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Welcome to St. Rita Square

Located on Milwaukee’s Lower East Side in one of the area’s most vibrant and historic neighborhoods, St. Rita Square features beautiful Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care apartments located minutes away from some of the area’s best restaurants, shopping and entertainment. Our secure senior living community offers top-of-the-line amenities, secure underground parking, spacious outdoor piazza for relaxing with friends, trattoria with wood-fired pizza oven, restaurant-style dining, wellness & fitness studio and floor-to-ceiling windows that showcase amazing views of the city.

St. Rita Square is an award-winning senior living community and is ranked as one of the largest Milwaukee-area retirement communities by the Milwaukee Business Journal.

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Milwaukee Senior Living Community

728 E Pleasant Street | Milwaukee, WI 53202

St. Rita Square is ideally located close to a wide variety of entertainment and dining on the Lower East Side of Milwaukee. These upscale senior apartments are in walking distance to Brady Street, home to Glorioso’s Italian Market, Sciortino’s Bakery and the Dorsia and Diplomat restaurants. Around the corner is Metro Market, Starbucks, Panera Bread and many more restaurants, grocery stores and salons. For those of you who enjoy the theater, St. Rita Square is just a hop from the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theater, Riverside Theater and the Third Ward. Speaking of the Hop, Milwaukee’s newest form of transportation, St. Rita Square is located just two blocks from a Hop stop.

Vibrant senior living is at the core of St. Rita Square. Whether you like to stay in and socialize with friends and neighbors, or you like to be out exploring what Milwaukee has to offer, St. Rita Square is the place to make it all happen.

Our Community Story

TOP 10 REASONS to Live at St. Rita Square

Senior Living & Care Options

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Independent
Living

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Assisted
Living

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Blu Grotto®
Memory Care

Enjoy Life | Events & Lifestyle Programming

St. Rita Square believes that it’s important to live life to the fullest at every age. We offer a robust calendar of daily lifestyle enrichment activities that are customized to the interests of our senior residents along with exciting special events and educational programs. And if you don’t see something on the calendar that you would like to add, just let us know! Our programs are designed to promote active aging and encourage Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care residents to socialize, make new friends and enjoy life – whatever that means to them.

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Word on the Street

St. Rita Square is proud to have been voted Top Choice in 2025 by readers of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for Best Retirement Community 55+ and Best Memory Care. We were also a Top 3 Finalist for Best Assisted/Senior Living and Best Place to Work. This is our fifth consecutive Top Choice nomination and win! Our reputation is important to us. See what people are saying on Google about life at St. Rita Square!

“The experience of moving my mom into St. Rita Square has been an absolute delight. She is so incredibly happy to live there…”

“We have lived here 2 years and LOVE it. Everyone is so friendly and the staff is so helpful. To top it off, there is no endowment. How can you beat that?”

Rod D. - Resident

“My wife resided in Memory Care at St. Rita Square. Throughout this time, she received the most excellent care…”

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They Said YES to the Address at St. Rita Square

Satisfied residents like Dianne move into St. Rita Square in Milwaukee every month. If you are interested in learning more about how we are enjoying life at St. Rita Square, click below for more information or to schedule a tour!

Our Community Partners

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“The experience of moving my mom into St. Rita Square has been an absolute delight. She is so incredibly happy to live there! We should have done it years ago. Her apartment is beautiful and she has made many new friends. The staff is wonderful. We would suggest St. Rita Square to anyone…and we have!! “

Paula F.

Family Member

“My wife resided in Memory Care at St. Rita Square. Throughout this time, she received the most excellent care. The caregivers were constantly attentive to her needs and made sure she was always clean, warm and comfortable. Her health was closely monitored, and I was always promptly notified if there were any concerns in this respect. Most gratifying was how kind, patient, gentle, and even loving the caregivers were in their treatment of her. A number expressed to me genuine affection for my wife and I often saw this demonstrated. For me, this was of the greatest importance. In general, the staff at St. Rita was friendly, helpful, accessible and responsive in many different ways. I highly recommend St. Rita Square to anyone whose loved one is in need of comprehensive dementia care.”

Dennis C.

Family Member