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Monumental Sculpture Returning to Wisconsin Avenue to Honor Vel R. Phillips

Working in partnership, the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Downtown Business Improvement District No. 21, America’s Black Holocaust Museum, and Sculpture Milwaukee will install “Within the Folds (Dialogue 1)” (2020), a figural sculpture by the internationally renowned artist Thomas J. Price, in Vel R. Phillips Plaza on June 11.

Gruber Law Makes The Call, Moving Office Towers

Law firm trading 100 East for 411 East Wisconsin Center.

Downtown Tower Could Be Redeveloped With Historic Tax Credits

Can the Postmodern 100 East tower, built in 1989, qualify for historic designation?

BMO Makes New 5-Year Commitment to Presenting “The Nutcracker” with Milwaukee Ballet

5-Year sponsorship gift ensures continuation of beloved Milwaukee Ballet production

Mostly Vacant Downtown Office Building Sold

But it's unclear what happens next for building once slated for conversion to housing.

Irgens Adds VP – Operations & Continuity

Ald. Dimitrijevic participating in panel spotlighting parents in the workforce

CBRE Opens New Workplace360 Office at BMO Tower in Milwaukee

The office is designed to boost collaboration through state-of-the-art technology and a variety of workspaces

Downtown Employee Appreciation Week kicks off August 14

Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 to host free lunches, Office Challenge Games, giveaways and more, Aug. 14 – 18

Former M&I Bank Headquarters Being Listed For Sale

Irgens considered many uses for building after developing BMO Tower. Plus: A recap of the week's real estate news.

Assessment Error Costs Milwaukee $750,000

AT&T building was given improper tax bill after 2021 sale. Whoops.

Court Approves Sale Of 100 East Building

Ruling clears way for redevelopment. Plus: A recap of the week's real estate news.

Downtown Shines with Two Art Experiences Planned for April 21 & 22

Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 to host “Light Club” and “Lights In Bloom” for a multisensory experience

Gallery Night MKE Celebrates Creativity — at 50+ locations — April 21 & 22

New Design For Vel R. Phillips Plaza Revealed

Redevelopment Authority endorses $16.5 million financing plan.

100 East Tower Could Become Apartments

Office building is now mostly vacant, in foreclosure.

BMO Tower Lands Major Accounting Firm

Lease with Baker Tilly pushes tower to 85% full. Plus: Airport hotel sold and a recap of week's real estate news.

Downtown Apartments Plan Goes Kaput

Plan to convert old Sentinel Building in limbo. Plus: recap of the week's real estate news.

BMO Tower Lands Another Tenant

Irgens Development attracts Fiduciary Management, which will relocate its offices.

CBRE Moving Office To BMO Tower

Company and its predecessor have spent nearly 50 years in US Bank Center

Investment Advisor Group Leasing Space At BMO Tower

Silvercrest Asset Management Group leasing space on 22nd floor.

Milwaukee Downtown names its 2022 Downtown Achievement Award winners

Key projects and downtown players recognized at Milwaukee Downtown’s 2022 annual meeting

Downtown Employee Appreciation Week kicks off August 15

Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 to host free lunches, Office Challenge Games, giveaways and more, Aug. 15 – 19

Summerfest Tech Experiences Big Growth In 2022

Milwaukee’s Third Tallest Building Could Be Redeveloped

Plus: Recapping 10 other real estate stories of the week.

Summerfest Tech Releases Programming for Two-Day Event

Summerfest Tech Celebrates 5th Year with Focus on Innovation

Grows to 2 Days, Adds Locations, Expands Reach, Doubles Pitch Competition Prize

Officials Say Wisconsin Finished Second On $20 Billion Intel Campus

Plus: Comparing the Intel and Foxconn proposals. And a recap of week's real estate news.

Irgens Appoints New Vice President, Development

Holiday Show Returns to the Domes

Plus, ice skating, performances by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Bucks v. Celtics, a light show at the BMO Tower and Kwanzaa in Milwaukee.

100 East Office Tower in Foreclosure

Building has lost two large tenants in recent years.

Downtown Office Building Being Renovated, Lands Tenant

Mid-rise 789 N. Water to receive updates.

Former M&I Building Could Become 231 Apartments

Irgens would redevelop International Style tower into apartments.

2021 Mayor’s Design Awards Announced

From big to small, the mayor picks 25 winners in 10 different aldermanic districts.

Irgens Seeking To Designate Former M&I Building As Historic

Plus: A recap of the week's real estate news.

Big Property Owners Gear Up To Sue City

Record challenges to 2020 assessments now headed to court.

New Third Ward Comfort Food Restaurant

Plus: new downtown coffeehouse, new craft cider tasting room and a rooftop chalet for Cafe Benelux.

Irgens Welcomes New Team Members

New Year, New Transformations

Milwaukee’s 10 Most Valuable Properties

Some may surprise you. All will make you feel better about your own your property tax bill.

City Offers Financial Deal to Taxpayers

Use credit card to pay property taxes and City Treasurer will waive fee. Average taxpayer would net $33.00.

Mauricio Ramirez Begins Work on BMO Tower Mural

Kahler Slater Moving to BMO Tower

City's oldest architecture firm will call new tower home.

Kahler Slater to move headquarters to BMO Tower

Move will place architectural firm in Milwaukee’s Central Business District

Virtual Doors Open Offers 85+ Online Building Tours, Neighborhood Experiences and More

Event guide, including links to scheduled events

Johnson Financial Group Moving To Top of Downtown Office Tower

The latest move in a downtown office space shuffle.

BMO Tower Officially Opens

Ceremony was delayed following water main break and then pandemic.

BMO Tower Opens

Plus: Former Boston Store Building lands office tenant, MAC deal could lose hotel.

Irgens Fires BMO Tower Contractor

After flood causes months of delay, developer fires J.H. Findorff & Son.

Rite-Hite May Move to Reed Street Yards

Plus: Water leak delays BMO Tower, city exploring Plan B for former Schlitz tavern.

Signage Goes Up On BMO Tower

BMO scheduled to move employees into the building in January.

Visions of a Redeveloped M&I Tower

Irgens unveils renderings of redeveloped 20-story building, long a bank headquarters.

BMO Celebrates Topping Off Tower

Workers lift signed steel beam to top of 25-story tower. What comes next?

BMO Tower Tops Out

Plus: Northridge in property tax foreclosure, Ambassador Hotel expansion stuck, second hostel faces opposition

BMO Tower Gets Glassy

Glass facade installation begins on 25-story building's lower floors while steel beams rise above.

Heartland Advisors Moving to BMO Tower

Milwaukee-based investment firm will move across the street into Irgens' new tower.

BMO Tower Takes Shape

More than 20 floors from its peak, new building already has dramatic effect on downtown corner.

BMO Tower Starts to Climb

Parking garage at base of new 25-story tower is now visible.

25-Hour, 670-Load Concrete Pour for BMO Tower

New office tower will start to climb upwards after 13,980 tons of concrete are put down.

BMO Tower is Ready to Rise

Take in the rare view of City Hall before 25-story tower rises.

A Downtown Teardown

BMO parking garage going down so 25-story tower can go up.

BMO Harris Breaks Ground On 25-Story Tower

$132 million office tower across from City Hall will be Milwaukee's 12th tallest building.

Work Starts on BMO Harris Bank Tower

Irgens is developing and Kahler Slater designing 25-story tower for bank near City Hall.

BMO Harris to Build New High-Rise

The story behind Milwaukee's newest tower and oldest bank, and how deal was done.