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http://journalmpls.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/get-a-glimpse-of-downtowns-future-at-building-community-exhibition/ Get a glimpse of downtown's future. Drool over models of The Interchange and Nicollet Residences. The Interchange and Nicollet Residences will both be highlighted in the exhibition. Along...

In order to "overlook" the Greenway, it would have to be on an upper floor. I think you're forgetting about a certain bus lane into Uptown Transit Center

F-C story today: http://finance-commerce.com/2012/08/the-magic-of-mozaic/ It mentions that Phase 2 pre-leasing will begin when Phase 1 is 80% leased. Also says that it will have 2 floors of underground parking and is already being designed. I wonder what they have in store... Presumably more office ...

^Same deal over at Murals. I come down Garfield to access the stairs there to the Greenway, and I feel like I'm cutting through someone's yard. I feel like the developers go "yeah we'll do a public promenade" and then build it in such a way that feels private and cut off from the public re...

Also, why isn't this in the Uptown forum? (half-serious / half-trolling)

As much as I don't support streetcars on Nicollet (rapid bus just makes more sense in every aspect, not the least of which is paying for it)...I have to believe that a streetcar line and the federal money behind it would get this street re-opened. I think we need to have a larger discussion about wh...

All this Stadium development could be used to preserve ROW for a double-level tunnel under 5th or 6th street.... Upper level for LRT and lower level for heavy rail connecting to the NP #9 bridge. Bummer we don't have infinite money and forward thinking. Infinite money would be nice. I would argue t...

Hey all, Matt here. I was a latecomer to the Minnescraper Forums, but I'm glad that our fledgling community found a new home. I will graduate soon with a B.A. in Urban Studies. I will probably go to the Humphrey School for a Masters in Urban Planning or Masters in Public Policy, beginning Fall 2013....

Howl at the Moon piano bar closes after just 7 months http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/real_estate/2012/07/howl-at-the-moon-piano-bar-closes-in.html At the time, I figured that this place was opened with the assumption that Shout House would eventually get the pink slip from Block E. It wa...

Like I said, my observation has been that the smell is mostly from the trucks entering and exiting. Some of them are going to drive right by this apartment building on their route. And I agree, HERC isn't going anywhere, nor should it. The costs to build a new one would be prohibitive, and the locat...

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1925 Colfax will be torn down to make room for parking.

Bummer to lose this duplex, but if the tradeoff is a lively successful corner at Franklin/Hennepin, that's still a win for the n'hood.

Based on a quick Google maps measurement, you could squeeze a liquor store (Trader Joe's or otherwise) onto the southeast corner of the KMart parcel (NW corner of Lake & 1st Ave S) without violating the 2000' rule. If the denial of Trader Joe's on Lyndale somehow leads to it being part of a re-o...

Something no one's really talking about... It really smells like garbage over there, ALL DAY LONG. I work at Heywood Garage and walk to the Holiday for breakfasts, lunches, etc. The garbage smell from HERC carries pretty far down 6th Ave. Some co-workers and I were walking back from Corner Coffee an...

Source for my comments on skinny towers and/or 8th floors, plus some older massing diagrams and fun comments: http://www.ouruptown.com/2012/04/bennet ... date-4712/

Planning commission recommends approval of all variances for Bennett Center & West blocks (one PUD, 387 units total), same developer as Bennett East/Elan, Greystar. http://www.minneapolismn.gov/meetings/planning/WCMS1P-096307 July 30, 2012 4:30 p.m. - City Hall, 350 S 5th St - Room 317, Minneapo...

So is that 8-story building all wood-frame construction? I was looking through the pictures of it going up, and it seems only the first floor and elevator columns were made of concrete. I don't know much about building materials, etc. I thought there was a 6-story limit for "stick" constru...

Apparently this is going in immediately south of the Homewood Suites hotel & east of Noodles. Interesting...I thought this project was actually one block further east, in the large vacant lots. Does anyone know what those vacant lots are planned for? That's a lot of prime real estate, adjacent t...

Mod note: Thread locked after project completion. Please see West End area development thread here: https://forum.streets.mn/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3648 Biz Journal story announcing groundbreaking: http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/real_estate/2012/07/three-apartment-projects-to-break-gr...

I'm not sure if any of this is new information, but Downtown Journal wrote this up today:

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Personally, I think a huge draw of the Saints was that they play outside. There was nothing more depressing than heading into the Metrodome on a beautiful evening. Now that Target Field exists, I'd like to hear how the Saints ticket sales have been trending the past 2.5 seasons. I'm not opposed to t...