Sustainability at Schlitz Park
Schlitz Park has a demonstrated commitment to sustainability and environmentally-friendly values and
practices. The families that first purchased the Schlitz Brewery property in 1983 as part of The Brewery Works,
Inc. organization continue to own and manage the property today. This stable and secure leadership team has
always been at the forefront of advances in commercial development and tenant amenities while respecting and
protecting the heritage of our historic, riverfront location. Tenants who choose Schlitz Park will benefit from a
wide range of opportunities to pursue a sustainable work style.
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Since first purchasing the property in 1983, Schlitz Park owners have always celebrated, respected and
sought to preserve the history and heritage of the property while enhancing the buildings and grounds
for future and sustained use.
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The development of Schlitz Park has spurred more than $800 million dollars in new investment in the
property’s surrounding areas, more than any other area in the city of Milwaukee.
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Schlitz Park’s success and the impact it has had on surrounding communities has been recognized with
numerous local and national honors including the Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence for Large
Scale Rehabilitation and the Urban Economic Development Association’s National Economic
Development Partnership Award.
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Most of the buildings in the former brewery have been renovated and today office more than 4,200
people at some of Milwaukee’s most prominent companies and organizations that provide financial,
health care, employment, education, technical and other important services.
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With more than $60 million in upgrades and renovations completed in 2014, Schlitz Park continues to
rethink, invest, and transform the 46-acre landmark office community to offer space and amenities
tenants most desire.
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As part of its most recent renovation, Schlitz Park pursued sustainable construction practices including
recycling nearly all construction waste generated and selecting environmentally-friendly building
materials including low- and no-VOC paints, dual-flush toilets and auto activated faucets. The reuse of
existing materials, where practical, included doors, frames, hardware, ceiling tiles, ceiling grid, toilet
fixtures, toilet partitions and retrofitting existing lighting fixtures to high efficiency performance.
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Renovated buildings, such as the Stock-House (including the former Executive Building), feature HVAC
equipment with variable frequency drive (VFD) motors and variable air volume (VAV) systems. When
the building is at “part load” (95% of the time when it isn’t super-hot or super-cold) the system uses
VFDs on the fan motors and pumps to slow down the equipment and save energy (and indirectly power
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plant CO2 emissions). Additionally, occupant comfort is increased as the new electronic controls system
adjusts the speed of the units and airflows/temperatures relative to the spaces.
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Until 2014, the Stock-House was a massive, window-less building vacant since 2005. Now this former
storage building features modern, open office layouts with 12-foot high ceilings. Large windows offer
unique and expansive panoramic downtown views that deliver natural daylight deep into the building.
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Outside, Schlitz Park has added more green and public spaces including the one-acre Brewhouse Square
which opened in 2014.
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Brewhouse Square occupies the footprint of the former Brewhouse. After concluding they could no
longer preserve the building as it was, developers thoughtfully and reluctantly demolished the
Brewhouse. Guided by an urban archeologist, crews meticulously salvaged thousands of building
elements to memorialize the functional and architectural heritage of the former brewery. Nearly 98% of
the Brewhouse materials were recycled or reused, including the salvage of nearly 1,500 distinct artifacts,
many of which can be found reintroduced into the campus’ landscape architecture. Additionally, about
75,000 cream city bricks were reclaimed for Schlitz Park and other construction projects. Concrete was
ground up and used as a base for adjacent street improvements and Brewhouse Square.
Current Sustainable Practices
 Schlitz Park is located in a neighborhood with a Walk Score of 80 (from www.walkscore.com), one of the
highest scores in the U.S. Schlitz Park tenants are conveniently connected to miles of walking and
bicycle trails including the Milwaukee RiverWalk.
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Schlitz Park’s central location provides easy access to public transportation, which helps reduce
pollution from automobile use. In 2014, Schlitz Park enlisted MetroGO! to develop an interactive Schlitz
Park Commuter Transit Map web portal to help tenants and visitor plan their route. Additionally,
MetroGO! created a Schlitz Park Guide to Suburban Commuter Transportation Options to serve as a
further reference resource for those commuters looking for auto alternatives.
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Schlitz Park provides preferred parking for electric and alternative-fuel vehicles and in 2011 was the first
corporate property in the state to provide a free electric vehicle (EV) charging station to make
commuting by EV more feasible. While the service remains free for tenants, the station has become so
popular non-tenants are charged a small cost for use to help ensure station availability for tenants.
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For those tenants who do occasionally need a car, Schlitz Park enlisted Zipcar in late 2013, the world’s
largest car sharing network, to station a car at Schlitz Park.
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In 2014, Schlitz Park expanded its extensive bike-to-work program, which now includes parking for
nearly 95 bicycles in more than a dozen locations. The program, developed in partnership with the
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, includes weather protected bike parking, facilities for showers and
changing, bicycle commuting and route guide and free monthly tenant bike tune-ups (paid for by Schlitz
Park). According to Kevin Hardman, Former Executive Director of the Bike Fed and Current Executive
Director of Midwest Bikes Share Inc., “What Schlitz Park is doing and the scale of their activity is
significant. They are a leader in the bike to work effort.” The Bike Fed continues to provide fee bicycle
commuting and safety education classes to Schlitz Park tenants.
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Also in late 2014, Schlitz Park became one of Milwaukee’s first 10 Bublr Bike Share network stations to
open.
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A key partner in Schlitz Park’s Bicycle Friendly program is the non-profit DreamBikes, which works with
local youth providing both jobs and bikes. DreamBikes has partnered with Schlitz Park since 2012 to
provide free daily bike rentals to tenants to help reduce the number of car trips used for short errands
as well as encourage exercise breaks. In 2014, more than 50 tenants rented bikes, some even daily.
These free daily rentals will continue in 2015 as a supplemental amenity to the Bublr bike station.
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Schlitz Park has expanded on-site dining options to reduce meal-time travel off campus and provide a
wider variety of fresh, healthy food choices. In 2014, Schlitz Park re-opened the historic Brown Bottle
restaurant in the recently renovated Stock-House as well as The Brew, a grab and go café. In the
RiverCenter, the Schlitz Park Café sources many ingredients and products locally. The RiverCenter is also
home to Coffee With A Conscience, a Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC)
social business venture.
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In June 2015, Schlitz Park began a partnership with Fondy Food Center, a well-known nonprofit whose
mission is to connect neighborhoods to fresh, local food, to run a weekly pop-up farmers market from
June to October. This partnership provides our tenants with the opportunity to shop at work for fresh,
locally grown and affordable produce while also supporting our commitment to sustainability, tenant
health and well-being.
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To promote a healthy lifestyle, the property has three onsite fitness centers with private changing rooms
and showers. The fitness centers have been outfitted with low-flow, dual-flush toilets to reduce water
use.
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Schlitz Park partners with Salus Corporate Wellness to provide free well-being services to tenants
including onsite coaching.
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Schlitz Park hosts several fitness events open to both tenants and the public with proceeds benefitting
local charities including environmental and social service organizations.
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Smoke-free buildings and grounds provide a healthier atmosphere for tenants and visitors.
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A green cleaning program helps to protect occupant health by preventing potentially hazardous cleaning
substances from being introduced into the building.
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A comprehensive recycling program reduces the amount of waste sent to landfill.
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For more than 20 years, Schlitz Park has used river water to cool the entire office campus and Golda
Meier Upper Campus buildings. The water is fed through the HVAC system and then returned to the
river, saving both fresh water and energy. This process also eliminates the need for a cooling tower,
which also reduces both pollution and noise on the site.
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Landscaping with a combination of native and adaptive plants to help reduce water use while trees
shrubs and perennials help to clean the air and scrub out CO2.
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Many tenant spaces have occupancy sensors to help reduce energy use and have purchased ENERGY
STAR rated-equipment.
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Tenant spaces are individually metered to allow more direct control of electrical expenses and provide
direct financial benefits to tenants for conserving energy.
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Many tenants share Schlitz Park’s commitment to sustainability; for example, ManpowerGroup’s LEED
Gold headquarters is located here, and new tenants, such as the Milwaukee Bucks, have configured
their office spaces to maximize day lighting.
Look for updates to this document in the future. For more information about Schlitz Park’s sustainable
practices, please contact Sam Denny at 414-316-5797.-
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