Environments for Aging - Winter 2021 - 19

Capri Communities safeguards a Milwaukee
neighborhood's history by rebuilding an
aging church and integrating it into a new
middle-market senior housing project
by Joann Plockova
T. RITA CHURCH has stood in Milwaukee's Lower East
side since the 1930s, serving as a heart of the local Italian
American community. Over the years, the church, along
with a long-vacant school and adjoined convent, had
fallen into disrepair. In 2016, Jim Tarantino, a longstanding
member of the church and the founder and principal
of Capri Communities (Waukesha, Wis.), which operates
senior living campuses across Southern Wisconsin, began
discussions with the archdiocese about the church's
preservation. " Prior to Capri's involvement, the future of
the church was not certain, " he says. " The parish was considering a proposal to
sell the property to a nonprofit, faith-based developer whose plan was to raze
the church to make room for their development. "
Personally motivated to help protect the area's Italian culture and this sacred
space, Tarantino began evaluating whether the neighborhood had an unmet need
for senior housing, which might provide an avenue for saving the church. From an
industry viewpoint, Capri saw an opportunity for a middle-market senior housing
option for the area, Tarantino says, adding that existing communities serve
either affluent or low-income residents. The location was within a revitalized
area of downtown Milwaukee that's highly walkable, while the site is adjacent to a
future expansion of the city's downtown streetcar. Additionally, intergenerational
Left: Integrated with the
new senior living community,
the new St. Rita Church
has a distinctive pink color
that pays homage to the
original church on the site,
the former Blessed Lady
of Pompeii.
Below: An original stained
glass window in the reception
area of the community
is one of many artifacts
from the old church
that were incorporated
throughout the project.
winter 2021 | 19
TRICIA SHAY PHOTOGRAPHY (CHURCH); DIRECT SUPPLY APTURA (RECEPTION)

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