Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons

Northwestern Mutual Tower
General information
Status	Completed
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°02′24″N87°54′04″W / 43.04000°N 87.90111°W / 43.04000; -87.90111
Groundbreaking	August 26, 2014 [1]
Completed	August 21, 2017
Client	Northwestern Mutual
Height	554 feet (169 m)
Technical details
Floor count	32
Floor area	1,100,000 sq ft (100,000 m2) [2]
Design and construction
Architect	Pickard Chilton
Other information
Public transit access	MCTS
References
[3] [4]

The Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons is a 554-foot ^[5] , 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. ^{[6] [7]} The grand opening was on August 21, 2017.

At 554 feet (169 m), ^[5] 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.

Gallery

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  Under construction in 2016.
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  The northern face of the tower.
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  The East Tower was demolished in 2014.
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  The lobby of the Tower.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Milwaukee
• List of tallest buildings in Wisconsin
• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state

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. 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. "Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
6. Sadovi, Maura. "Milwaukee Office Tower to Get Silicon Implant". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
7. "Northwestern Mutual unveils design for new office tower". BizTimes. Retrieved September 27, 2013.

Records
Preceded by 100 East Wisconsin	2nd Tallest building in Milwaukee 2017—Present 169m	Succeeded by Current holder