Sep
13

Three-bank deal means construction can begin for 237 Elm Grove apartments by Mandel Group

Article courtesy of the Milwaukee Business Journal Sean Ryan It’s testament to both the size of the development and current real estate lending environment that Mandel Group Inc. needed loans from three banks to launch construction of 237 apartments at the former School Sisters of Notre Dame campus in Elm Grove. That project will renovate […]

Sep
12

Urban spelunking: Last look inside Elm Grove convent before apartment project

Article courtesy of OnMilwaukee Bobby Tanzilo Passing through Elm Grove on Watertown Plank Road, you can’t miss the dramatic Notre Dame Hall designed by architect Eugene Liebert in 1898 for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, 13105 W. Watertown Plank Rd. The cream city brick gem is topped with a striking stepped gable, a feature […]

Feb
11

Mandel Group’s latest 116-unit apartment project adds to the slew of new apartments being built throughout Waukesha

Article courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jim Riccioli WAUKESHA – At a place where the tracks once brought countless travelers, an emerging apartment complex will attract people who plan to stay awhile. Mandel Group’s 116-unit BridgeWalk Apartments, which broke ground in January along St. Paul Avenue west of Madison Street, adds to a landscape […]

Feb
02

Mandel Group breaks ground on $30 million apartment building in Waukesha

Article published January 31 2022 in Milwaukee Business Journal by Teddy Nykiel. Mandel Group Inc. broke ground on its BridgeWalk Apartments along the Fox River in downtown Waukesha earlier this month, according to a Monday announcement. Completion is expected in early 2023. Located at 205 W. St. Paul Ave., the 116-unit development will include studio, one-bedroom, […]

Dec
03

Mandel Group Announces New Leadership

Barry Mandel and Bob Monnat, longtime heads of major Milwaukee developer Mandel Group Inc., are making room for executives Ian Martin and Phillip Aiello to become the next generation of company leadership. Martin is taking over Mandel’s title as president, and Aiello assumes Monnat’s mantle as chief operating officer. Those changes cement the second generation of top leaders for Mandel Group, […]

Dec
03

Mandel Group hires new president of property management

Mandel Group Inc. hired experienced Illinois real estate executive Carly Stevenson as president of its property management company that oversees a portfolio of 6,240 apartments. Stevenson comes to Mandel and Milwaukee from the Chicago market. She most recently was senior vice president with McCaffery Interests, a Chicago real estate firm that has properties in its home market, […]

Jun
11

Mandel Updates Mask Policy June 2021

We have come a long way since the start of the pandemic and want to thank you for working in partnership with us as we adhered to shelter in place orders, mask mandates, and various other requirements set forth by the CDC. We recognize how challenging this year has been for all, causing hardship and […]

Dec
01

Mandel Group in talks with Valentine Coffee Roasters to anchor food cluster project near West Allis Farmers Market

Mandel Group Inc. is negotiating a deal with Valentine Coffee Co. to make the coffee company the anchor tenant of its Makers Row project in West Allis. Makers Row is the name of the commercial component of Mandel’s plans to develop 6.5 acres southwest of National Avenue and Six Points Crossing and across the street from the […]

Nov
25

Mandel Group moving forward with more apartments, commercial buildings next to West Allis Farmers Market

Milwaukee-based Mandel Group Inc. is putting forward plans to develop a series of commercial retail buildings and a 110-unit apartment building on land southwest of West National Avenue and Six Points Crossing in West Allis, across the street from the West Allis Farmers Market. The city’s Plan Commission will consider next week a series of approvals related […]

Nov
19

BizTimes Viewpoints: A call to focus on neighborhood development in Milwaukee

Editor’s note: Mandel Group chairman and CEO Barry Mandel decided to write this piece after participating in a panel discussion on attracting development to Milwaukee’s lower income neighborhoods for the 18th annual BizTimes Milwaukee Commercial Real Estate and Development Conference, held virtually on Nov. 19. [Written by Barry Mandel. Published by BizTimes on November 19, 2020. […]

Nov
09

‘Live, work and play’: Housing, hotel, offices, food and more proposed for University Research Park

Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal, Nov 9, 2020 The bucolic, sprawling University Research Park on the West Side, home to some of the area’s most illustrious biotech companies, is poised to begin a new era. The research park is teaming with the Mandel Group of Milwaukee on an ambitious, multi-phase project with 400,000 square […]

Oct
27

Historic St. Louis – Loft Building Continues Its Transformation

Mandel Group is proud to announce that Merchandise Mart Apartments in St. Louis is now The Lofts at 1 Thousand! St. Louis, MO (October 27, 2020) – The historic Merchandise Mart building at 1000 Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis, kicked off a long-planned transformation and rebranding today. Going forward, the property will be known […]

Oct
09

See Mandel’s Crescent Apartments rise near historic building restoration: Slideshow (Video)

Mandel Group’s Crescent Apartments project is aiming to make the Milwaukee County Research Park, already a good spot for a lunch break stroll, into a place with the kind of walkability associated with an urban neighborhood. The 102 apartments will likely attract renters who work for companies located in the Wauwatosa park’s office buildings, said Angie […]

Sep
11

Our Response to COVID-19

At Mandel Group, our mission is to provide unyielding customer service and contribute to the betterment of the community while demonstrating the highest degree of integrity and respect for our residents and those with whom we do business. Beginning in March, 2020, the evolving coronavirus situation has impacted us all in ways we never expected. […]

Aug
17

ALLY’S POWERHOUSE CAFÉ TO OPEN NEXT SPRING AT MANDEL GROUP’S CRESCENT APARTMENTS DEVELOPMENT

Wauwatosa, Wisc. (August 17, 2020) – Ally’s Bistro of Menomonee Falls is planning to open a second location in Wauwatosa in the 105-year-old, historic powerhouse building located at 10460 Innovation Drive, Wauwatosa, in the Milwaukee County Research Park. The historic building is being restored by Mandel Group, Inc. as part of its Crescent Apartments development […]

Jul
09

MANDEL GROUP ANNOUNCES SUCCESSION PLAN, NEW PRESIDENT, COO

Barry Mandel named Chairman and CEO; Ian Martin named President; Phillip Aiello named COO; Jason Babcock named Senior VP; Bob Monnat and Dave Pavela named Senior Partners MILWAUKEE – Mandel Group, Inc. (MGI), a Milwaukee-based real estate services firm, announced today the implementation of its leadership succession plan, in which members of the emerging leadership group […]

Nov
27

Mandel Group Starts Construction on Velo Village Apartments

Mandel Group Inc. celebrated the start of construction on its Velo Village apartments at Ballpark Commons in Franklin on Monday. The 265 apartments are some of the only new rental housing Franklin has seen since the recession. They will start to open to residents in early 2021 south of Rawson Avenue, opposite the baseball stadium […]

Nov
13

Real Estate Spotlight: The West Living

The redevelopment of sites west of the West Allis Farmers Market is creeping farther down West National Avenue. If all goes as planned, the section of National Avenue between South 66th and South 68th streets will lead to a “new neighborhood,” with this momentum possibly stretching even further to other nearby properties, say city leaders. Most […]