It will have around 100 hotel and restaurant jobs, Inman said, with over 100 construction jobs involved in the project. The ninth floor will feature a second hotel and bar, with both indoor and outdoor space, Wilcox said.Ĭonstruction is to begin this fall, with the hotel to be completed by late 2022 or early 2023. The development will feature a two-level restaurant and lounge at the corner of West Juneau and North Phillips avenues, as well as street-level retail space at the corner of Juneau Avenue and Fifth Street.īoth areas are designed to activate the street, with the hotel's main entrance in the middle of the block, said project architect Josh Wilcox, of GBA Architecture and Design.
He told the Plan Commission that the hotel's name will pay homage to Milwaukee's roots as a fur trading post - a possible reference to Solomon Juneau, one of the city's early founders.
While part of the Marriott Autograph collection, the hotel's actual name hasn't yet been disclosed.Įach Marriott Autograph hotel carries its own brand, said Andy Inman,North Central vice president of development. The arena's parking structure and Five Fifty Ultra Lofts are just west of the hotel site. The now-vacant block is part of the former Park East strip given to the basketball club by Milwaukee County as part of the public-private financing package for Fiserv Forum. Madison-based North Central Group LLC plans to operate the Marriott Autograph on land that will be leased from the Milwaukee Bucks. It was unanimously endorsed Monday by the Plan Commission, with a review pending before the Common Council's Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee. The nine-story, 205-room Marriott Autograph Hotel is proposed at 420 W. A higher-end hotel planned for downtown Milwaukee's Deer District has received its first city approval.