27 May 2021

Conceptual Approval Granted for Milwaukee Residential High-Rise

A proposed 32-story apartment high-rise was granted conceptual approval by Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward Architectural Review Board, which did an initial review of the US$140...

07 May 2021

With Funds Secured, Construction Begins on Milwaukee Lakefront Development

A 44-story tower on the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee is ready to begin construction now that funding has been secured. Barrett Lo Visionary...

24 November 2020

Long-Delayed Milwaukee High-Rise Set to Begin Construction

The long-delayed Couture apartment high-rise has received its final financing approval, setting the stage for a construction start at its downtown Milwaukee site overlooking Lake...

01 September 2020

Construction Starts On Milwaukee Mass Timber Tower

Construction has started on an unusual downtown Milwaukee apartment tower. The 25-story, 259-unit high-rise is being constructed with a type of mass timber construction called...

01 May 2020

Timber Composite Tower in Milwaukee To Begin Pre-Leasing

New Land Enterprises will begin pre-leasing apartments in Ascent, a proposed 25-story apartment tower made from mass timber, in the coming days. A brochure will...

11 November 2019

Mixed-Income High-Rise Planned for Federal Opportunity Zone in Milwaukee

The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), through its development arm Travaux Inc., plans to construct a 32-story mixed-income tower to fill a...

30 September 2019

Proposed Wooden High-Rise in Milwaukee Gets Final Changes Approved

The City of Milwaukee Plan Commission and the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee have unanimously approved changes to New Land Enterprises’ Ascent residential project that...

15 May 2019

Mass Timber Apartment Tower Moves Forward with Grant in Milwaukee

A downtown Milwaukee high-rise has found support from an unlikely source: the United States Department of Agriculture. The department’s Forestry Service division announced this week...

24 January 2019

Timber Frame, 21-Story Milwaukee Apartment Tower Wins Plan Commission Approval

A downtown Milwaukee apartment high-rise that would use high-grade timber, not steel, for its frame has won Plan Commission approval. The 21-story Ascent would feature...

07 December 2018

Financing Hurdle Overcome for The Couture, Milwaukee

Recently, Rick Barrett of Barrett Lo Visionary Development appeared before the Milwaukee County Board’s Economic and Community Development Committee, the same committee that once discussed...