Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons

The Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons is a 550-foot, 32-story skyscraper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On September 25, 2013, Northwestern Mutual unveiled the design for its new office tower. The company's former 16-story building was demolished to make room for the new tower. The new tower was completed in 2017 at an estimated cost of $450 million.[4][5] The grand opening was on August 21, 2017.

Northwestern Mutual Tower
General information
Status	Complete
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates
Groundbreaking	August 26, 2014[1]
Completed	August 2017
Client	Northwestern Mutual
Height	550 feet (170 m)
Technical details
Floor count	32
Floor area	659,505 sq ft (61,270.0 m^2)
Design and construction
Architect	Pickard Chilton
References
[2][3]

At 550 feet (170 m),[6] the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons is the second-tallest building in Milwaukee.

In October 2015, Northwestern Mutual announced plans to build a 34-story residential tower with retail and parking in downtown Milwaukee. 7Seventy7 was completed in 2018.

The Northwestern Mutual East Tower was demolished for the new tower in 2014

References

1. Delong, Katie (August 26, 2014). "Ground is broken! Construction of Northwestern Mutual office tower to preserve & create jobs". FOX 6 Milawukee. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
2. Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons at Emporis
3. "Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
4. Sadovi, Maura. "Milwaukee Office Tower to Get Silicon Implant". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
5. "Northwestern Mutual unveils design for new office tower". BizTimes. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
6. Paul Gores. "Doors set to open at Northwestern Mutual's state-of-the-art skyscraper in Milwaukee". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 17, 2017.