Zenith
Milwaukee
Description
Rezoning from the Bookends General Planned Development to the Zenith Detailed Planned Development for a 25-story, 226-unit for-sale condo tower with 412 parking spaces; recommended for passage to the Common Council.
Impact summary
Roughly $150 million of new for-sale housing downtown on long-vacant parcels, with neighbors worried about alley traffic, parking and construction impacts.
Applicant
- Name
- New Land Enterprises
- Address
- 711 East Kilbourn Avenue and 822 North Van Buren Street, Milwaukee, WI
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 8
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 27, 2026.
Meeting timeline (3)
COMMON COUNCIL — November 4, 2026
A substitute ordinance would swap the Bookends planned development zoning for the new Zenith plan, allowing a multi-family residential building downtown.
ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE — October 27, 2026
Rezoning from the Bookends General Planned Development to the Zenith Detailed Planned Development for a 25-story, 226-unit for-sale condo tower with 412 parking spaces; recommended for passage to the Common Council.
CITY PLAN COMMISSION — September 28, 2026
Converts the Bookends GPD to a DPD for a 25-story, 226-unit for-sale condo tower with 412 parking spaces — the first new downtown condo high-rise in years.
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