14-story hotel addition proposed for Masonic Center in downtown Milwaukee
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A 14-story glass tower could be built atop the Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center in downtown Milwaukee to create a 220-room hotel under plans developers submitted to the city this week.
The project would restore the existing Masonic Center building at 790 N. Van Buren St., adding restaurants and meeting venues, while building the vertical addition with new hotel rooms. Madison developer Ascendant Holdings LLC is proposing the project, and Provenance Hotels in Portland would run the independent hotel.
Eric Nordeen, principal at Ascendant Holdings, said that if the project gains city approvals in the coming months, the hotel could open in late 2018 at the earliest.
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This means there WILL be at least 6 towers rising in Milwaukee in 2017;
-Couture (44 stories)
-777 Van Buren (34 stories)
-BMO Harris Financial Center (25 stories)
-Portfolio (24 stories)
-1840 Farwell (13 stories)
-234 Water (12 stories)
There may be even more if the following pull the trigger...
-JCI (54 stories and possible new tallest)
-1550 Prospect (27 stories)
-Edison Place (20 stories)
-700 Kilbourn (19 stories)
-Either Nexus (20 stories and 15 stories) or eMbarKE (20 stories and 12 stories)
-Masonic Hotel (18 stories)
Add that to the insane amount of infill happening, the arena district, and the streetcar, and Milwaukee is ON FIRE!!!
With the nice weather, I'll be out running a lot. If anyone has any picture requests let me know.