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Chicago Street Lofts

Building Info

Address:
200 N. Water St.
Taxkey:
3920986000
Status:
Completed
Assessment:
$1,667,000 (2013)
Year Built:
1895
Size:
49,937 square-feet

The Chicago Street Lofts is an apartment complex built in the Cawker Estate Building. Commonly called the Eisner Building while the former museum was operating, the building is a converted warehouse in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. Following construction in 1895, the building was leased to Landauer & Co., a wholesale dry goods and notions firm.

Before going online only in 2010, the William F. Eisner Advertising & Design Museum occupied the lower floors. Elaine Eisner donated more than $1 million to establish the museum in a MIAD-owned building.

Starting in 1994, the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design filled the upper floors with student housing. The school ended its use of the facility in the spring of 2011. The school then switched to The Park at 1824 on the East Side, with students busing to campus. That arrangement ended in 2014 with the August opening of General Capital Group‘s Two50Two MIAD Student Apartments, which replaced the former 252 E. Menomonee St. building.

MIAD sold the building to Robert Joseph of Joseph Property Development in mid-2014. Joseph converted the building to 30 apartments on the top three floors, and two stories of office space on the first two floors. The conversion was completed by summer of 2014.

Learn More

“MIAD Opening East Side Student Housing” – Milwaukee Business Journal – Corrinne Hess – March 7th, 2011

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ID	Date	Type	Description
ELEV-19-00133	2019/09/17	Permit	Elevator Permit
PWMH-19-00378	2019/07/24	Permit	Meter Hood Requests
PWEU-18-03111	2018/08/30	Permit	ROW Excavation Utility.
PWOP-18-01138	2018/08/04	Permit	ROW Occupancy Permit.
ELEC-17-07705	2017/12/18	Permit	Electrical Permit.
PWEU-17-01417	2017/07/26	Permit	ROW Excavation Utility.
ELEC-17-02438	2017/04/26	Permit	Electrical Permit.
ID	Date	Description	Type