Fiserv Moving Headquarters, More Than 750 Employees Downtown
Brookfield-based financial technology company with 44,000 employees moving HQ to former Boston Store building.
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“…a portion of the parking structure was converted to a rooftop deck.”
I believe this refers to the roof of the former Boston Store loading dock, which is now used for parking. It is not referring to the parking structure on the south portion of the block between Phillips and 5th. That entire block (bounded by Wisconsin, Michigan, Phillips, and 5th) easily qualifies as the biggest eyesore in that area.
Wow, wow, WOW! Huge f-ing deal and an early Christmas present for downtown and all of MIlwaukee!
Seriously, this is an answer to one of my daily prayers and clearly the result of all of the work done in recent years to reinvent downtown’s “donut hole” in Kilbourntown west of the river. And, even though it will be at HUB640, it bodes well for 310W (formerly Reuss Federal Plaza) and the empty lot on 4th and Wisconsin.
Can 25%-30% of the projected 780 Fiserv employees be persuaded to live downtown, too? Might some of them forgo the cafeteria-style food service being planned for Fiserv employees on occasion and head down to 3rd Street Market Hall?
Whoopee!
Economic benefits aside, if I was an employee this would be a big thumbs down. Instead of an easy drive to Brookfield and free parking, this means a battle in and out of downtown and the parking, who knows? Move downtown? Give up a house with a yard and garage for a concrete and steel condo? No thanks! You can live in plenty of nice places in Milwaukee without being another sardine in the can.