Landmark on the Lake
Landmark on the Lake is a high-rise residential condominium building on Prospect Avenue on the East Side of Milwaukee. Construction of the building began in 1989 and was completed in 1991. The building contains 275 condominiums on 27 floors. Landmark on the Lake is one of several large residential buildings on Prospect Avenue in Milwaukee. The building remains the tallest and most prominent on the East Side of Milwaukee at a height of 248 feet.
History
Landmark on the Lake is one of several large apartment buildings constructed on Prospect Avenue between 1950 and 2010. Among them Prospect Tower, The Newport, Diamond Tower and 1522 On the Lake. The site was previously home to two older residential structures which were demolished and replaced with a parking lot. Property values on Prospect Avenue began to grow in the late 1980s and early 1990s with renovation efforts on nearby Brady Street. The growing appeal of real-estate on the East Side of Milwaukee ushered in a new era of residential development.Landmark on the Lake was designed by the Chicago-based architectural firm Loewenberg and Fitch on behalf of the developer Lincoln Landmark Venture's. Construction was announced in 1989 and completed in 1991. The project replaced a vacant lot that was occasionally used for off-street parking. The building operated as rental apartments between its opening in 1991 and its conversion to condominium units in 2005. Former WTMJ news anchor Mike Jacobs is a resident of the building.