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Oh and now I just read in the Biz journal that the U will be using those lots for parking in the short term to hold on to them for future development...

http://finance-commerce.com/2015/10/u-o ... ire-block/

Yep you are correct! I hadnt heard they purchased the entire block, I wonder what they are planning for this, hopefully it doesnt sit open for a full year...

Wasnt sure where else to post this but I was surprised to see the 3 small 3-story apartment buildings completely demolished today across the street from this future hotel...

http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/hi ... -northeast

Nice update on this project, the Able Seedhouse & Brewery is on track to open at the end of October as well.

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... erson.html

Some more nice renderings included in this article...

Here is another article about this including some street view renderings. It goes to the Minneapolis planning commission meeting next Thursday:

http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/mo ... -northeast

Yea I think you are right, I have seen an excavator on site the past few days removing pavement here.

Either way good to see a couple proposals in this area, it would be nice to see this area cleaned up and developed.

Looks like it is a separate project within the boundaries of the innovation district shown in the 2nd link i posted before. The building in the first link i posted is kinda by Surly on the Transitway between 29th & 30th.

Looks like this "Innovation District has some momentum again and some demo work has started along the U of MN Transitway: http://finance-commerce.com/2015/07/innovation-district-proposed-for-university-avenue/ Biking down the Transitway I noticed a lot of trees have been removed and parts of so...

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... heast.html

Another brewery opening in NE this fall! I think this is a cool concept having the brewery/taproom with a malthouse on site that will malt grains from regional farmers.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/sta ... 05961.html

Looks like Dayton appears to be open about these tax breaks, but wants to hear from the legislature first so we will see...

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... -mark.html

Here is another article that includes a bunch of good progress photos including from the inside of the stadium.

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/298387551.html There is a nice photo of the construction progress in this article which discusses the potential to lease the morgue parking lot during games/other events at the new stadium for better park access. Looks like the photo is a week or 2 old t...

http://finance-commerce.com/2015/04/delving-into-duluths-building-boom/ I dont have access to the full article but it has a photo showing the progress on this building on the 3rd floor now. Oh and this was the other article they had about Maurices, it looks like the same crane in this photo so I am...

http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/th ... ty-dangers

The ferris wheel opened here today, looks like you get a nice view for 15 or 30 minutes!

Yep 21 stories and a slight dip in parking! The 2nd phase isnt planned to start construction until late 2017...oh and no churches in this immediate area and I havent heard about any significant NIMBY backlash on this project yet: http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/developer-releases-updated-plans-...

Here's another article about it, most of these condos will be going for close to $300K.

http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/po ... aks-ground

https://twitter.com/brianjohnson32/stat ... 08/photo/1

Pile driving started here today too...

Long time reader, first time posting...I work for the Met Council and got the info from the article about the 8 TOD sites. Here is the list: The eight locations: • Heywood Bus Garage Campus at 560 Sixth Ave. N., Minneapolis (near Target Field Station). • Robbinsdale Transit Center at 4145 Hubbard Av...