East Town

East Town is the unofficial name for the area of downtown Milwaukee that is east of the Milwaukee River. The East Town Association is a member-based organization that represents the area.

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Recent Press Releases Referencing East Town

Milwaukee Downtown names its 2025 Downtown Achievement Award Winners

Oct 17th, 2025 by Milwaukee Downtown, BID 21

Key downtown projects and organizations recognized at Milwaukee Downtown’s 2025 State of Downtown

Fall Gallery Night MKE is tomorrow (Oct. 17) and Saturday (Oct. 18)

Oct 16th, 2025 by Historic Third Ward Association

 

Fall Gallery Night MKE Returns October 17 & 18

Sep 22nd, 2025 by Historic Third Ward Association

 

Neighborhood Buildings

• 100 East

  

  100 East is an office tower in downtown Milwaukee.

• 1000 North Water Street

  

  1000 North Water Street is a 24-story office building in downtown Milwaukee.

• 1001 N. Edison St.

  

• 1001 N. Water St.

  

• 1005 N. Edison St.

  

  1005 N. Edison St. is a warehouse owned and used by Rojahn & Malaney Company.

• 101 E. Juneau Ave.

  

• 104 E. Mason St.

  

• 1040-1106 N. Broadway

  

• 107-115 E. Wells St.

  

  Two-story building proposed for demolition along the Milwaukee Riverwalk. Would be replaced by the Wells Street Tower.

• 1101 N. Edison St.

  

• 1101-1107 N. Water St.

  

• 1111 N. Water St.

  

• 1114 N. Water St.

  

• 1119-1125 N. Water St.

  

• 1122 N. Edison St.

  

• 1127 N. Water St.

  

• 1128-1144 N. Edison St.

  

• 1129-1131 N. Water St.

  

  Constructed in 2004 for Terrace Bar, later housed Tequila Rita’s, Coyote Ugly and Novo.

• 113 E. Juneau Ave.

  

• 1135 N. Water St.

  

• 1200 N. Broadway

  

• 1206 N. Broadway .

  

• 1207 N. Water St.

  

• 1209 N. Broadway

  

• 1219 N. Jackson St.

  

• 1221-1227 N. Water St.

  

• 1227 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 1229 N. Jackson St.

  

• 1234 N. Broadway

  

• 1235 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 1241 N. Water St.

  

  Commercial building occupied by A. Werner Silversmith

• 1241-1243 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 1245-1247 N. Milwaukee St.

  

  Site of a three-story apartment building developed by Three Leaf Development.

• 1245-1247 N. Water St.

  

• 130 E. Juneau Ave.

  

• 1300 N. Jackson St.

  

• 1303-1307 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 1319-1339 N. Jackson St.

  

• 1333-1339 N. Milwaukee St.

  

  Vacant site at the north end of downtown Milwaukee. New development with 197 units proposed in 2022.

• 134 E. Juneau Ave.

  

  134 E. Juneau Ave. is a bar/restaurant space that is currently occupied by Rogues Gallery.

• 1433 Water

  

  Office building developed from the shell of the former Laacke & Joys Building.

• 144 E. Juneau Ave.

  

• 210 E. Michigan St.

  

  Home of the Grand Avenue Club.

• 216-222 E. Mason St.

  

  The historic Milwaukee Abstract Association Building and Milwaukee News Building.

• 224-226 E. Mason St.

  

• 250 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 252 E. Highland Ave.

  

• 301 E. Wisconsin Ave.

  

  Mixed-use building in Milwaukee's East Side Commercial Historic District.

• 308-312 E. Juneau Ave.

  

  Designed by Carl F. Ringer, Sr.

• 312 E. Wisconsin Ave.

  

• 317 E. Knapp St.

  

• 320 E. Clybourn St.

  

• 322-330 E. Clybourn St.

  

• 324 E. Juneau Ave.

  

• 325 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 329-331 E. Wisconsin Ave.

  

• 330 Kilbourn

  

  Two building office complex in Milwaukee's East Town neighborhood.

• 400-408 E. Wisconsin Ave.

  

• 401 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 411 E. Mason St.

  

  This is the location of Hotel Metro. Prior to the becoming a hotel the building served as offices for Blunt Ellis & Loewi.

• 411 East Wisconsin Center

  

  The 411 Building is a high-rise office building in downtown Milwaukee.

• 416-424 E. Mason St.

  

• 418-432 E. Wells St.

  

• 419-433 E. Wells St.

  

• 432 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 433 E. Michigan St.

  

• 500 N. Broadway

  

• 500 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 501 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 510 E. Wisconsin Ave.

  

• 510-512 N. Water St.

  

• 514 N. Water St.

  

• 517 E. State St.

  

• 517 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 518-522 N. Water St.

  

• 520 E. Wells St.

  

  Property record for Cathedral Square Park

• 524 N. Water St.

  

• 530 N. Water St.

  

• 532-534 N. Water St.

  

• 535 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 543 N. Water St.

  

  Parking garage connected to Chase Tower.

• 600-606 E. Wisconsin Ave.

  

• 601 Lofts

  

  601 Lofts is a ten-story condominium tower on the north edge of downtown Milwaukee.

• 602-606 N. Broadway

  

  Historic building being redeveloped into Kinn MKE Guesthouse

• 604 E. Mason St.

  

  Northwestern Mutual-owned office building.

• 606 E. Juneau Ave.

  

• 608 N. Broadway

  

• 610 N. Water St.

  

• 612 N. Broadway

  

• 615 E. Michigan St.

  

• 617 E. Wisconsin Ave.

  

• 620 E. Clybourn St.

  

• 622 N. Cass St.

  

• 624 E. Mason St.

  

  Northwestern Mutual-owned office building at 624 E. Mason St.

• 625 N. Broadway

  

• 626 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 626 E. State St.

  

• 626-628 N. Broadway

  

• 627-637 N. Broadway

  

  Three two-story buildings being redeveloped by David Uihlein into commercial storefronts.

• 628 N. Water St.

  

• 700 E. Kilbourn Ave. Tower

  

  Proposed 30+ story apartment building for corner of Van Buren St. and Kilbourn Ave.

• 706 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 706-708 E. Juneau Ave.

  

• 710 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 711 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 712 E. Wells St.

  

• 714 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 716 E. Clybourn St.

  

• 718 E. Wells St.

  

• 718-720 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 720 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 722 N. Milwaukee St.

  

  Tenants Three Distil Flourchild List is incomplete

• 722-740 N. Broadway

  

  Office building and communications hub

• 723 N. Van Buren St.

  

• 724-726 E. Wells St.

  

• 724-728 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 725-729 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 727-737 N. Van Buren St.

  

  Office building acquired by Northwestern Mutual.

• 731 N. Jackson St.

  

  Heavily renovated office building in downtown Milwaukee.

• 732 N. Jackson St.

  

  Update planned in 2019. Built in 1978.

• 733-737 N. Milwaukee St.

  

  Originally a three-building, shortened to one story in 1939.

• 741 N. Jackson St.

  

• 741 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 751-765 N. Broadway

  

• 753-757 N. Water St.

  

• 761-763 N. Water St.

  

• 763 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 765 N. Water St.

  

• 766 N. Jackson St.

  

  766 N. Jackson St. is a Northwestern Mutual-owned parking lot.

• 767 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 767-769 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 769 N. Broadway

  

• 770 N. Milwaukee St.

  

  Commercial building in Milwaukee's East Town neighborhood.

• 770 North

  

  Proposed for redevelopment into 231 apartments

• 771 N. Van Buren St.

  

  771 N. Van Buren St. was a Northwestern Mutual-owned mixed-use building.

• 771-773 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 777 N. Cass St.

  

• 777 N. Milwaukee St.

  

  777 N. Milwaukee is a parking structure located Downtown.

• 783-785 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 784 N. Broadway

  

• 785 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 787-789 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 788 Building

  

• 789 N. Water St.

  

  Five-story office building owned by The Druml Company.

• 790 N. Jackson St.

  

  790 N. Jackson St. is a mixed-use building on the corner of N. Jackson St. and E. Wells St.

• 792 N. Broadway

  

• 795 N. Van Buren St.

  

  Demolished office building that formerly stood on the corner of N. Van Buren St. and E. Wells St.

• 7Seventy7

  

  Apartment tower and parking garage in downtown Milwaukee. Developed by Northwestern Mutual.

• 801-809 N. Cass St.

  

  Home of Buckley’s Restaurant & Bar Winner of 2020 Mayor’s Design Award

• 802 N. Van Buren St.

  

• 806 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 807 N. Marshall St.

  

  807 N. Marshall St. is a parking lot in Milwaukee's East Town neighborhood.

• 808 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 809 N. Broadway

  

• 810 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 810 N. Cass St.

  

• 811-817 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 812 E. Kilbourn Ave.

  

• 814 E. Kilbourn Ave

  

• 815 N. Cass St.

  

• 818 E. Clybourn St.

  

• 819 N. Cass St.

  

• 820 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 822 N. Van Buren St.

  

• 825 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 827 N. Cass St.

  

• 829 N. Cass St.

  

• 829 N. Marshall St.

  

  Designed by Fernekes & Cramer.

• 831-833 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 833 East

  

  18-story-tall office building in downtown Milwaukee.

• 833 N. Milwaukee St.

  

• 835 N. Cass St.

  

• 839 N. Jefferson St.

  

• 840-846 N. Jackson St.

  

  Home of Tenor High School

• 875 E. Wisconsin Ave.

  

• 902 N. Cass St.

  

• 904 N. Cass St.

  

• 906 E. Mason St.

  

  906 E. Mason St. is a parking lot in Milwaukee's Juneau Town neighborhood.

• 917 N. Cass St.

  

• 920 E. Mason St.

  

• 920 N. Water St.

  

  See Red Arrow Park

• 926 N. Cass St.

  

• 931 N. Cass St.

  

• 933 N. Marshall St.

  

• 945 N. Cass St.

  

• 946 N. Van Buren St.

  

• Ascent

  

  Mass timber, 25-story building at 700 E. Kilbourn Ave.

• Associated Bank River Center

  

  28-story office tower

• Associated Bank Theater Center

  

  The Milwaukee Repertory Theater complex, part of the bigger Associated Bank River Center complex.

• Astor Hotel

  

  Historic hotel and apartment building in downtown Milwaukee.

• Blatz Wash House

  

  Formerly part of the Blatz Brewery. Today an office building.

• BMO Tower

  

  25-story, 328-foot tower by Irgens Partners.

• Button Block Building

  

  Sold in early 2014 to Bear Development. Joey Buona’s was a first-floor tenant.

• Candon Court

  

• Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

  

  Most significant Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Milwaukee.

• Cathedral Place

  

  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.

• Cathedral Place Garage

  

  Mailing address: 530 E. Mason St.

• Chase Tower

  

  The Chase Tower is a 22-story office building in the middle of downtown Milwaukee.

• Chicago & North Western Railway Lake Front Depot

  

  Former railway depot on Milwaukee's lakefront.

• CityCenter at 735 N Water Street

  

• Colby Abbot Building

  

  The Colby Abbot Building is a six-story, mixed-use building in downtown Milwaukee.

• Comstock Building

  

  The Comstock Building at 826-828 N. Milwaukee St.

• Convent Hill

  

• Drury Plaza Hotel Milwaukee Downtown

  

  Drury-owned and operated hotel located at the northeast corner of N. Water. St. and E. Wisconsin Ave. Former office building.

• Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall

  

  Milwaukee School of Engineering education center that will serve as the hub for the university's new computer science program.

• East Building

  

  Former office building for Northwestern Mutual at the east end of their downtown campus.

• Edison Green

  

  Canceled condominium proposal by Russ Davis.

• Faison Building

  

• Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building

  

• George Watts and Son Building

  

• German-English Academy

  

  Historic office building in downtown Milwaukee. Owned by MSOE.

• Grohmann Museum

  

• Grohmann Tower

  

  MSOE student housing facility on the corner of N. Water St. and E. Juneau Ave.

• Hermann Viets Tower

  

  Milwaukee School of Engineering residence hall.

• Hilton Garden Inn Milwaukee Downtown

  

  The Hilton Garden Inn Milwaukee Downtown is a hotel in in the Loyalty Building.

• Hollitz Building

  

  The Hollitz Building is a mixed-use apartment and office building in downtown Milwaukee.

• Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center

  

  Three-story building in downtown Milwaukee.

• Huron Building

  

  Project named Huron Building in March 2019. Formerly referred to as Broadway Connection or Mackie Building South.

• Iron Block Building

  

  Recently restored office building located at the intersection of N. Water St. and E. Wisconsin Ave.

• John W. Mariner Building

  

• Johnson Controls Building

  

  A seven-building complex located in downtown Milwaukee.

• Juneau Square

  

  Three-building complex in downtown Milwaukee. Juneau Square North is a 9-story office tower and Juneau Square South is a 4-story office building.

• Juneau Village Towers

  

  Juneau Village Towers is a three-building apartment complex in downtown Milwaukee

• Kennedy I

  

  Four-story office building on the corner of N. Milwaukee St. and E. Wells St. Sister building Kennedy II sits across Wells.

• Kern Center

  

  The Kern Center is an athletic and wellness complex owned by MSOE.

• Kilbourn Tower

  

  33-story condominium tower in downtown Milwaukee

• Loyalty Building

  

  611 N Broadway

• Mackie Building

  

  The Mackie Building is a historic office building in Downtown Milwaukee.

• Marcus Performing Arts Center

  

  Arts complex at 929 N. Water St.

• Matthew Keenan House

  

  Historic mansion just off Cathedral Square Park now used as an office building.

• McGeoch Building

  

  Historic office building in Milwaukee's East Side Commercial District.

• Milwaukee Athletic Club

  

  Acquired by a partnership of J. Jeffers & Co., Interstate Development Partners and Sage Hospitality Group as part of a redevelopment effort in April 2019. The group will redevelop the hotel in the building into a large facility. The club itself has been temporarily relocated to CityCenter at 735.

• Milwaukee City Hall

  

  Built in 1895, Milwaukee City Hall was once the tallest inhabitable building in the world.

• Milwaukee Federal Courthouse

  

  The Milwaukee Federal Courthouse is an iconic Romanesque structure located on E. Wisconsin Ave.

• Milwaukee Marriott Downtown

  

  The Milwaukee Marriott Downtown is an under construction hotel in Milwaukee's Juneau Town neighborhood.

• Mitchell Building

  

  Historic office building in Downtown Milwaukee.

• Monroe Building

  

  Office building in downtown Milwaukee.

• MSOE Athletic Field

  

  City Assessment Location: 428 E. State St. + 408 E. State St.

• MSOE Campus Center

  

  Milwaukee School of Engineering Campus Center. Acquired by the university in 1987. Originally built as the Blatz Brewing Bottle House and later used by Pabst Brewing Company after it bought out Blatz in 1960. A series of horizontal, blue decorative elements were added to the building’s Market Street and Highland Avenue facades, a subtle nod to the brewery’s ownership by Pabst and its Blue Ribbon brand. Official city address of 1000-1050 N. Market St.

• Neutral Edison

  

  A 31-story apartment tower under development at 1005 N. Edison St.

• Northwestern Mutual North Building

  

  The Northwestern Mutual North Building is the office building on the north end of the company's downtown campus.

• Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons

  

  A 32-story office tower built along Wisconsin Avenue for insurance company Northwestern Mutual.

• Northwestern National Insurance Company Building

  

  Historic bank building on E. Wisconsin Ave.

• Nova

  

  A 251-unit apartment building at L-shaped site at 1237 N. Van Buren St.

• O’Donnell Park Structure

  

• Office on the Square Building

  

    Learn More “Office on the Square Building” – Milwaukee Public Library

• Old St. Mary’s Church

  

  Historic Milwaukee church located downtown.

• Pabst Theater

  

  Historic theater in downtown Milwaukee now used primarily as a venue for touring musical artists

• Pasadena Apartments

  

• Pfister Hotel

  

  The Pfister Hotel is the most iconic hotel in Downtown Milwaukee.

• Railway Exchange Building

  

  Originally referred to as the Herman Building.

• Regency House

  

  High-rise condominium tower located in Milwaukee's East Town neighborhood

• Saint Kate The Arts Hotel

  

  Downtown Milwaukee hotel owned by the Marcus Corp.

• Streetcar Flats

  

  Nine-story building in downtown Milwaukee.

• The Blatz

  

  The Blatz is a mixed-use building in Milwaukee’s East Town (Juneau Town) neighborhood.

• The Bookends

  

• The Caroline

  

  Proposed 32-story mixed-income tower for the southern portion of the Convent Hill site.

• The Colonial

  

• The Holland

  

  The Holland, 935 N. Cass St., is an apartment building in East Town. Website here.  

• The Plaza Hotel

  

  The Plaza Hotel is located in the lower east side of Milwaukee.  It was designed the architect George W. Adams, and its design is noticeably art deco.  According the the hotels website the building was originally constructed in 1925 as two individual buildings. More information Plaza Hotel Home Page

• The Sentinel Building

  

  Built as a home for the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1892.

• The Vermont Apartments

  

  The Vermont was a Northwestern Mutual owned apartment building at 610 E. Mason St.

• The Waldorf Apartments

  

  The Waldorf, 930 N. Marshall St., is an apartment building in Milwaukee.

• The Westin Milwaukee

  

  The Westin Hotel Downtown Milwaukee is a 220-room hotel located immediately south of the US Bank Center.

• The Woman’s Club of Wisconsin

  

    Learn More Woman’s Club of Wisconsin Home Page Wisconsin Historical Society Record

• Two Fifty

  

  Downtown Milwaukee office building and parking garage.

• U.S. Bank Center

  

  The US Bank Center is the tallest building in the state of Wisconsin.

• University Club

  

  Private social club overlooking Lake Michigan.

• University Club Tower

  

  University Club Tower is a residential high-rise in Milwaukee's Juneau Town neighborhood.

• Van Buren City Lofts

  

  Van Buren City Lofts is a residential condominium building on the north end of downtown Milwaukee. The building contains 38 units. The building is the former garage of the Luick Ice Cream Company. It was converted in 2002. During conversion to condominiums, an additional floor was added to the building.

• Vantage on the Park

  

  96-unit apartment building in downtown Milwaukee.

• Viets Field

  

  Viets Field is a university-owned parking garage with a soccer field on top.

• Walter Schroeder Library

  

• Wayland Apartments

  

  Wayland Apartments, 839 N. Marshall St.

• Wells Building

  

  The Wells Building is a 15-story historic office building in downtown Milwaukee.

• Wisconsin Gas Building

  

  The Wisconsin Gas Building is a historic office building in Downtown Milwaukee famous for its rooftop flame.