BMO Harris Financial Center

BMO Harris Financial Center at Market Square is a 25-story, 328-foot tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building was scheduled to be completed in December 2019, but construction delays postponed the opening until April 2020.[3] The building is 281,000 square feet and 328 feet tall.[4]

BMO Harris Financial Center at Market Square
General information
StatusComplete
TypeHigh-rise building
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Address780 North Water Street
Coordinates43°2′27.024″N 87°54′30.312″W
Construction started2017[1]
CompletedDecember 2019
ClientBMO Harris
Height328 feet (100 m)[2]
Technical details
MaterialGlass and Steel
Floor count25
Floor area381,000 feet (116,000 m)
Design and construction
ArchitectKahler Slater
Architecture firmIrgens Development Partners
DeveloperIrgens Development Partners

History

The developer, Irgens Development Partners purchased a 20-story building and a parking lot as the site for this high rise. On November 17, 2017 demolition of the existing structures began.[5] Construction began in December 2017. The total cost of the BMO project was $175 million dollars.[6] It is one of the tallest office towers in Milwaukee.[7]

The construction encountered delays such as a water lateral break which flooded the lower floors of the building. In January 2020 The buildings developer Irgens fired the general contractor J.H. Findorff & Son and hired another builder (Pepper Construction) to finish the building.[8]

The BMO Financial Center was designed by Kahler Slater. It is a glass tower.[9]

Tenants
  • BMO Harris Bank [10]
  • Law firm Michael Best & Friedrich LLP - top three floors[10]
  • Heartland Advisors, Inc.[10]
  • Andrus Intellectual Property Law LLP[10]
  • Kahler Slater - 17th floor[11]

See also

References
  1. Williams, Justin (8 December 2016). "BMO Harris' $137M office tower to be ready by late 2019; old building could become hotel, apartments". WITI. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. BMO Harris Financial Center at Emporis
  3. "BMO Tower". urbanmilwaukee.com. Urban Milwaukee Inc. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. Tanzilo, Bobby (20 September 2019). "Urban spelunking: Irgens' BMO Towers, both old and new". On Milwaukee. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. Daykin, Tom (16 November 2017). "BMO Tower development starts in downtown Milwaukee". The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. "Deal closes on BMO Harris complex, clearing way for new tower construction". On Milwaukee. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  7. "BMO Harris Bank to Build Downtown Office Tower". Milwaukee Independent. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  8. Ryan, Sean (27 January 2020). "Irgens fires lead contractor on BMO Tower, names replacement". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  9. "BMO Tower". kahlerslater.com. Kahler Slater, Inc. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  10. Daykin, Tom (27 March 2020). "At downtown Milwaukee's newest office tower, a developer learns whether the pandemic will stop his project". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  11. Jannene, Jeramey. "Eyes on Milwaukee: Kahler Slater Moving to BMO Tower". Urban Milwaukee. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
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