Dave Reid

Northwestern Mutual Tower Advances

Proposal that's a "celebration of Downtown" sails through the city's Redevelopment Authority.

By - Jan 17th, 2013 05:20 pm

Proposal that's a "celebration of Downtown" sails through the city's Redevelopment Authority. Back to the full article.

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6 thoughts on “Northwestern Mutual Tower Advances”

  1. Max says:

    So much for NM “turning their backs on MKE”…

  2. Dave Reid says:

    @Max No you’re right, it is great they didn’t.

  3. Matthew says:

    I hope that their commitment to Milwaukee includes a commitment to hiring local architecture firms.

  4. Dave Reid says:

    @Matthew Yeah that would be nice, but I’m guessing this is going to be a national firm… we’ll see

  5. Milwaukee Brewers says:

    Glad NML is sticking around, I just hope their building is something very special and not just another square boring box. MKE needs another signature designed building to rival MAM. I am not confident we’ll get that from NML and hiring local architecture firms is the worst thing they can do. Put the design out to the world and see what fantastic styles come back.

  6. John G. says:

    I agree with the Architecture firm being shopped around globally. As part of the construction budget it typically runs about 5% of total costs, with the majority of the remaining work likely coming from local contractors. It will be interesting to see which, if any, of the major GC firms in Wisconsin are awarded the bid..

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