The Couture
| The Couture | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | The Couture under construction | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Residential | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 909 E. Michigan Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin  United States | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Floor count | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Architect(s) | RINKA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Developer | Barrett Lo Visionary Development | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Public transit access |  MCTS The Hop | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Couture is a high-rise apartment building in Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 537-foot, 44-story high-rise became the state of Wisconsin's tallest residential building upon completed in 2024, and features 322 high-end apartments, 50,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, and an 1,100-space parking structure with hundreds of public parking spaces.
History
First proposed in 2012, the project has undergone several programming and design revisions. The tower was originally expected to include a 180-room hotel, but that proposal was removed in 2014 with the construction of the neighboring Westin Hotel. The proposed 179 apartment units was increased to 294 apartments and later expanded to 322 apartments.[1] In 2014, the developer and the city of Milwaukee revised the design to include an enclosed stop of The Hop. In 2015, the project went through litigation regarding the sale and demolition of the Milwaukee County Transit Center to the developer, Barrett Lo Visionary Development. In June, 2015 a Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of Milwaukee County and the developer allowing the sale to proceed. On June 26, 2020, the developer, Barrett Lo Visionary Development, announced equity funding had been secured earlier in the month and they had resubmitted the project for HUD funding.[2][3][4][5]
The Couture began leasing apartments in January 2024.[6] As of August 2024, the tower was 30 percent leased but was only 20 percent occupied by residents.[7]
Design and construction
A groundbreaking event was held on June 16, 2021, with speeches by former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.[8] RINKA is serving as the lead architect on the project with J.H. Findorff as the General Contractor. The tower went vertical in Summer 2022 after several months of site prep and underground work. In February, 2022, the developer announced an intention to complete the project by the end of 2023.[9] The Couture is the 4th tallest building in the city of Milwaukee and the tallest residential building in the state of Wisconsin.
The base of the building contains a public transit concourse with a streetcar station for The Hop L-Line and a bus rapid transit station for Milwaukee County Transit System CONNECT 1.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "The Couture".
- ^ "The Couture finalizes construction loan, work begins this week". May 3, 2021.
- ^ "The Couture takes step forward with invitation from HUD | BizTimes Media Milwaukee". www.biztimes.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Couture lakefront high-rise proposal takes big step forward". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. December 8, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ The Couture Developer Secures Financing
- ^ Turpin, Hunter (January 11, 2024). "Leasing opens for apartments at The Couture". BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News. Archived from the original on November 18, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^ Rommel, Nick (September 2, 2024). "Slow going for Milwaukee's new luxury high-rises". WPR. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^ "Milwaukee Celebrates Couture Construction Investment in Community During Ceremonial Groundbreaking".
- ^ "Eyes on Milwaukee: The Couture Completion Delayed Until End of 2023".
- ^ Jannene, Jeramey (April 11, 2024). "Streetcar Begins Daily Service To The Couture, BRT Will Soon Follow". Urban Milwaukee. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
External links
Media related to The Couture at Wikimedia Commons- The Couture
