Transit Center skywalk to come down this weekend

January 26, 2017 3:11 pm Leave a comment

Crews plan to begin demolition work Friday on a skywalk bridge that spans East Michigan Street and links the O’Donnell Park parking garage in downtown Milwaukee to the former Milwaukee County Transit Center.

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Time has come for transit center clock tower demo

January 6, 2017 3:47 pm Leave a comment

The Downtown Transit Center clock tower waits to be demolished on Friday in Milwaukee. The remains of the clock tower were slated to razed Saturday. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

Perhaps fittingly for a structure whose time was nearly up, the minute hand on one face of the clock tower at Milwaukee County’s old Downtown Transit Center could be seen spinning rapidly round and round on Friday morning.

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Demolition work continues on Couture project

October 26, 2016 3:45 pm Leave a comment

Crews work atop the former Downtown Transit Center on Tuesday in downtown Milwaukee. The transit center is being razed to make room for the 44-story Couture development. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

The demolition of Milwaukee's Downtown Transit Center means things are starting to shape up for the city's newest high-rise.

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Couture land sale official

August 31, 2016 12:02 pm Leave a comment

The sale of the Downtown Transit Center by Milwaukee County to developer Rick Barrett is final.

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Federal officials give final approval to Couture land sale (UPDATE)

April 5, 2016 2:01 pm Leave a comment

A recent court ruling has cleared the way for Milwaukee developer Rick Barrett to build a $122 million, 44-story high-rise on the site of the Downtown Transit Center. (Rendering courtesy of Barrett Visionary and Rinka Chung Architecture)

Federal officials have decided to let Milwaukee County sell land near Milwaukee’s lakefront to serve as the site of the Couture high-rise project.

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Parks advocacy group will not appeal Couture ruling

August 19, 2015 11:02 am Leave a comment

Milwaukee’s downtown streetcar is proposed to run through another proposed development, the Couture, on the city’s east side. (Image courtesy of Barrett Visionary Development)

Members of a parks advocacy group say they will not appeal a recent court decision allowing the proposed Couture development to proceed at Milwaukee's Downtown Transit Center site.

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Setting boundaries for the Couture

July 16, 2015 11:00 am Leave a comment

A recent Milwaukee County Circuit Court ruling has paved the way for the development of the Couture project.

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County board grants purchase option for Couture project

December 19, 2014 4:36 pm Leave a comment

The Milwaukee Board of Supervisors voted 12-4 Thursday to grant the developer of the Couture high-rise an option to buy a transit center needed for the project.

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Amendment opens door to public trust challenges

July 3, 2013 3:15 pm 1 Comment

Milwaukee developer Rick Barrett to build The Couture, a mixed-use building proposed for the city’s lakefront. (Rendering provided by Barrett Visionary and Rinka Chung Architecture Inc.)

Where state Rep. Jeff Stone sees a tree, environmental advocate Todd Ambs sees a forest.

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DNR denies making determination on Couture site

June 4, 2013 4:52 pm Leave a comment

Developer Rick Barrett is negotiating with Milwaukee County to buy property on the Milwaukee lakefront to build The Couture (second from left), an estimated $120 million, 44-story high-rise building on the footprint of the Downtown Transit Center. Preserve Our Parks officials say the transit center was built on filled-in lakebed. If that’s the case, the group argued, The Couture could not be built on the property because it would fall under the Public Trust Doctrine, which limits the land to public use. (Rendering courtesy of Barrett Visionary and Rinka Chung Architecture)

Developer Rick Barrett has rolled with the punches thrown by Preserve Our Parks during its challenge of his proposal to build The Couture on Milwaukee’s lakefront.

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