Kinn MKE filling vacant building on Broadway and Michigan. By Jeramey Jannene - Apr 23rd, 2021 05:50 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Kinn MKE Guesthouse Construction. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
The Milwaukee downtown hotel boom continues, even with a pandemic cutting revenue and canceling events.
Construction is underway on Kinn MKE Guesthouse, a 32-room hotel being created in the four-story office building at 602-606 N. Broadway.
Charles Bailey is developing the hotel, a scaled-up version of his successful Kinn Guesthouse in Bay View. That eight-room hotel, with restaurant Sorella on the first floor, is located at 2535 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.
Bailey, who operates Joca Properties, is adding a fifth floor to the building that will contain a bar and rooftop deck that will function as an event venue. He previously proposed adding five floors, and then just three, but failed to persuade members of the Historic Preservation Commission. The first floor will