The ceremony included the hoisting of a beam that was placed at the highest structural point on the building. A tree was hoisted, too, atop the beam to celebrate reaching this point without loss of life or serious injury to the workers and to signify good luck and prosperity in the future.
The tower is being developed by University Club Tower LLC that includes members, Peter L. Mahler, Barry R. Mandel, Blaine E. Rieke, and Christopher J. Smocke with Mandel Group, Inc. as the manager. Forty-two of the 53 condominiums have been sold.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
