The Cornerstone
Shorewood, WI
Traditional masonry details, deep-set retail storefronts, and a varied façade breaks down the massing of this mixed-use development and creates an architectural richness appropriate to the old-world charm of this small north-shore village. The 70,000 sf development offers 25 apartment units on three levels above 11,000sf of ground floor retail and underground heated residential parking. The apartments are a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom units, many with balconies and several fourth floor units with walk-out terraces overlooking the thriving business district avenue. A street level courtyard enhances the retail streetscape, provides outdoor seating for a planned café and wine store, reduces the perceived scale of, and adds to the overall character of this pedestrian-oriented building. A passageway through the courtyard connects the avenue shops to a surface parking lot at the rear of the building.
