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https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/09/07/amazon-solicits-bids-from-north-american-cities.html Does anybody think MN has ANY chance whatsoever of landing Amazon's 2nd US HQ -- purportedly proposed to house up to 50,000 employees and invest $5B? I think no -- hell no -- but that'd be a h...

My $0.02 (that nobody asked for).....cyclists are probably even a bit more aggressive and are bigger risk takers by their nature (in general), given that they fearlessly ride in the middle of moving traffic in all kinds of elements. Cyclists also very likely have a much higher sense of their surroun...

I thought there was an article in the business journal like 2 days after this was announced saying that it was a no go? The DUAL tower was a no-go, and the project was scrapped, and they came back up with this one-tower approach. However, I think I saw as recently as yesterday that the pedestrian/b...

Why would they agree to such a restriction for their tenants (who have one foot out the door) anyways?

If anything, tasty burgers, fries and milkshakes is a BIGGER distraction to potential shoppers like me who may be rolling up to Southdale, only to be lured by the promise of a food orgasm!

They only have a couple months before... winter

When the White Walkers come out!

Has anyone brought this up yet: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/08/29/united-properties-plans-50-million-allina-campus.html 7-story, 175,000 SF office building for Alina Health near hwy. 100 and I-494 at the current site of a Days Inn hotel in Bloomington? If the project goes throug...

So, the plan to move the fire station into this building as well was scrapped? Too bad, it seems like the existing fire station is an impediment to redevelopment of that block of Washington. Also, lol at a block-long 10-story building being referred to as a tower. They call anything over 6 floors a...

I know I'll be the least popular person on this forum by saying this, but I am starting to think that the character of Lake Street isn't really defined by it's mid/high-rises, but rather its 1-2 story retail spaces that make up the majority of the corridor. There are some mid/high-rises along Lake t...

Yes, thanks bapster! It's much appreciated!!

So, now they appeal to the US Supreme Court, right?

Followed by the Supreme Court of the Milky Way galaxy. I'll believe this is over (and the development a "go") when shovels are in the ground.

Wish we could chop up this work a little differently... Blue Line to Penn or Robbinsdale alongside Green Line to West Lake or Hopkins. Open both extensions in phases = more urban service sooner. Phases always scare me, because it seems to give the project a chance to be nixed from that point (e.g. ...

Not really even Lyn/Lake.....maybe Lyn/Nic/Lake.

As long as they build it give or take a few months, I don't care. I'd rather it be right than rushed.

I’d like to see some of the math on that $2N to $100M per year. Yeah....$100M per year added revenue would be a game changer for the city. I find that figure very hard to believe. Just some fuzzy math off the top of my head: $100M per year would have to equate to at least 10% taxes on properties wo...

Oh I had no idea. I always equated Planned Parenthood to an abortion clinic.

Thoroughly awful layout.

Did you notice the street frontage though?

I'd think with an entity like this where it's such a magnet for people across the state/region that its location wouldn't have to be at a major street intersection with excellent frontage, but rather maybe just off the beaten path and even sort of hidden (to keep a lower profile). If people need the...

Okay good.....otherwise I was going to say a fast food chain is a terrible under-utilization of that space!

Awesome! Not sure how I'd missed that, but will check it out today on the way home.

That's good it's not going to be spec. I'd feel very iffy right now about any spec office proposal.