Bucks point guard Michael Carter-Williams recently purchased a 9,900-square-foot home in River Hills for $1.65 million, according to state records.

Parks advocacy group Preserve Our Parks announced today that it will not appeal a circuit court judge's ruling that allows private development at the site of the Downtown Transit Center near the lakefront in downtown Milwaukee.