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Milwaukee’s first mass timber building is recognized by WoodWorks – Wood Products Council with its 2021 Multi-Family Wood Design award.

The outstanding achievement of mass timber construction and adaptive re-use awarded a Top Project by The Daily Reporter.

Thanks to the National Park Service (NPS) permitting our Historic Tax Credits, we were able to add on to an existing five story Cream City

It has been said that the greenest buildings are the ones that already exist. Adapting historic buildings for modern uses can create new community beacons that

Milwaukee’s first environmentally sustainable apartment building, Timber Lofts located at 300 W. Florida Street, uses specially treated lumber for its construction rather than steel and concrete. The 60 unit apartment building is already nearly 60% leased, with residents currently moving into their new apartments homes.

Wisconsin Commercial Real Estate Women (WCREW), is pleased to announce the winners of the Ninth Annual WCREW Showcase Awards, which recognizes significant real estate development and redevelopment projects in Wisconsin. Projects that achieved substantial completion for occupancy or opened between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2009 were considered by a panel of judges made up of community leaders and real estate professionals.

The Winners of the 2009 SE2 (Sustainability and Energy Efficiency) Leadership Award were announced at the 6th Annual SE2 Conference and Award Ceremony held in Milwaukee on September 16, 2009.

The ceremony, attended by more than 350 people, was opened by Mary Schlaefer, the Director of Focus on Energy. After hearing comments from competition Judge Don McLauchlan, each winner received an engraved plaque made of recycled glass.

The Mayor’s Design Awards recognize exceptional spaces and places that make Milwaukee a lively, engaging city. Historic preservation is also recognized as part of the award categories, previously called the Cream of the Cream City Awards.

A glance at the employee rosters of the Milwaukee area’s largest development companies will reveal very few women involved in multimillion-dollar, mega commercial or residential projects.

Commercial real estate development is a male-dominated world when it comes to nailing down the financing deals with banks or other lenders and putting investors together to allow the residential high-rises and 1 million-square-foot office buildings to move forward.

Construction for yet another project in the Walker’s Point/Fifth Ward area, located south of Milwaukee’s dramatically re-developed Historic Third Ward, is nearing completion.

A group of investors led by Ann Pieper Eisenbrown, president and founder of Pieper Properties Inc., is progressing on the redevelopment of the former Allen D. Everitt Knitting Co. building at 234 W. Florida St.