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Journal Sentinel Complex Sold
Plus: Badger Mutual moving downtown, Northridge security deal, Lion House has a buyer and much more.
Nov 3rd, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Bucks Player’s Development Faces Delay
Historic designation sought for 1865 home Pat Connaughton seeks to demolish, replace.
Oct 31st, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Lurie’s Bay View Proposal Revived
Plus: MPS unveils new schoolyards, Cambria hotel opens, Athea expanding chemical plant
Oct 27th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Three Hotels Begin Their Ascent
Holiday Inn Express, Home2 Suites and Tru by Hilton will occupy N. Jefferson St. complex.
Oct 25th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Gallery Night & Day Returns
29th year brings countless arts fans to the Third Ward and other areas.
Oct 22nd, 2019 by Jack Fennimore
Downtown BID Touts Successes, Awards
Downtown growing, group adds homeless outreach coordinator, charts plan for 2020.
Oct 16th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
NBA Player Plans Downtown Apartments
Big week in real estate with Couture taxes, Strauss, Marchese, Airbnb, Scott Lurie and more making headlines.
Oct 13th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
The Huron Rises
New office building will be home to Husch Blackwell law firm.
Oct 11th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Museum’s Nares Show Grabs Audiences
And a new mural in Bronzeville honors Vel Phillips.
Aug 13th, 2019 by Catherine Jozwik
Vandal Places White Supremacy Stickers in Downtown Pedestrian Tunnel
High-rise construction site unwittingly becomes advertisement for white power.
Aug 3rd, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
The Couture Changes Financing Plan
Developer misses funding deadline, plans to apply again. Baird & Co. now working on the deal.
Jul 28th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Journal Sentinel Making Historic Move
Newspaper selling its home of 95 years, moving to leased space in 330 Kilbourn complex.
Jul 25th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
About Those Missing Streetcar Bike Lanes
Promised lanes not there: north-south lanes removed and east-west route often blocked.
Jul 24th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Four-Story Mural Unveiled in Westown
Emma Daisy Gertel unveils Westown in Bloom mural
Jul 19th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Plan Revitalizes Pompeii Square
City allocating $100,000 to revamp memorial to historic Italian church.
Jul 18th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
No Two-Way State Street Until 2020
City will repave and transform street in time for the DNC.
Jul 18th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
A Grand Update on The Avenue
Plus: downtown streetscaping improvements and lots of historic preservation news.
Jul 14th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Kinn Hotel Proposal Downsized Again
Addition now isn't visible from the street, addressing key concern of Historic Preservation Commission.
Jul 13th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
A Food Hall for Bay View
New Land will open "Flour and Feed", a food hall bigger than Crossroads Collective.
Jun 17th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
KinetiK on KK
A gateway building to Bay View begins to rise.
May 24th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Historic Building to Become Boutique Hotel
Plus: Soldiers Home redevelopment on pause, coworking company buys building on streetcar route
May 13th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
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
First 6 Sculpture Milwaukee Pieces Installed
Full exhibit opens June 7th. Take a sneak peek today.
May 9th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Meet the Deer District
Bucks developing area around Fiserv Forum, and The Avenue gets a new $3 million entrance.
Mar 31st, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
BMO Tower Gets Glassy
Glass facade installation begins on 25-story building's lower floors while steel beams rise above.
Mar 29th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
New Peruvian Restaurant for West Side
Plus: New bars in East Town, Walker's Point, St. Francis. And Beard nominees shut out.
Mar 28th, 2019 by Jennifer Rick
The Mothership Landing in Bay View
Plus: Changes in East Side sushi scene. And an East Town cocktail bar planned.
Mar 21st, 2019 by Jennifer Rick
KinetiK Rises on Kinnickinnic
Bay View's new gateway, a 6-story, 144 unit complex, is quickly taking shape.
Mar 20th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Construction To Start on Three Downtown Hotels
Hotels are planned to open just in time for the Democratic National Convention.
Mar 6th, 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
Whiskey Bar Will Close
Its building is being redeveloped, so last day of business is February 2.
Jan 15th, 2019 by Jennifer Rick
Jeffers Enlarges Broadway Connection Building
New East Town office building planned to be two stories taller.
Jan 13th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Food Hall Opens Shanghai Speakeasy
Plus: New East Town cocktail parlor. And Buckley's new dining room opens.
Jan 9th, 2019 by Jennifer Rick
Top 10 Stories of 2018
Fiserv Forum, Komatsu, Michels, The Hop, but what surprise story took number one?
Dec 28th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
See the Cambria Climb
Shape of Downtown's newest hotel clearly visible.
Dec 27th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Broadway Connection Building Is a Go
Law firm Husch Blackwell will anchor Jeffers' nine-story Class A office building.
Dec 14th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Artists, BID Enliven Downtown Streets
Milwaukee Downtown unveils three new art installations in partnership with local artists.
Dec 7th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Healthy Food for Downtown. Casual, Too.
Plus: Sky Bar comes to Walker's Point. And Mouth and Muscle to chew on three counties
Nov 20th, 2018 by Zach Komassa
New Latin Restaurant on Burnham St.
Plus: a new cafe on Jackson St., new Fifth Ward bar, new Walker's Point brewery.
Nov 13th, 2018 by Zach Komassa
MSOE Rising
New center for artificial intelligence appears to be building itself.
Nov 9th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
The Hop Has a Schedule
Streetcar begins operating with a public schedule. When will real-time data arrive?
Nov 8th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
First Look at New Downtown Hotels
Developer releases renderings of Holiday Inn and Hilton hotels, to be built on Michigan St.
Nov 6th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Milwaukee Pride, City Debut Rainbow Crosswalks
Crosswalks near Cathedral Square Park celebrate city's LGBTQ community.
Nov 3rd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Streetcar Opens to Public
"This is your assignment: ride the streetcar," says Mayor Barrett.
Nov 2nd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Cambria Hotel Starts to Rise
Downtown dead zone becoming hotel
Oct 19th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
More Tacos For Downtown
Plus: Pizano's finally opening Downtown, Antigua moves and a Starbucks says goodbye.
Oct 9th, 2018 by Zach Komassa
The Revival of Newspaper Row
Old Journal and Sentinel buildings on E. Mason St. see new life.
Oct 9th, 2018 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 Jannene
Broadway Office Building Plan Advances
Jeffers would add first modern building to historic block.
Oct 2nd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Streetcar Service Starts November 2nd
The Hop to launch with "Grand Hop-ening" celebration November 2nd-4th.
Sep 28th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
More Pizza, Pasta, Paella, Poke!
Three new restaurants, one new food truck, lots more to eat.
Sep 25th, 2018 by Zach Komassa
New Downtown Beer Hall at The 42
Plus: Two new Mexican places, East Side Korean spot and Walker's Point pizza place.
Aug 28th, 2018 by Zach Komassa
Sub Sandwich Chain a Cure For Munchies
Colorado-based Cheba Hut has marijuana theme, will open several locations here.
Aug 21st, 2018 by Zach Komassa
East Town Restaurant Louise’s Closing
Italian restaurant located on Jefferson St. for 28 years will close next week.
Aug 18th, 2018 by Jennifer Rick
New Vegan Bakery For Bay View
Plus: new health food restaurant for Downtown, new diner in Walker's Point.
Aug 14th, 2018 by Zach Komassa
Harbor District Emerges
All the sudden the sleepy harbor is the place for hundreds of million in development.
Aug 12th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
City Debuts New Parking Meters
All 7,000 will ultimately be switched. Not sexy says Barrett, but he thinks public will approve.
Aug 2nd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Vantage on the Park
Hotel-to-apartments conversion moving right along.
Jul 13th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Streetcar Starts Widespread Testing
Watch out, vehicle is now cruising along city streets across Downtown.
Jun 19th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Permits Filed for Cambria Hotel in Westown
Say goodbye to another surface parking lot.
Jun 12th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Copper Dome Emerges Downtown
Hammes HQ sports Jeffersonian-style design.
Jun 8th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Redevelopment Planned for Milwaukee News Building
Historic building was once center of Milwaukee's Newspaper Row.
Jun 4th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
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.
Jun 2nd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Why Jazz in the Park Endures
Now 27, it offers a great venue, great music and a music booker who looks for variety.
May 29th, 2018 by Jim Cryns
Sculpture Milwaukee Installation Begins
Sculptures for world-class art exhibition begin arriving on Wisconsin Ave.
May 10th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
New Apartments Along Streetcar Route
Developer buys mostly-vacant office building at 828 N. Broadway, plans redevelopment.
May 1st, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Daisy Good
"I would love to see more women joining the tech sector in this city."
Apr 30th, 2018 by Newaukee
Downtown Bridges Cause Mounting Traffic
Bridge openings stop traffic for nearly 4.5 hours on busy days. City mulls policy changes.
Apr 25th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
MSOE Breaks Ground on Educational Center
Science hall centering on artificial intelligence will be used by all students.
Apr 23rd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Downtown Has Added 11,450 Housing Units
All under Barrett, all since 2004. But what about the rest of the city?
Apr 12th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
BMO Tower is Ready to Rise
Take in the rare view of City Hall before 25-story tower rises.
Mar 16th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Is the Downtown Apartment Boom Over?
Wangard hesitates over river-side apartment complex, while other projects push ahead.
Mar 11th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
From Hotel to Home in East Town
Park East Hotel becoming Vantage on the Park apartments.
Mar 9th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Two New Downtown Casual Eateries
Gyro MKE is Middle Eastern and Oak Barrel offers comfort food and 15 bourbons.
Feb 7th, 2018 by Jennifer Rick
Foxconn HQ In Downtown Milwaukee
Company building Racine area plant coming here to attract talent, grow new business line.
Feb 6th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Hammes HQ Takes Shape
Building is a welcome change from a vacant lot.
Feb 2nd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
City Wants Downtown Parking Security
40% of downtown crimes are vehicle break-ins. Council demands safety measures.
Jan 24th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
A Downtown Teardown
BMO parking garage going down so 25-story tower can go up.
Jan 5th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
$65 Million Spent on Streetcar
Construction of track is 90 percent complete, project ahead of schedule.
Dec 18th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Couture Seeks Commercial Tenants
44-story apartment tower will have 40,000 square left for a grocer, restaurants, medical office.
Dec 4th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
A Big Week for New Restaurants
Opening in Walkers Point, Third Ward, Downtown, South Side. And Brenner Brewing closes.
Nov 22nd, 2017 by Jennifer Rick
City Gives Masonic Center Historic Status
Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center gets designation, despite masons' opposition.
Nov 21st, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
City Atty Says Affordable Housing Plan Illegal
Will legal opinion kill the proposal? Or can Bauman and company rework the language?
Nov 17th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
BMO Harris Breaks Ground On 25-Story Tower
$132 million office tower across from City Hall will be Milwaukee's 12th tallest building.
Nov 16th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Affordable Housing in Every Major Project?
Proposal would require it for any project with 20 or more units. Will developers oppose it?
Nov 14th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
New Pizza, Mexican, Pakistani Places
Plus a new Third Ward diner. And goodbye to The Eastsider bar?
Nov 8th, 2017 by Jennifer Rick
Classical Dome Appears Downtown
Hammes Co.'s new headquarters distinctive design clearly visible.
Nov 3rd, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Potawatomi Gives $10 Million To Streetcar
Streetcar will be known as The Hop; Potawatomi gift means no operation costs for city.
Oct 6th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
7Seventy7 Hits the Heights
Northwestern Mutual's second new tower continues to climb higher.
Oct 6th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Inside the Mackie Flats
See how Jeffers and Continuum gave new life to a Milwaukee icon.
Sep 26th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
City Chooses Streetcar Operator
French company Transdev will operate streetcar for $3.6 million a year.
Sep 6th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Bastille Days Kisses French Culture
Because, you know, Milwaukee is such a Gallic town.
Jul 17th, 2017 by Jack Fennimore
Streetcar Tracks Getting Road Tested
Cars, trucks, buses, bikes and pedestrians are all crossing the tracks regularly now.
Jun 30th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
NM’s Tower is “Substantially Complete”
And the new downtown high-rise makes for some dramatic photos.
Jun 23rd, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Inside the DoMUS Apartments
New Third Ward building takes high-end apartments to another level.
Jun 13th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Sparks Fly Over Hamilton Settlement
Council approves $2.3 million settlement, but black aldermen debate Donovan.
May 31st, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Couture’s Surprise Sewer Being Moved
Previously unknown sewer will cost city $2 million to move
May 23rd, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
$30 Million Spent on Streetcar
Streetcar project on track, literally -- and financially.
May 19th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Streetcar Track Getting Installed
Tracks getting installed on St. Paul Ave.; other streets soon to come.
May 12th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Masonic Hotel Inches Forward
Approval depends on 20 well-hidden stained glass windows.
May 10th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
