Wisconsin’s tallest housing tower, The Couture, gets underway in Milwaukee
Officials gather on Tuesday for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the Couture project, near where Lincoln Memorial Drive meets East Michigan Avenue, in downtown Milwaukee. Work is finally getting underway on the long-planned 44-story residential tower, a project that has been on the books for nearly a decade. (Staff photo by Nate Beck)
Crews formally broke ground on Tuesday on the Couture high-rise project, a 44-story tower that will eventually overlook Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee after being in the works for nearly a decade.
The ceremony came after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced last week that it had put the finishing touches on a $104.7 million construction loan and guarantee for the $188 million project — the largest deal of its kind for the agency’s Midwest region since 2000.