After a fire destroyed the historic Westport Presbyterian Church in 2011, the project team was contracted to build a modern place of fellowship while also respecting the history and architecture of the original 1905 Romanesque Revival structure.

In transforming the historic 19th-century Chicago Athletic Association building—designed circa 1893—into a modern boutique hotel, contractors took extraordinary care to preserve the building’s rich Venetian Gothic architectural details while creating a contemporary hospitality environment.

At 32 stories, the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons is designed to strike a grand pose on the Milwaukee skyline for generations to come.