Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons

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Northwestern Mutual Tower
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Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons
General information
StatusCompleted
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°02′24″N87°54′04″W / 43.04000°N 87.90111°W / 43.04000; -87.90111
GroundbreakingAugust 26, 2014 [1]
CompletedAugust 21, 2017
Client Northwestern Mutual
Height550 feet (170 m)
Technical details
Floor count32
Floor area1,100,000 sq ft (100,000 m2) [2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Pickard Chilton
Other information
Public transit access Bus-logo.svg MCTS
References
[3] [4]

The Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons is a 550-foot, 32-story skyscraper located at 805 East Mason Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On September 25, 2013, Northwestern Mutual unveiled the design for its new office tower. The company's former 16-story building was demolished to make room for the new tower. The new tower was completed in 2017 at an estimated cost of $450 million. [5] [6] The grand opening was on August 21, 2017.

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At 550 feet (170 m), [2] the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons is the second-tallest building in Milwaukee.

In October 2015, Northwestern Mutual announced plans to build a 34-story residential tower with retail and parking in downtown Milwaukee. 7Seventy7 was completed in 2018.

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References

  1. ↑ Delong, Katie (August 26, 2014). "Ground is broken! Construction of Northwestern Mutual office tower to preserve & create jobs". FOX 6 Milawukee . Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Paul Gores. "Doors set to open at Northwestern Mutual's state-of-the-art skyscraper in Milwaukee". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , August 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Emporis building ID 1203970". Emporis . Archived from the original on 2017-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons". CTBUH Skyscraper Center .
  5. ↑ Sadovi, Maura. "Milwaukee Office Tower to Get Silicon Implant". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Northwestern Mutual unveils design for new office tower". BizTimes. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
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Preceded by 2nd Tallest building in Milwaukee
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