In late February 2016, Lilith Fowler sat down with a map of a 1,000-acre area people were just beginning to recognize as Milwaukee’s Harbor District and began thinking about possibilities for the abandoned sites, vacant lots and aged heavy industrial buildings. Fowler and city leaders could see potential in the Harbor District. Today, less than […]
Milwaukee developer Mandel Group Inc. bought a second large apartment community in the Des Moines, Iowa, area from Continental Properties, another local real estate firm. Mandel on Monday announced its acquisition of the 160-unit Springs at Jordan Creek apartment community in West Des Moines. It follows Mandel’s late 2017 purchase of the 260-unit Springs of […]
A new link is in the works between the Historic Third Ward and Walker’s Point. To make the connection happen and further extend the Milwaukee RiverWalk, a long-unused railroad swing bridge in the Milwaukee River would be repurposed as the central link in a new pedestrian bridge. Alderman Robert Bauman introduced the idea of the city acquiring the bridge at a […]
Milwaukee‐based Mandel Group, Inc. has purchased two riverfront properties in the Fifth Ward/Walker’s Point area, comprising 2.25 acres with nearly 700 feet of river frontage facing toward Milwaukee’s skyline. The properties, located at 318‐338 South Water Street, were historically used by Kurth Malthouse operations and its related grain elevators. The malt house complex was demolished years ago, while […]
Mandel Group changed its proposal for an office-heavy riverside development in Walker’s Point, and its new $130 million vision has more apartments, some potentially with shared makerspace, and a hotel. The redevelopment covers more than 4 acres at South Water and East Florida streets. It’s a mostly industrial area, with a boat service yard and […]
Over 100 shortlisted buildings have won the prestigious 2018 American Architecture Awards® for the best new buildings designed and constructed by American architects in the U.S. and abroad and by international architects for buildings designed and built in the United States. Belay MKE is a mixed‐use development at the northern edge of downtown Milwaukee, a […]
Mandel Group Inc. will soon start construction on an apartment building and renovate a historic powerhouse in the Milwaukee County Research Park. The developer over the past week bought properties for those projects from the nonprofit business that runs the research park. The land deals will advance a plan to build the four-story Crescent apartment […]
The largest new upscale housing development in Milwaukee’s downtown area started with the abrupt shutdown of a tannery. Nearly 20 years later, The North End, which is being developed by Mandel Group Inc., is finally finishing its last phase. The $190 million project is bringing around 900 new residents to the neighborhood where downtown meets […]
DoMUS, the latest residential addition to Milwaukee’s riverfront, completes one of the last remaining segments on the riverwalk’s east shore, providing continuity and access from downtown to Lake Michigan. “As a result of this development the riverwalk system is now complete throughout the Historic Third Ward,” said Bob Monnat, chief operating officer of Mandel Group Inc., […]
At Mandel Group, we are proud to be “eco-friendly.” We are committed to environmentally responsible real estate development in a way that far outpaces the “green” claims of companies today. It’s important to us today and for the future — after all, residential and commercial buildings account for a whopping 43% of the energy consumed […]
Construction is underway for a 10-acre, 103-unit luxury apartment complex being developed in Fox Point by Milwaukee-based Mandel Group Inc. Mandel Group recently raised $9.92 million in equity for the project, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Chiswick at Dunwood, located at North Port Washington Road and West […]
