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I can't remember Southdale having decent foot traffic in my lifetime. Even Eden Prairie Center at its slowest times seems busier than Southdale at its average times... and then Ridgedale and Rosedale are just at completely different levels. Not sure about Burnsville Center though, as it's been ages...

Maybe the Lynx will be playing in the Civic Center next summer while Target Center is being renovated? No idea why they would do that when Williams is presumably available, but... Well the Lynx and Timberwolves have become good buddies with Mayo Clinic, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's what the...

The Rochester high schools give more opportunities than the surrounding districts do anyway, so I've never really understood what the benefit to sending them to the small schools would be. On a side note, the Lynx and Mayo Clinic have a press conference on Monday in which they're going to announce &...

The schools in Rochester aren't bad, and I graduated from their "ghetto" school as most there would call it.

I can't remember Southdale having decent foot traffic in my lifetime. Even Eden Prairie Center at its slowest times seems busier than Southdale at its average times... and then Ridgedale and Rosedale are just at completely different levels. Not sure about Burnsville Center though, as it's been ages ...

The PostBulletin reports that the Rochester metro area surpassed 213,000 people with a growth of 0.6 percent in 2015. The city of Rochester added 1,201 people in 2015. The Rochester area added 650 residents from international migration in 2015, up slightly from 648 in 2014 The area also added quite ...

Some news from the DMC Meeting today, which is being rescheduled for a later time so that all board members can attend. The report this year showed $152.4 million in cumulative private investments through the end of 2015. Mayo Clinic reported $85.7 million in expenditures in 2015. Another $20.5 mill...

I didn't see a thread for Austin, so I figured I'd start one. Rochester's PostBulletin reports that Austin's Oak Park Mall is set for demolition starting on Thursday. I may be wrong, but I think I've also read online that the movie theater is going to stay as well? The long-troubled property was sol...

The design of the building is great! Hopefully this truly takes off, especially with the non-student focus.

Suburb to suburb route cancelled due to low ridership with little hope of it increasing any time soon. http://m.swnewsmedia.com/shakopee_valley_news/news/local/suburb-to-suburb-bus-service-suspended-due-to-low-ridership/article_cc44af3b-6ca1-5ac7-b14c-238ee38f0fbb.html?mode=jqm The StarTribune arti...

It really does! If you took it out of Minneapolis and placed it elsewhere, it could pass for a smaller cities skyline.

The task force for the repurposing of the Chateau has decided it will be a mixed use performing art center. This is great news by me, as long as they keep those beautiful sets and backdrops up. The Chateau is one of the most iconic places in Rochester, and will forever remain my favorite Barnes and ...

The exterior design changes for the 501 on First project were approved. The developer sought to change an exterior material, from limestone to a manmade rock, and to change the apartment building's glass balcony walls to aluminum picket-style railings. . .The group agreed on a new material for the e...

AC Marriott proposal will be up for vote at the St. Louis Park city council tonight. http://www.startribune.com/hot-property-ac-hotel-by-marriott-in-st-louis-park-with-a-parking-lot-in-golden-valley/372477401/ https://i.imgur.com/bsK94Fel.png https://i.imgur.com/VDXDd7ol.png Oh, I like that!

I guess they've been doing well enough for them to keep expanding in the metro, but I've never really understood the appeal of Pizza Ranch when there are other options (other than that it's cheap, I guess). To me Pizza Ranch is someplace you go when you're in some small town and it's your only choi...

So, there are two projects proposed or u/c on this lot, in addition to the Metropolitan Marketplace building? Because one building is definitely being built as we speak. Pretty sure it's the same one, they just want to change some of the building material being used and the Council isn't for that l...

Looks like the city council is leaning in favor of the library expansion. The project cost for the two floor expansion, as well as renovations of its current space, is estimated around $55.15 million. The council was fully supportive of the library's plans and tentatively supportive of the funding b...

https://www.facebook.com/events/469919293211352/

Looks like they're having an event to reveal this. As well as the Hennepin Ave redesign.

Thanks for the info! I'm excited to see what they have in store.

A community center of some kind, if you take down the religious symbols and such.

New Hampton Inn proposed along the Southwest LRT in Eden Prairie.

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... t-lrt.html