Cathedral Place is a mixed-use building at the corner of Wells Street and Jackson Street developed by Van Buren Management, Inc. Floors 12-19 (there is not a floor 13) are office space, totaling 205,000 square feet of space. The lower floors contains 28 condominiums developed by New Land Enterprises (originally 30).
The 940-stall parking garage was originally owned by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (RACM) (Property Tax Key #3930603000, address 520 E Mason Street). The garage is financed through a tax-incremental financing district (TID #49). There is an additional 100 parking spaces underground. The garage is now owned by CP Parking LLC.
There is a rooftop balcony above the parking garage at the south end of the building.
The building is a 2005 recipient of the Mayor’s Urban Design Award.
Office Tenants
- Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek (2003 – Present)
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (? – Present)
- Argosy Foundation (? – Present)
- Executive Director, Inc (? – Present)
Retail Tenants
- Ward’s House of Prime (? – Present)
- M Cafe (? – March 2011) – 535 E. Wells St. – Owner Roz Thurston
- Brunch on Mason (June 2010 – March 2011) – 535 E. Wells St. – Owner Roz Thurston
- Cafe Plaza Venezuela (2011 – December 19th, 2011) – 530 E. Mason St. – Owners Leo Montes and Hugo Martinez.
Learn More
- Official Website – Cathedral Place – Van Buren Management, Inc
- Cathedral Square Condominiums – New Land Enterprises
- Business Journal Milwaukee – “Cafe Plaza Venezuela closes downtown” – January 24th, 2012 – Stacy Vogel Davis
- Business Journal Milwaukee – “Table Talk: Area couple open Venezuelan restaurant” – July 1st, 2011 – Stacy Vogel Davis
- Business Journal Milwaukee – “Downtown Milwaukee loses cafes” – March 10th, 2011 – Stacy Vogel Davis
- TID #49 Report – December 31st, 2010
- Milwaukee Sentinel ad – “Cathedral Place” – 1980 advertisement for building in-between Jackson and Van Buren on Ogden.
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Activity
| ID | Date | Type | Description |
| COM-ALT-19-00266 | 2019/04/17 | Permit | Commercial Alteration Permit |
| PBFS-19-00179 | 2019/02/07 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit |
| PBFS-19-00178 | 2019/02/07 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit |
| HVAC-GEN-18-03085 | 2018/09/25 | Permit | HVAC General Permit |
| ELEC-18-06407 | 2018/09/22 | Permit | Electrical Permit |
| PWOP-18-01350 | 2018/09/06 | Permit | ROW Occupancy Permit |
| PWEU-18-02841 | 2018/08/02 | Permit | ROW Excavation Utility. |
| PBFS-18-00148 | 2018/02/03 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| PBFS-17-01245 | 2017/12/22 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| PBFS-17-01188 | 2017/12/10 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| PBFS-17-00644 | 2017/07/19 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| PBFS-17-00591 | 2017/06/28 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| HVAC-GEN-17-01698 | 2017/06/14 | Permit | HVAC General Permit. |
| SIGN-GEN-17-00211 | 2017/06/13 | Permit | Sign Permit. |
| ELEC-17-03080 | 2017/05/25 | Permit | Electrical Permit. |
| PBFS-17-00452 | 2017/05/23 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| PLB-17-02046 | 2017/05/17 | Permit | Building Plumbing Permit. |
| ELEC-17-02779 | 2017/05/11 | Permit | Electrical Permit. |
| PBFS-17-00394 | 2017/05/04 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| COM-ALT-17-00343 | 2017/04/26 | Permit | Commercial Alteration Permit. |
| PBFS-17-00351 | 2017/04/18 | Permit | Plumbing-Fire Protection Permit. |
| COM-ALT-17-00247 | 2017/03/25 | Permit | Commercial Alteration Permit. |
| PWOP-17-00023 | 2017/01/13 | Permit | ROW Occupancy Permit. |
| HVAC-GEN-16-00512 | 2016/11/08 | Permit | HVAC General Permit. |
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Sep 27th, 2021 by Jeramey Jannene
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Aug 2nd, 2021 by Jeramey Jannene
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Sep 24th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
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Feb 15th, 2016 by Jeramey Jannene
Milwaukee Downtown names Steven Looft new Economic Development Director
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Jul 25th, 2012 by Milwaukee Downtown, BID 21
Marcus Corp. to move in the latest round of musical chairs downtown
Jan 30th, 2003 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Tom DaykinBuilding data on this page, including assessment information, was last updated on April 5, 2024
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