Westown

Large Downtown Dog Park Coming

Dog run would be built under freeway along the Milwaukee River.

BMO Tower Opens

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

North Wells Capital Signs North Shore Healthcare to 10-year Lease

Convention Center, State Fair Park Could Become 1,200 Bed Facilities

"Alternative care sites" could be operated by federal government.

Explorium Opening Milwaukee Brewpub

Brewery will add second location in city with specialty food, cocktails, and 24 house-made beers.

54th Annual Shamrock Club of Wisconsin St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been Canceled

Currently No Plans to Cancel St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Milwaukee on March 14

Westown Association and the Shamrock Club of Wisconsin are closely monitoring the situation

Call for Contestants: St. Patrick’s Day Parade Bash O’ Corned Beef Eating Contest

Scheduled for Friday, March 13 at 12:30 p.m. in conjunction with the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Press Conference

Milwaukee St. Patrick’s Day Parade Still Planned for Saturday, March 14

No plans to cancel the event due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Renderings Released for Convention Center Expansion

District board releases final design of expanded Wisconsin Center.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to downtown Milwaukee on Saturday, March 14

Week of Irish entertainment planned beginning March 11

Committee Approves Large Solar Deal After Contentious Debate

Ald. Bob Bauman's amendments attempt to set baseline, grow value of deal.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Returns to Downtown Milwaukee on Saturday, March 14

DNC Will Restrict Construction Projects

DPW will restrict construction activity on city streets for a month this summer.

Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 and East Town Association issue “Call for Walls” for new mural project in East Town neighborhood

Now the World’s Tallest Mass Timber Tower

New Land adds two floors, 30 apartments to proposed high rise, Ascent.

Downtown House Being Deconstructed For Apartments

Plus: City planning third cruise ship dock

Plan Will Build City’s Largest Solar Array

City, We Energies partner on eight-acre solar farm, enough electricity to power 400 homes.

Big Blue Building Adds Signature Sign

That's 310W, folks. New sign adds street-level ID for $30 million redevelopment.

DNC Security Zone Includes Almost All of Westown

Expect travel delays, but zone is not hard perimeter says Secret Service, MPD.

Westown Association Announces Three Elections to Board of Directors

Second New East Side Home Revealed

Designs submitted for second new home in North Point Historic District.

Gabriel Yeager joins Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) – Wisconsin Board

Meet HQ501

Scott Lurie, in partnership with RINKA, unveils renderings for redeveloped Assurant building.

Pensive Sculpture by Radcliffe Bailey Purchased Will be Sited at 770 N. Water Street

Susan and Mark Irgens envision an inclusive focal point for downtown

American Family Unveils Downtown Office Plan

Insurance company to redevelop century-old Mandel Graphics building near Fiserv Forum.

“Westown Gets Lit” with Holiday Spirit on Thursday, December 5

Business leaders to light West Wisconsin Avenue during new holiday event

Rite-Hite May Move to Reed Street Yards

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

Lurie Buying Mostly Empty Downtown Building

Developer tackling last large empty downtown office building, on 5th and Michigan. Could add hotel.

Mural Spurs Historic Preservation Reform

Historic Preservation Commission moving to establish guidelines for murals.

“Westown Gets Lit” Shines Light on Neighborhood Revitalization

Business leaders to light West Wisconsin Avenue during event on December 5, 2019

Lurie’s Bay View Proposal Revived

Plus: MPS unveils new schoolyards, Cambria hotel opens, Athea expanding chemical plant

A New Four-Story, Downtown Mural

Artist Mauricio Ramirez paints "Heart & Sol," his biggest work yet.

Mauricio Ramirez wraps up large-scale mural on Community Advocates, Inc. building in heart of downtown Milwaukee’s Westown neighborhood

Community encouraged to help artist paint Tuesday and Wednesday; Ribbon-cutting ceremony slated for Thursday

RACM Approves Deal for Schuster’s

City TIF payment, up to $15 million, to help finance project to redevelop old department store.

Downtown BID Touts Successes, Awards

Downtown growing, group adds homeless outreach coordinator, charts plan for 2020.

NBA Player Plans Downtown Apartments

Big week in real estate with Couture taxes, Strauss, Marchese, Airbnb, Scott Lurie and more making headlines.

Airbnb Says Milwaukee is Fastest Growing Destination

You can stay in the Boat House, an East Side mansion or a Riverwest living room via the popular service.

Tent City Being Evicted

Plus: A packed week of real estate news, including the Schuster's project moving forward.

Most Expensive Milwaukee Zip Codes for Renters

National report shows where your dollar goes the furthest.

New 414 Bar + Kitchen Has a History?

Cambria Hotel bar honors Brew City with tap and drink menu. And this isn't the first bar at this site.

Rexnord Will Occupy Downtown Buildings

Buildings on W. Michigan St. being renovated for company's new headquarters.

Westown Summer Concert Series Presents Five Card Studs

Through their energetic and captivating performances, the Five Card Studs have become known as the hardest working band in the Midwest.

Drury Hotel Opens Next Month

Nearly vacant office building will re-open as hotel on busy downtown intersection.

Westown Summer Concert Series Presents De La Buena

De La Buena electrifies their audiences with a powerful and unique Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz sound.

Westown Summer Concert Series Presents Brother

Brother’s signature vocals, soaring bagpipes and tribal percussion are unlike anything you have heard before.

Westown Summer Concert Series Presents Mellencougar

Mellencougar’s appreciation for John Cougar Mellencamp is the foundation of their band.

Westown Summer Concert Series Presents The Squeezettes

The four-time WAMI award winning group, The Squeezettes, are noted as one of Wisconsin’s most unique attractions.

Westown Summer Concert Series Presents Cigarette Break

Cigarette Break’s mix of R&B, rock and a touch of soul is unlike any sound you’ve heard before.

Bucks Vetting Bids For New Hotels

Plus: Foxconn plans another building and Northridge battle cleared for court challenge

Four-Story Mural Unveiled in Westown

Emma Daisy Gertel unveils Westown in Bloom mural

No Two-Way State Street Until 2020

City will repave and transform street in time for the DNC.

Westown Summer Concert Series presents Leroy Airmaster

From their humble beginnings in Whitefish Bay, Leroy Airmaster has dominated the blues music scene in Wisconsin.

Westown Summer Concert Series Presents Natty Nation

Natty Nation’s goal is to uplift people through their music and vibration.

Westown Summer Concert Series Presents Radio Radio

Radio Radio’s punchy rock and roll sound will make you feel as if you are listening to the original music for the first time.

Christopher R. “Chal” Little

"I hope this current development boom that we’re experiencing continues for a long time."

Westown Summer Concert Series presents Shotgun

Shotgun’s blend of southern rock with a Detroit soul feel will give you no choice but to get up and dance.

A Food Hall for Bay View

New Land will open "Flour and Feed", a food hall bigger than Crossroads Collective.

Westown Kicks Off Summer Concert Series with Bad Medicine

River Rhythms Returns for its 23rd Season at Pere Marquette Park

The Westown Farmers’ Market Opens Tomorrow

Downtown Milwaukee’s Lunchtime Destination on Wednesdays

Say Hello to Postman’s Porch

Milwaukee Downtown leads the reinvention of small triangular park near 2nd and Wells.

“The Blue” Gets $30 Million Upgrade

See the transformation of under-used office building on now booming W. Wisconsin Ave.

Westown to blossom this summer with new gateway mural by Emma Daisy Gertel

Gertel will seek input from the community to design the final composition.

KinetiK on KK

A gateway building to Bay View begins to rise.

Bay View Doughnut Shop Gets Delayed

Sweet Rings planned shop, hired contractor with long list of court cases, money owed.

Breaking Down the Streetcar Financing Plan

How would the city fund the $160 million, three-mile route?

11 Key Facts About Streetcar Extensions

Love the idea? Hate it? Either way we have all the details.

2019 River Rhythms Lineup Finalized; Season Begins June 12th

Presented by Miller Lite

Ultra Lofts Rise in Deer District

In just a few months people will be living in Milwaukee's newest neighborhood.

Whatever Became of Boston Store Subsidy?

City gave company $1.9 million for renovations before it went bankrupt. Where did it go?

Meet the Deer District

Bucks developing area around Fiserv Forum, and The Avenue gets a new $3 million entrance.

$9 Million for Grand Avenue Replacement

Redevelopment Authority approves TIF district to support The Avenue's public areas.

KinetiK Rises on Kinnickinnic

Bay View's new gateway, a 6-story, 144 unit complex, is quickly taking shape.

Who Gets Design Oversight?

Bauman wants council control over overlay zones, while DCD, local developers object.

Milwaukee Downtown seeks artist applications for gateway mural in Westown

A request for qualifications has been issued seeking submissions from an artist or artist collective.

Commission Deems Journal Sentinel Complex Historic

Two council members push for designation in advance of paper's possible relocation.

Streetcar Extension Planned To Start in September

Extension to convention center would open in time for 2020 Democratic Convention.

Silk Group Buys Art’s Performing Center

No more punning for strip club, now to be known as Silk on Water.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2019

The Irish parade goes back to 1843, before Milwaukee was a city.

Punch Bowl Social Opens This Weekend

Denver "eatertainment" chain opens first Wisconsin location at Bucks Entertainment Block.

Irish Festivities at The Avenue leading up to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 9th

Along with the parade, the Westown Association has planned a week of Irish entertainment and celebrations at The Avenue (formerly Grand Avenue).

St. Patrick’s Parade Returns to Downtown Milwaukee on Saturday, March 9th

Week of Irish Entertainment Planned

Council Approves North America’s Tallest Timber Tower

Milwaukee could be home to tallest wood building in Western Hemisphere by 2021.

Western Hemisphere’s Tallest Timber Tower Okayed

New Land's 21-story apartment tower, Ascent, gets approved by council committee.

Rexnord’s New Buildings Sell for $14.4 Million

Industrial company expected to move hundreds of office jobs Downtown.

Rexnord Moving Downtown

Milwaukee-based industrial conglomerate will lease office buildings on Michigan St.

Bucks Plan Massive Arena Signs

Will you take a selfie with a monumental, 50-foot-wide fiserv.forum sign?

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Returns to Downtown Milwaukee Saturday, March 9th

This year’s parade will feature over 140 units including Irish dance groups, pipe and drum corps, local celebrities and dignitaries.

Tallest Timber Tower Gets First Approval

City Plan Commission endorses plan for North America's tallest mass timber building.

Watch the Bradley Center Roof Drop

"Shaped charges" cause massive roof to implode, drop into stadium.

City Extending Streetcar to Convention Center

Short extension can be built without federal funds, adding more ridership.

Milwaukee Downtown seeks Key to Change donations during season of giving

Ongoing campaign aims to end homelessness through an outreach coordinator and housing placements

Broadway Connection Building Is a Go

Law firm Husch Blackwell will anchor Jeffers' nine-story Class A office building.

Downtown Returns: GRAEF And 3rd Street Market Hall To Anchor Reimagined “Avenue”

GRAEF Signs On As Major Office Tenant To Transformative Project; Omar Shaikh To Lead Region’s Largest Food Hall; Unique Plankinton Clover Units Add To Emerging Urban Ecosystem

DNA Fundraiser for Cathedral Square Friends!

The Downtown Neighbors Association is holding their Holiday Party and proceeds from the event will go to help Cathedral Square Friends.