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This could easily be a market-rate condo conversion, right? The floor plates suck for residential honestly. Super deep. Cutting a light well out of the center would help. Typical residential construction is around 64ft wide. Stretched to 80ft works but creates lots of dark corners in the units and ...

This week's Planning Commission submissions: Outside Downtown — Units: 243 Parking Spaces: 125 Ratio: 0.514 park/unit Bike Parking Spaces: 244 Ratio: 1.00 bike park/unit Downtown — Units: 1082 Parking Spaces: 991 Ratio: 0.915 park/unit Bike Parking Spaces: 806 Ratio: .745 bike park/unit Was there a...

The estimated end-to-end travel time is just under 32 minutes [1] , though I haven't had any luck finding documents that break that down by station. That actually seems super competitive. Even to driving honestly - especially at rush hour traffic speeds. If I could guarantee myself a solid half hou...

I'm happy/sad about this.

Affordable housing here would be good but the floor plans and building layout was awful, tons of windowless bedrooms, no retail, parking on Washington..etc.

Hope someone else picks this up.

I went. Although this project is an absolute dog and pretty late getting going, its nice to finally see some dirt getting moved (literally). I need to get more pictures of the route and maintenance facility area before the construction really starts. Its going to look very different in just a few y...

Great to see these lots being filled in. That view is gorgeous. My thoughts: 1) This stretch of trench between LaSalle and 3rd seems like it would be super easy to cap. 2) Capping that would probably lead to the rapid gentrification of Steven's Square which is definitely a huge hidden gem. 3) Are th...

Not sure about the wisdom of having the lobby/entrance in between the buildings like that.

Avoids corridors.

I like this building a lot.

I'd disagree that a 30'x60' house is average. That's a beast! For comparison, my nicely sized 1912 house is about 1200sf finished over two floors -- your layout is three times that size. I went to the Wedge and used google maps to measure a couple. Maybe they're duplexes haha - you're right it's bi...

So call me a nerd but on a whim over my lunch today, I decided to use the dimensions of an average older Minneapolis home (used 30'-0" x 60'-0") and do the first layout I thought of that would fill the space with a triplex. Figured I might as well share it. This was the result: Unit A - 15...

The quote that prices will remain confidential is interesting. I guess its like when you go to a bar/restaurant and there are no prices listed - if you have to ask, you can't afford it.

The stretch of Hennepin south of Lake is open again. I happened to be there yesterday picking up a book at Magers & Quin. There were half a dozen cars parked in the new bike lanes between Lake and 31st. There was also a traffic cop giving them tickets. This is the first time I have seen a traff...

Interesting. Aren't most of the classic brick brownstones wood frame construction? Around Stevens Square, etc. Brick in those cases are used structurally - and the wood frame is just for delineation of space. Nowadays its the opposite, with brick acting as a rainscreen and the wood giving the build...

Which makes me wonder why everyone doesn't just throw up brick. It seems to be the least offensive of materials, and conveys an appearance of quality people are after. The material costs are similar but the labor costs for installation are usually wayyyy more. It takes like 3x as long as metal pane...

Rendering posted to the city website (http://www.richfieldmn.gov/departments/community-development/redevelopment): https://i.imgur.com/emptwN6.jpg I gather this view would be from the middle of 66th facing northeast from just west of Russell alignment. I think in real life the Fraser retaining wall...

That's great - GO SLP!

Potentially unpopular opinion - I'm kind of meh about it. I have mixed feelings. If it prevents people from building even further out into the land surrounding the wilderness, then cool. If these 1200 units could be accomplished somehow another 5 miles closer where transit access is already establis...

The skyway destroys the symmetry of Marquette Plaza. Do we really need one more excuse to never go outside.

Alright, Wisconsin now has a guaranteed 4 years with a Democrat as governor. I say we crank this rail corridor up a notch.

Just to catch me up, does phase 1 remain income restricted after five years? Or will both of these now be market rate buildings?

[/quote] The concept of using downtown circulators to connect to suburban transit services has been tried and has failed [/quote] I don't know if you consider this to be the same thing, but I would guess that a solid 50% of Northstar riders get on Blue/Green Line after pulling in to Target Field. Ju...