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- December 20th, 2018, 11:30 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley
- Replies: 206
- Views: 107242
Re: West End / Central Park West Development - St. Louis Park
Planning Commission approved the project on the Olive Garden site last night. Unanimous vote. City Council hearing on January 7.
- November 30th, 2018, 11:04 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: What will it take to develop DTE?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 24066
- November 30th, 2018, 10:59 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: St. Louis Park - General Topics
- Replies: 557
- Views: 255766
Re: St. Louis Park - General Topics
Planning Commission hearing on December 19, 6:00pm.Yeah, a 207-unit rental development.
- June 6th, 2017, 9:57 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Target Center Renovation
- Replies: 548
- Views: 134050
Re: Target Center Renovation
I want to check it out firsthand but, from this image, that looks pretty nice.Iirc it's supposed to be more reminiscent of the colors and textures of the native stone in northern minnesota, high iron content, black ish with rusty tones.
- May 31st, 2017, 8:14 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Lyndale Ave & 54th Street area
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8769
Re: Lyndale Ave & 54th Street area
Seconded. So easy to imagine a larger project on a combined site (5336 and the vet, or 5336 and the clinic, or all 3). Calling CPM, Doran, anyone...please try to acquire this site. I'd think you could get high enough rents here to build a market rate project. If Zest at Nicollet and Diamond Lake be...
- April 26th, 2017, 12:09 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: The Hub Minneapolis - 600 Washington Ave SE (284' - 26 Stories)
- Replies: 274
- Views: 59648
Re: The Hub Minneapolis - 600 Washington Ave SE (284' - 26 Stories)
That first photo should be in a textbook to illustrate how post-tension concrete floor systems work. Nice!
- April 6th, 2017, 12:23 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Lyndale Ave & 54th Street area
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8769
Re: Lyndale Ave & 54th Street area
All apologies to the owner but the building as proposed isn't not the "highest and best use." The clinic, this site and the vet should be dense housing.
- March 13th, 2017, 12:12 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7746
Re: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment
If this project ever happens, it will first and foremost be billed as a redevelopment project, not a road project. From the above discussions happening between Ward 11 & 13 councilmembers and staff, they are trying to get this project added to the list of major redevelopment sites and rank it f...
- March 2nd, 2017, 3:01 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)
- Replies: 1033
- Views: 228317
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
Those places with dozens of taps creep me out. When was the last time the keg was changed, the taps cleaned, or even a single beer poured on the 78th most popular variety? <shudder> I worked at Old Chicago downtown (when it existed) and there was a person who came in once a week and cleaned ALL of ...
- February 28th, 2017, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Allianz Field and Snelling-Midway Development
- Replies: 813
- Views: 255513
Re: Soccer Stadium and Snelling-Midway Development
You've got to hand it to McDonald's real estate acumen.
- February 1st, 2017, 5:11 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Stadium Village
- Replies: 154
- Views: 170911
Re: Stadium Village
This will be interesting to watch. At those rents, total annual income is just over $450k. The F-C article said the project costs $7m, and I'm not sure if that includes the stated $1.4m known site acquisition (which doesn't include one of the 5 lots). Simple payback on $7m is over 15 years. That do...
- January 12th, 2017, 5:33 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
- Replies: 122
- Views: 29339
Re: CPM North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
I sort of blame architects racing to the bottom on fee for willing to be repeatedly bent over by developers. It's a terrible business model that exists in that part of the industry. On the other hand, when you propose something that requires approvals above and beyond what's allowed in the base zon...
- January 12th, 2017, 5:14 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
- Replies: 122
- Views: 29339
Re: CPM North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
Often, the fee structure for an architecture firm is very much "at risk" and predicated on two things: 1. Entitlement (municipal approval) 2. Building Permit To Grant's point, if you want to nonchalantly put aside the effort put forth by architects then that's fine but please understand t...
- January 12th, 2017, 5:04 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
- Replies: 122
- Views: 29339
Re: CPM North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
I sort of blame architects racing to the bottom on fee for willing to be repeatedly bent over by developers. It's a terrible business model that exists in that part of the industry. If you know a way out of this model, then architects would be very glad to hear about the model that is profitable, k...
- January 12th, 2017, 10:27 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
- Replies: 122
- Views: 29339
Re: CPM North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
Man it's a good thing development companies aren't the ones creating the files! You know designers aren't going into design for the money, right? Like screw you if you think that architects are still happy if a project dies. Those projects are like flowers. We care and care for them and want them t...
- January 12th, 2017, 9:32 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
- Replies: 122
- Views: 29339
Re: CPM North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
Wow, every time I open one of these files I'm blown away by how much effort and detail goes into each and every proposal. I can see developers and designers getting incredibly frustrated by NIMBYs after putting in all that work, only to get a response like "it'll block my view". THIS x 10...
- January 11th, 2017, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: South Nicollet-Lyndale-Kingfield-Tangletown-Windom
- Replies: 246
- Views: 135675
Re: South Nicollet (Lyndale & Kingfield & Tangletown & Windom)
Maybe if TWO people had been run down and killed, the city could have put plastic, removable bollards at all four corners. Jeezus...
- January 10th, 2017, 1:57 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: South Nicollet-Lyndale-Kingfield-Tangletown-Windom
- Replies: 246
- Views: 135675
Re: South Nicollet (Lyndale & Kingfield & Tangletown & Windom)
Minneapolis quietly installed bollard "bulbs" at 43rd and Nicollet.
All it takes to get plastic bollards is for someone to lose a life!
My god, we can/should/must do better than this...
All it takes to get plastic bollards is for someone to lose a life!
My god, we can/should/must do better than this...
- January 9th, 2017, 1:15 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Southdale Library Block Redevelopment - Edina
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7483
Re: Southdale Library Block Redevelopment - Edina
I don't think adding a large retail component would be wise, and would almost certainly mean more surface parking on the site, compared to housing or office uses. Any idea what's up including surface parking in projects where ample structured parking exists? It seems to be something of a trend -- l...
- January 5th, 2017, 10:00 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area
- Replies: 494
- Views: 332908