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Old Posted May 18, 2021, 3:07 PM
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Cool MILWAUKEE | 333 N Water St. | 342 FT | 31 FLOORS

so, news leaked of a new proposal for a large residential tower in Milwaukee's 3rd ward.

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A 295-unit mixed-use residential high-rise is in the works for one of the Historic Third Ward's best-known sites
Tom Daykin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A high-rise residential development could be coming to a riverfront site next to the Historic Third Ward's northern entrance.
A 295-unit mixed-use residential high-rise is in the works for one of the Historic Third Ward's most high-profile sites.

The tower is planned for what is now a parking lot between North Water Street and the Milwaukee River, south of East St. Paul Avenue.

That's according to the newly posted agenda for Wednesday's meeting of the Historic Third Ward Architectural Review Board. The board is to do a preliminary review of the proposal.

The agenda indicates Hines Acquisitions LLC, a privately owned global real estate investment, development and management firm, is the developer.

Hines said Monday the project architect will be Solomon Cordwell Buenz, which designed 7Seventy7.
full article link: https://www.jsonline.com/story/money...es/5130262001/


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developer: Hines
architect: SCB
height: 365' / 32 floors
unit count: 295
parking spaces: 400
site: a surface parking lot along the river just south of E. St. Paul Ave.


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Nice project for "Little Chicago"!
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Nice to see my smaller neighbor get some new skyscrapers, a symbol of their recovery.

The design if that is the final design is pretty good.
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Nice. I like the facade.
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height confirmed at 365' / 32 floors.

new renderings:











source: https://twitter.com/TomDaykin/status...67857424244742
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^Holy crap, that's awesome!
I really like the design, especially the facade articulation - very sharp.
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Hopefully this will take less time to move to construction than the couture did
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Old Posted May 19, 2021, 10:23 PM
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Hopefully this will take less time to move to construction than the couture did
Well, this is Hines, so provided that the project gets approved (and barring economic collapse), I'd say it's a safe bet that this one takes less than a decade to get started.
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Nice one for Milwaukee
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Too bad there's a podium tumor.

The street car is a joke, MKE needs LRT ASAP to remain relevant. I say this as a child of that town.
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if this tower is built to its proposed height of 365', it will become the 10th tallest building in milwaukee (assuming the couture is also built, now that its construction loan has closed), knocking milwaukee's venerable old city hall tower out of the top 10.

as recently as 2004, milwaukee's city hall was the 5th tallest building in the city, so the milwaukee skyline has been making some pretty big moves for a mostly stagnant medium-sized rust-belter.
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Looks very pretty!

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as recently as 2004, milwaukee's city hall was the 5th tallest building in the city, so the milwaukee skyline has been making some pretty big moves for a mostly stagnant medium-sized rust-belter.
That sounds exciting. I have never been to Milwaukee but did book a trip to go last May, which of course got canceled due to the pandemic. Should try again in a couple years, when the 537' Couture is completed. Many additional projects have been approved or proposed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...,_and_proposed
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most of those proposals are pretty stale at this point.

but i did forget about The Caroline. it was first proposed 2 years ago, but i'm sure covid monkey-wrenched their timeline a bit. i believe it's still being pursued, but it's been a while since i've seen any news articles about the project. at 390' tall, that's another potential biggie that would shake up the top 10 if it goes forward.




anyway, here's a potential top 20 for milwaukee in the not too distant future:

1. U.S. Bank Center - 601' - 1973
2. Northwestern Mutual Tower - 554' - 2017
3. Couture - 537' - SITE PREP
4. 100 East Wisconsin - 495' - 1989
5. University Club Tower - 446' - 2007

6. Milwaukee Center - 426' - 1988
7. 411 East Wisconsin - 408' - 1985
8. The Caroline - 390' - PROPOSED
9. 7Seventy7 - 387' - 2018
10. Kilbourn Tower - 380' - 2005

11. 333 N Water -365' - PROPOSED
12. Milwaukee City Hall - 353' - 1895
13. Northwestern Mutual Tower - 349' - 1990
14. The Moderne - 348' - 2013
15. BMO Harris Financial Center - 335' - 2020

16. AT&T Center - 313' - 1924
17. Chase Tower - 288' - 1961
18. Ascent - 284' - U/C
19. BMO Harris Bank Building - 277' - 1969
20. Hilton Milwaukee - 274' - 1927

source: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/qui...=163&city=1634


10 of those are 21st century towers, not too shabby for little old milwaukee.

the only other major midwest city that i can think of that has 10 or more of its 20 tallest buildings built in the 21st century would be alpha-dog chicago (11 out of 20).
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Yep. I mean, that's better than some Texas cities. I feel like the midwest does pretty good. Besides Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee aren't doing too bad. Even Detroit is pulling a 600 footer out of their hat.
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Why does Milwaukee seem to be getting so many skyscrapers? It seems like a weird outlier among Midwestern cities in its weight class.
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This looks like it would become the tallest tower south of the E-W Freeway (I-794), which is pretty exciting, and its riverfront location diagonally across the street from the Milwaukee Public Market is an enviable one.

I enjoy imagining a future Milwaukee where widespread infill across the desirable Third Ward also produces a wall of towers on those underutilized lots along the lakefront, all the way down to the Hoan Bridge. It would be simply stunning.
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Why does Milwaukee seem to be getting so many skyscrapers? It seems like a weird outlier among Midwestern cities in its weight class.
A couple of thoughts that jump out at me:

1. Prior to 2000, Milwaukee had an undersized skyline relative to its midwestern peers, so what it's been building since has been a bit of a game of catch-up.

2. 8 of the 10 towers bolded on my list above are residential, and i think Milwaukee's park-lined lakefront gives it an edge in terms of building residential towers that take advantage of those magnificent lake views.
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This one is awesome with the towers in front of the lake.

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^it is a nice rendering of milwaukee's potential future.

though i have no idea why the renderer decided to make it look like you can see land on the other side of the lake from milwaukee, LOL!

lake michigan is about 83 miles wide at milwaukee. there's no way you're seeing land on the other side of the lake at that distance.
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^it is a nice rendering of milwaukee's potential future.

though i have no idea why the renderer decided to make it look like you can see land on the other side of the lake from milwaukee, LOL!

lake michigan is about 83 miles wide at milwaukee. there's no way you're seeing land on the other side of the lake at that distance.
Ha. I noticed that too. I grew up in Grand Rapids and was never able to see Milwaukee when I was on the lakeshore.
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