Downtown’s New Apartment Tower Rises
Northwestern Mutual's 34-floor apartment tower is quickly climbing.
Northwestern Mutual's 34-floor apartment tower is quickly climbing. Back to the full article.
Northwestern Mutual's 34-floor apartment tower is quickly climbing.
Northwestern Mutual's 34-floor apartment tower is quickly climbing. Back to the full article.
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How long was it a go that Northwestern Mutual asked Milwaukee County if they could rehab and manage the O’Donnell Park Parking structure. Northwestern Mutual had a lot at stake since a significant amount of its employees parked there. The County board told them off and now NML has its new parking structure and the County will lose more money on O’Donnell.
I didn’t understand until reading this that the tower will be sheathed in blue glass. (I thought it was just the reflection of the sky in the renderings.) That’s sweet. A pale blue glass is a favorite alternative of mine for towers, especially in a city like Milwauke that is so enamored with white, lately.
I could quibble about design (there is nothing especially handsome, let alone spectacular, about a middling tower rising out of a 1,000 space above-ground parking structure) but its not bad, and is about as “win-win-win” as you can get:
— NML gets its employee parking through the delivery system of an apartment tower and, therefore, another real estate investment to add to its portfolio.
— The city gets more taxable property and another tower for its skyline.
— The Milwaukee Art Museum, in purchasing from the County the O’Donnell Park structure along with the new MAM addition and part of the War Memorial, gets parking, independence, and a great outdoor venue for sculpture.
— The County gets out from under the financial commitment of rehabbing and maintaining the O’Donnell structure.
Nice.
When ever they decide to demolish the Bradley center I would love to see a new hotel/Condo tower in it’s place preferably 40 stories or taller with a five star steak house on the ground level and a fitness center now that would be a huge statement for a city like Milwaukee look at all the other cities with sports franchises this would be awesome come on Milwaukee, Wisconsin let’s do it.