Grohmann Tower building originally was slated to be an extended-stay hotel, a Staybridge Inn & Suites that was known as The Residences on Water, but the project went bankrupt while it was under construction in 2008. The Milwaukee School of Engineering stepped in to buy the building in 2013 and convert it to student housing.
For years, the only thing in the building was a Qdoba restaurant, which occupied a small corner of the first floor.
The project was funded by an anonymous donation by Eckhart Grohmann. It was briefly known as the MSOE Tower Apartments.
The building includes 17 apartments for faculty.
Prior to development, the majority of the site was a city-owned parking lot.
A large portion of the building is tax-exempt because of its use by the university for student housing.
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| ID | Date | Type | Description |
| PWEU-19-01085 | 2019/04/24 | Permit | ROW Excavation Utility |
| PWEU-18-03462 | 2018/10/02 | Permit | ROW Excavation Utility |
| ELEC-18-05113 | 2018/08/01 | Permit | Electrical Permit. |
| SIGN-GEN-18-00266 | 2018/07/10 | Permit | Sign Permit. |
| SIGN-GEN-18-00264 | 2018/07/03 | Permit | Sign Permit. |
| PBFS-18-00776 | 2018/06/30 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| HVAC-GEN-18-01893 | 2018/06/15 | Permit | HVAC General Permit. |
| ELEC-FA-18-00162 | 2018/06/12 | Permit | Fire Alarm Permit. |
| HVAC-GEN-18-00810 | 2018/03/11 | Permit | HVAC General Permit. |
| COM-ALT-18-00056 | 2018/01/22 | Permit | Commercial Alteration Permit. |
| PWRS-17-00349 | 2017/10/14 | Permit | ROW Restoration Permit. |
| PWOP-17-01485 | 2017/10/14 | Permit | ROW Occupancy Permit. |
| PLB-17-03767 | 2017/09/06 | Permit | Building Plumbing Permit. |
| ELEC-17-04003 | 2017/07/11 | Permit | Electrical Permit. |
| PWEN-17-00160 | 2017/05/08 | Permit | ROW Excavation Non-Utility. |
| PWOP-17-00557 | 2017/05/06 | Permit | ROW Occupancy Permit. |
| PWEU-17-00902 | 2017/05/06 | Permit | ROW Excavation Utility. |
| PWEU-17-00901 | 2017/05/06 | Permit | ROW Excavation Utility. |
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