Towering Isthmus: Seven20, 14-story apartment building on 700 block of East Washington in Madison Wisconsin (May 2026 construction site visit)

 

Photos by Retiring Guy

Rendering and headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 9/25/2025

Nicole Pollock reports:

Willow Partners’ Seven20 project at 720 E. Washington Ave. will have 244 apartments, several levels of parking, a host of high-end amenities and space for up to four businesses. The project was approved by the city’s Plan Commission in January 2024. 

Seven20 is scheduled to open in May 2027. 

“It’s designed to be the pinnacle of residential living in Madison, if not the state,” said Christopher Houden Jr., Willow’s managing partner. “Every detail is intentional.” 

East Washington Avenue has seen rapid growth in recent years. Seven20 is intended to build on that “incredible renaissance” through both its design and what it offers, Houden said.

Other East Washington posts:

2026

Cruising East Washington Avenue in Madison Wisconsin.  (5/10)

Baker's Place,  (2/17)

Seven20.  (1/14)

2025

Latest proposal for Brayton Lot.  (8/22)

Empty block next to GEF 1 in downtown Madison is next isthmus redevelopment target. (7/11)

Porchlight 8-story mixed-use building.  (6/16)

5-story, 192-unit multi-family apartments at 3100 East Washington Avenue.  (6/15)

Aloha Inn.  (6/15)

Rise Apartments. (5/29)

Baker's Place.  (5/7)

Salvation Army looks to get shelter for homeless women and families back on track.  (4/7)

Baker's Place.  (3/8)

Empty block next to GEF 1 in downtown Madison is next Isthmus redevelopment target.  (3/8)

Low-income housing development proposed at site of WMC headquarters.  (3/8)

Baker's Place.  (1/28)

2024

Rise Apartments.  (10/21)

Baker's Place.  (9/28)

Rise Apartments.  (6/11)

Moxy Hotel.  (5/6)

Baker's Place.  (5/6)

Redevelopment project at 3401 East Washington Avenue.  (2/7)

151-room Moxy Hotel construction site visits.  (1/29)

New home of Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra.  (1/29)

2023

15-story hotel proposed for Archipelago Village.  (10/17)

The Continental.  (7/25)

The Standard site visits series.  (2/23)

2022

Huge mural provides showcase for new mixed-use development.  (10/2)

Archipelago Village.  (3/3)

Low-cost housing proposed for former Bimbo Bakeries site.  (1/23)

Madison Youth Arts Center.  (1/2)

2021

The Valor.  (10/19)

800 block project revisited:  Love notes to the temporarily shuttered Sylvee.  (2/14)

2020

The Arden.  (12/18)

10-story apartment building proposed for 400 block.  (1/10)

Stone House mixed-use development on East Washington.  (1/9)

2019

Hotel Indigo.  (12/2)

NIMBY chronicles.  (11/12)

AC Hotel, Madison WI:  A view from the 10th floor bar.  (11/12)

Capital East parking garage.  (1/14)

2018

East Capital parking garage UPDATE. Late November construction progress report. (11/28)

Proposed hotel put on hold. (2/12)
StartingBlock construction as we approach the end of January. (1/30)

2017
The Lyric Apartments are ready for occupancy.  (8/30)
This stretch of East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, has undergone a major transformation during the past 5 years.  (5/13)

2016
Madison East Washington Festival Foods is open for business.  (4/13)

2015
The balconies of the Constellation.  (4/19)

2014
The Constellation rises above the treetops.  (9/7)