December
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 […]

November
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 […]

November
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. […]

November
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 […]

October
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 […]

October
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 […]

August
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 […]

November
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 […]

November
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 […]

October
23

Construction Begins for Velo Village at Ballpark Commons

Contractors started moving dirt on Monday for 265 apartments that will rise south of Ballpark Commons in Franklin and offer several amenities for the avid bicyclist… CLICK HERE to read the full article posted in today’s Milwaukee Business Journal.

September
11

BOMA-WISCONSIN & AOMA ANNOUNCE TOBY AWARD WINNERS

On September 10th, Mandel Group’s Milwaukee-area properties celebrated individual and property excellence along with dozens of other local property management companies at the annual TOBY awards event! The TOBY Awardsis sponsored by the Apartment Owners and Managers Association of Wisconsin (AOMA), an affiliate member of the National Apartment Association. The awards recognize top properties and associates in […]

September
06

Mandel Group unveils $150 million Harbor District plan

Click here to read The Milwaukee Business Journal’s coverage of the Harbor Yards development.

September
06

Press Release: Mandel Advances Plans for Harbor Yards Development

Mandel Group, Inc. has released updated design plans for its 4.25-acre development site, situated on the Milwaukee River at the northern portal of The Harbor District. The $150 million undertaking is named “Harbor Yards”, to reflect the historic use of the site as a juncture of marine and rail transport while referencing the explosive growth […]

July
31

Making a City Yours: The Story of Milwaukee’s ACRE Program

Mandel Group has been and continues to be a proud supporter of Milwaukee’s ACRE program which is administered through LISC Milwaukee in partnership with Marquette University, MSOE and UW-Milwaukee. To learn more about ACRE’s worthwhile endeavors, read this in-depth article that was featured in LISC’s newsletter that is distributed nationwide.

July
17

Mandel Group proposes a 34-acre multifamily development in Oconomowoc’s Pabst Farms

Mandel Group is proposing to develop 315 market-rate apartments within the Pabst Farms master-planned development in Oconomowoc, Wisc. The development, called Pabst Farms Apartments, could add 475 residents to the city and $600,000 in annual tax revenue. The site is located on 34 acres of land at the intersection of Old School House Road and […]

April
19

Mandel Group seeks city financing help for apartments at Franklin’s Ballpark Commons

Upscale apartments to be built at Franklin’s Ballpark Commons mixed-use development would receive city financing help under a new proposal. Mandel Group Inc. plans to develop 265 units in five three-story buildings at Ballpark Commons, north of West Loomis Road and west of South 76th Street. The apartments, known as Velo Village, would cost $57.2 million to develop, […]

April
07

Mandel Group’s Fox Point Apartments Opening to Residents

The 103-unit Chiswick development, at 770 N. Port Washington Road, is a different kind of market-rate housing for a different kind of market than downtown Milwaukee, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal. Click here to see a slideshow tour through the project, including a look at a completed apartment.

March
14

Ballpark Commons to add 265 Apartments from Mandel Group

Mandel Group Inc. is joining the Ballpark Commons development in Franklin with a proposal for 265 market-rate apartments that would emphasize bicycling culture. The $57.2 million project is planned south of Rawson Avenue along the Oak Leaf Trail, and includes a clubhouse for people biking or jogging along the trail. To read full coverage in […]