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Almost 50,000 people living downtown in 2018.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... r.amp.html

Wow our year over year growth must have been crazy high last year.

Building looks great. And just to contribute to the last three posts, I think Inclusionary Zoning is a bad idea. Good goals, bad idea. Should people have access to safe, secure housing. Yes for sure. Does this include brand new apartments that are easily double my rent at an "affordable" r...

More new news! At the Union Park District Council's Land Use Committee meeting on Monday the 28th, Scannell Properties will be presenting a proposal for a mixed-use project on the old Furniture Barn site. Underground and first floor parking with commercial space facing Snelling, topped by five floo...

Would seem weird—and not at all grand—to have a library fitted into the shell of an old retail anchor at a mall. Perhaps my imagination is not bold enough. Maybe Victor Gruen’s vision will be realized after all, though. I can see a totally badass gutting and reuse. It could be super cool. Just get ...

The Rueter Walton apartment project at 4757 Hiawatha (former Bridgeman's/SomTaste) was denied by the Planning Commission back in December. A rare outright denial of a project in Minneapolis, over staff's recommendation to approve. The area is zoned C3A, which allows 6 stories, however is in the Sho...

https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/a-decade-without-single-family-residential-zoning-in-grand-rapids Article from NextCity in response to Minneapolis 2040 Plan - basically Grand Rapids MI saying they did it first I wish it had more info about the consequences 10 years later, but still interesting quic...

Twincitizen - definitely right about me being off on my pricing - but yeah it's odd A quick google about what prices actually are lead me to this gem: https://www.loopnet.com/for-sale/?sk=625cdf5c94fb5cccd9f3c32a1fd28bcf&bb=9-v-zoo17Kh6l5B 1402 S First Ave - Directly across from the convention c...

Is there anyone who does pro-formas for a living that can tell me why this 6 story building with a 6.6 million dollar site cannot be placed on other 1 mil fast food sites in less pricey corners of the city and rent for less? In my head, the 5.6 million dollar difference could definitely make up the ...

Yeah I hate the slow car stalk while I'm biking

Honestly, I just drive so infrequently that crossing the yellow line to give enough room freaks me out. So I just do nothing...

A medium one: When I see pneumatic tubes counting bikes, I ride back and forth over them ALOT on purpose....once about 10x over an hour. Especially if it is bad weather. I don't want low numbers to justify disinvestment. A bad one: I simultaneously believe that the city is for everyone and that panh...

Pittsburgh: population still shrinking, incomes rising https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/12/12/the-mystery-of-pittsburgh-how-some-shrinking-cities-are-thriving-in-the-new-economy Wow that article. Opening line saying Pittsburgh lost 95,000 people - my jaw almos...

The elevator core could have been moved inward on the building (this would be the solution I’d opt for if it was an option) but that probably negatively effects parking and interior circulation. Stair cores and elevators fitting into the parking garage below is the biggest headache - I second this ...

This building is very visible coming up 4th Street from Dinkytown. The bend in the grid at Central/Hennepin makes it more of a 45 degree view instead of head-on, which is even more awesome.

Take a pic!

I suppose this answer isn’t relevant because the zoning is still residential-only, not mixed use, but it seems quite creative: https://www.rjohnthebad.com/plain-talk/2015/05/11/thresholds-for-the-single-stair-walk-up-building Yeah I like that guy, I have seen this before - very helpful. I guess my ...

I'm mildly optimistic about seeing more missing middle housing- the continued reduction in required parking is doing a lot to help make buildings in the 4-20 unit range more viable. Unfortunately things that won't change but have made missing middle more difficult are ADA laws and an ever more strin...

https://finance-commerce.com/2018/12/mi ... eet-kmart/

Interesting article! I wonder what the sale price will be...

Ahh stupid locked articles. What does this mean? Can the city form an LLC and buy it and tear it down? Is this good news at all?

Some coverage of the Minneapolis 2040 vote today from Slate. I wonder if it'll be significant, in terms of being a national model, that Minneapolis was 'the first' to make this kind of change. Minneapolis is an extraordinarily progressive city, just as much if not more progressive than coastal citi...

My eyes rolled so hard when I saw it. Hope this too is tossed out in a flash.

Plans for that weird endeavor on Johnson and 35W: http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@cped/documents/webcontent/wcmsp-215641.pdf The unit sizes in this are huge compared to what we've been seeing. If the price is comparable to other market rate buildings, I can see the extra 200-300 sf bein...

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 is honestly pretty terrible. This one is 120ft on the shallo...