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by 5th Ave Guy
January 16th, 2020, 3:04 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
Replies: 1261
Views: 524143

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

Operating a restaurant has always been brutal. The new wage dynamics will just make it harder. Anything on the fringe, that might have been able to fight their way through tough times in the past, will now most likely just go away.
by 5th Ave Guy
November 6th, 2019, 2:30 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
Replies: 1261
Views: 524143

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

This guy managed to close two different restaurants located on the prime stretch of the North Loop in under two years. The second of the two was, of course, a hail mary Rojo just like the Nicollet version. I would take it as a badge of honor for the food scene in Minneapolis that we keep rejecting h...
by 5th Ave Guy
September 23rd, 2019, 7:33 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: North Loop Green - Hines - 350 N 5th St(?) - 35 stories - 393'/418'
Replies: 200
Views: 158908

Re: North Loop Green - Hines - 350 N 5th St(?) - 40 stories / 442'

The inset balconies looked a lot cleaner.
by 5th Ave Guy
July 29th, 2019, 7:26 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Duffey Lofts - 500-528 Washington Ave N
Replies: 70
Views: 46836

Re: Iron Store - 528 Washington Ave N (Uncancelled)

They have other properties in the neighborhood (along 6th ave?), correct? Are those still being used?
by 5th Ave Guy
July 24th, 2019, 7:28 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: North Loop Green - Hines - 350 N 5th St(?) - 35 stories - 393'/418'
Replies: 200
Views: 158908

Re: North Loop Green - Hines - 350 N 5th St(?) - 36 stories / ~400'(?)

What's the history with the building currently used for public storage right next door to this? I assume that building has a history long before it's current use. Any shot it'll be repurposed back to something better than storage?
by 5th Ave Guy
April 22nd, 2019, 9:04 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Eleven - 1111 West River Parkway - 41 stories / 550'
Replies: 381
Views: 218515

Re: Eleven (Ryan Condo Tower) - 1111 West River Parkway - 48 stories / 550'

When this was announced I was discussing it with one of the realtors involved in the listing, and he said they were getting a lot of calls about availability, and they were primarily asking about the most expensive units first.
by 5th Ave Guy
March 13th, 2019, 9:33 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Not-TMBR - 100 3rd Ave N
Replies: 60
Views: 14197

Re: TMBR - 100 3rd Ave N

Are building for today, or for the future? How many parking spaces will this building need when SWLRT is built? aBRT? Does SWLRT give people living downtown a viable option to commute out to... Eden Prairie for their job? It seems like that will help people commute that work downtown, not outside o...
by 5th Ave Guy
March 13th, 2019, 8:27 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Not-TMBR - 100 3rd Ave N
Replies: 60
Views: 14197

Re: TMBR - 100 3rd Ave N

Are building for today, or for the future? How many parking spaces will this building need when SWLRT is built? aBRT? Does SWLRT give people living downtown a viable option to commute out to... Eden Prairie for their job? It seems like that will help people commute that work downtown, not outside o...
by 5th Ave Guy
March 12th, 2019, 1:23 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Not-TMBR - 100 3rd Ave N
Replies: 60
Views: 14197

Re: TMBR - 100 3rd Ave N

From my experience living in that neighborhood, there were a lot of working couples in my building that both worked in the burbs. Pretty much have to have two cars in that situation. We also had a child there for a while... also needed two cars.
by 5th Ave Guy
January 16th, 2019, 11:10 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Federal Reserve Riverfront Parking Ramp
Replies: 111
Views: 57240

Re: North Loop Neighborhood

How easy is it to get from the suburbs to this part of the North Loop via public transportation?
by 5th Ave Guy
January 10th, 2019, 4:52 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: RBC Gateway & Four Seasons - 37 stories - 519'
Replies: 2124
Views: 486944

Re: Gateway Tower (RBC/Four Seasons) - 37 stories - 503'

If Target wants to, they have a pretty easy case to make. The vehicle (video board) is already there, and if the city didn't say no to RBC, they sure as hell won't say no to the most important corporation to downtown.
by 5th Ave Guy
January 10th, 2019, 8:30 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: RBC Gateway & Four Seasons - 37 stories - 519'
Replies: 2124
Views: 486944

Re: Gateway Tower (RBC/Four Seasons) - 37 stories - 503'

This is clearly a bluff... one that the city needs to call. There's no way RBC gets this far along in the process with the knowledge that this was a low probability approval. At this point, what does it hurt them to talk tough to try to get it?
by 5th Ave Guy
January 3rd, 2019, 9:00 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nordic House - 729 Washington Av N
Replies: 313
Views: 68680

Re: Nordic House - 729 Washington Av N

I think it's Sable... I got an email about it being condos too.
by 5th Ave Guy
December 27th, 2018, 2:25 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
Replies: 1261
Views: 524143

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

I'd love to know how the restaurant ever got off the ground. From the day it was announced it was pretty clear (and obvious from the day it opened) that they weren't going to make it to the one year mark. Who puts money into, or loans money to, something like that?
by 5th Ave Guy
December 20th, 2018, 12:04 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
Replies: 1261
Views: 524143

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

You just knew it was over when they recently added the dueling pianos.
by 5th Ave Guy
December 17th, 2018, 12:30 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
Replies: 1261
Views: 524143

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

People are willing to eat unhealthy food, as long as it's local, authentic, unhealthy food.
by 5th Ave Guy
October 24th, 2018, 9:17 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: City of Minneapolis Office Building - 501 4th Ave S - 11 stories / 171'
Replies: 240
Views: 95166

Re: City of Minneapolis Office Building - 501 4th Ave S - 11 stories / 171'

Still quite a bit of concrete left in the back corner.
by 5th Ave Guy
September 17th, 2018, 8:26 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Duffey Lofts - 500-528 Washington Ave N
Replies: 70
Views: 46836

Re: Iron Store - 528 Washington Ave N

I always thought that big garage would be an amazing beer / food hall concept. Couldn't be a better location or historic building for it.
by 5th Ave Guy
July 12th, 2018, 12:27 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Duffey Lofts - 500-528 Washington Ave N
Replies: 70
Views: 46836

Re: Iron Store - 528 Washington Ave N

Always thought the shorter brick building would be perfect for some type of food / beer hall.