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Construction begins on Milwaukee’s 373-unit 100 East apartment conversion
The 100 East office-to-housing conversion project, with 373 units, will start after Memorial Day.
Rising costs put Milwaukee downtown projects in limbo
Milwaukee's downtown faces delays in multiple apartment and hotel projects due to high interest rates, rising construction costs and economic uncertainty.
Developers turn to Milwaukee again for financial support for 100 East project
The developers of a large office conversion project in downtown Milwaukee are turning to the city again for financial support after winning TID approval in July 2025.
Tax incentives for 100 East conversion gets first approval in Milwaukee
A $165 million plan to turn 100 East into 373 apartments will move forward after a Milwaukee board approved plans for a tax incentive.
Two Milwaukee projects could get tax increment financing from city
The city announced two tax increment districts for a project that will renovate a foreclosed commercial building on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and another that will adapt a semi-vacant office building in downtown Milwaukee.
Projects in Milwaukee and beyond booming in 2025
Redevelopment of a former mall, the replacement of a freeway, more hotel rooms and housing are all on the table for construction in the Milwaukee area in 2025.
100 East wins historic status, closer to needed financing
100 East, a 37-story office building built in 1989, won historic designation and can receive tax credits.
Developer plans to turn 36-story Milwaukee building into 350 apartments
Klein Development's redevelopment plans for 100 East jumped ahead with a court approval for them to purchase the tower.
Today’s News
- US existing home sales unexpectedly fall in June
- Milwaukee Water Street nightlife locations for sale
- Milwaukee mayor favors improving I-794 freeway over removal
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 13, 2026
- 200-unit apartment project wins 2nd city endorsement
- ON THE LEVEL: Josh Brown takes the torch at Bliffert Lumber
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Tom’s Drive In nears completion in Fond du Lac
- Computing facility dropped from Midtown Center redevelopment in Milwaukee
- Delayed Bay View development reaches Milwaukee Common Council
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 6
- Energy plant pinned to Milwaukee County courthouse project
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 6, 2026
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)