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BUILDING BLOCKS: Wellness and Recreation Center at Marquette University
BUILDING BLOCKS: Wellness and Recreation Center at Marquette University
By: Ethan Duran//March 1, 2023//
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ADDRESS: 525 N. 16th St., Milwaukee
SIZE: 195,000 square feet
COST: $100 million
START MONTH: Spring 2023
COMPLETION: January 2025
OWNER: Marquette University
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Findorff
LEAD ARCHITECT: HOK and Workshop Architects
PROJECT SIGNIFICANCE: Marquette University will reconstruct the former Halfaer Tennis Stadium and Recreation Center with a recreational and wellness facility, a university spokesperson said. The project includes updated facades and windows and a three-story “wellness tower” at the building’s core. Construction crews will use the existing building footprint and some of its structures in the new project. Engineering firm raSmith will provide site planning, site design and landscape architecture for the project.
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