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A first look at the Residences at Hotel Palomar
Coming soon, Residences at Hotel Palomar.  
By Jeff Sherman RSS Feed
OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer
Photography by Gatehouse Capital
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Published March 13, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.
Tags: kipton, ed koh, rick ruvin, park east, hotel palomar, condo development, hks, gatehouse capital, gilbane, gary grunau, mckinley ave., sydney hih

OnMilwaukee.com has the first look at a rendering for the Residences at Hotel Palomar, a new $160 million, high-design, mixed-use development that hopes to serve as the cornerstone for Milwaukee's in the works McKinley District neighborhood in the Park East corridor.

The project will border Old World 3rd Street, Juneau Avenue, 4th Street and McKinley Avenue. Construction is set to begin in the fall.

In addition to condominiums, the development includes Hotel Palomar Milwaukee -- a Kimpton hotel -- retail, a full-service day spa, a nightclub, business center, an art-filled public park that will use components of the Sydney HiH building -- that will be razed -- and public parking.

Here's the rundown of who's involved in the project: Gatehouse Capital of Dallas is the lead developer (project manager Ed Koh is a Milwaukee native) and Ruvin Development of Milwaukee is the co- developer; HKS Architects of Dallas is the architectural firm of record; Johnsen Schmaling Architects of Milwaukee is designing the condo interiors; Graham Downes Architects of San Diego is designing the hotel interiors; Kimpton Hotels of San Francisco will operate the hotel; and the Milwaukee office of Gilbane Building Company will serve as the general contractor. Mary Beth Gaspar-Waite, president of Metro Condo Connections LLC, will be head of condo sales for The Residences at Hotel Palomar.

A $1.5 million off-site sales center including a two bedroom, two-bath condo unit will open at 520 W. McKinley Ave. will open later this month.



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marmar1 Just what we need, more overpriced housing being peddled by an incompetent.
Kev Looks cool! I was just thinking downtown Milwaukee needs more condos built
Reader It's been on some construction/insider sites, but no local media. I believe ...
mikeyp3 Don't think I've seen it published anywhere other than here as of yet...
booboo16 Way to break the news...that rendering has been around for weeks.

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