By tearing down the existing church, school, and convent, along with two multitenant residential buildings, the site provided the space needed for 118 units of independent living, memory care, and assisted living.Ĭommunity room at St. The commitment to the community remained at the heart of the planning and approval process. Led by local design firm AG Architecture, the project team looked to honor the past while forging into the future. While the parish is thriving, the building had become costly to maintain and presented accessibility issues for the aging members of the congregation. Rita is deeply rooted in Milwaukee’s historic Italian-America neighborhood many of its parishioners come from the Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Church, which closed more than 50 years ago. Photo: Tricia Shay PhotographyĭEEP ROOTS IN MILWAUKEE’S ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY Rita Church in Milwaukee's Lower East Side. The restored bronze statue of the archangel Gabriel, by Italian artist Gaetano Trentanove (1858-1937), sits atop the new St. In return, Capri agreed to build a new church along with a 118-unit senior living facility, and then sell the church back to the Catholic archdiocese for a dollar.
Rita Church campus, which included a vacant school and adjacent convent, for a dollar. Through a longstanding relationship with the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Capri Senior Communities purchased the aging St. Rita Square, a $28.9 million urban senior living apartment community on Milwaukee’s Lower East Side, continues Capri Communities’ mission of “enriching the lives of residents through service and commitment to family and community.” The company’s tagline, “Enjoy life,” is evident throughout the development. A creative financing scheme was use to enable a senior living community in the historic Italian-American neighborhood of Milwaukee to pencil out.
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