Proposed 25-story mass timber building for 700 E. Kilbourn Ave. Two stories were added to the proposed tower in summer 2019 and again in early 2020.
Replaces proposed 700 E. Kilbourn Ave. Tower and earlier Bookends North project.
Project is being developed by New Land Enterprises.
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Activity
| ID | Date | Type | Description |
| PDA-19-00001 | 2019/06/29 | Permit | DCD Activity: |
| PWOP-19-00098 | 2019/01/24 | Permit | ROW Occupancy Permit |
| PDES-18-00003 | 2018/11/16 | Permit | DCD Activity: |
| PWEU-17-01737 | 2017/08/31 | Permit | ROW Excavation Utility. |
| ID | Date | Description | Type |
Content referencing Ascent
World’s Tallest Timber Tower Gets First Okay
City Plan Commission approves increase in Ascent's height to 25 floors.
Mar 9th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Tracking Four Downtown Tower Proposals
Real estate news from Walker's Point, the East Side and Near West Side caps a busy week.
Feb 9th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
New Renderings, Details on World’s Tallest Timber Tower
Building could be even taller than what was revealed earlier this week.
Feb 6th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Now the World’s Tallest Mass Timber Tower
New Land adds two floors, 30 apartments to proposed high rise, Ascent.
Feb 3rd, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Pre-Construction Starting on Ascent
There's "zero doubt" tallest mass timber building in Western Hemisphere will soon rise.
Jan 7th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Committee Approves Taller Timber Tower
Council committee approves more apartments, parking for Ascent apartment tower.
Sep 17th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Commission Okays Taller Timber Tower
Tallest timber tower in Western Hemisphere would now be almost 247 feet high.
Sep 10th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Timber Tower Grows Taller
Plus: Convention center expansion advances, MSO moves 631-ton wall, Brewers invest in The Avenue
Aug 18th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
New Land Building Wins Federal Grant
Grant will help finance engineering work on tallest proposed timber tower in North America.
May 10th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Council Approves North America’s Tallest Timber Tower
Milwaukee could be home to tallest wood building in Western Hemisphere by 2021.
Feb 27th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Western Hemisphere’s Tallest Timber Tower Okayed
New Land's 21-story apartment tower, Ascent, gets approved by council committee.
Feb 20th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Tallest Timber Tower Gets First Approval
City Plan Commission endorses plan for North America's tallest mass timber building.
Jan 24th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Tallest Wood Building in Western Hemisphere
New Land unveils ambitious plan to build 21-story wood apartment building.
Oct 6th, 2018 by Jeramey JanneneBuilding data on this page, including assessment information, was last updated on April 28, 2019
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