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- May 10th, 2013, 1:59 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 463305
Re: Star Tribune Blocks
I'd love to see the old federal building turned into a public building - like a museum, history center, natural history museum or something that draws people all year around to that sort of identity-less area.
- April 23rd, 2013, 5:59 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 300270
- April 23rd, 2013, 5:57 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 4Marq - 400 Marquette Ave (313' - 30 Stories)
- Replies: 835
- Views: 187835
Re: 4Marq - (400 Marquette Avenue)
Remember public funding brought us City Center and Block E...
- March 25th, 2013, 9:46 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 463305
Re: Star Tribune Blocks
I think The StarTribune moving their offices to Block E is an excellent idea. Its sounds like the perfect space to locate it if there is enough underground parking and square footage for office space. Redesigning it with a very modern facade would update their image. They could also add some news t...
- March 19th, 2013, 1:28 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)
- Replies: 1033
- Views: 227475
Re: Nic on Fifth - (455 Nicollet Mall)
I agree that 5th should just be a transit street. When Central begins running in 2014 it will almost double the LRT traffic, then adding Southwest in 2016-7 again that must add even more trains or at least longer trains. Then Boutineau is looking very likely and that pulls from the north west ... I ...
- February 13th, 2013, 10:17 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1298
- Views: 864600
Re: Downtown Office Market
I was told by a banker I know at Wells Fargo that Citibank is looking to make a big entrance into the market and purchasing TCF would be the most likely choice. These banking acquisitions take years and this was told to me about 18 months ago.
- December 13th, 2012, 9:39 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 463305
Re: Star Tribune Blocks
It does seem like Block E would be a great option for the Strib - it was always supposed to function as Times Square with advertising and news feeds and projection screens. They could become a true multi-media company and "populate" that whole block with visual activation. The Fist floor c...
- November 14th, 2012, 4:29 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Target Field Station (the Hotel) & Target Field Station (the Station)
- Replies: 1016
- Views: 182385
Re: The Interchange (At Target Field)
Don't forget the whole University Ave Green Line to downtown St. Paul. I hardly recognize long stretches on University and Downtown St. Paul feels like a different city.
- November 4th, 2012, 9:59 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)
- Replies: 1033
- Views: 227475
Re: Nicollet Residences - (455 Nicollet Mall)
John - you raise a great point - we are better off proposing and building "what if's" than settling for "just enough"... We need vision for downtown not just construction companies just filling in vacant lots. It would be great for this block to work harder and be a bit more ambi...
- October 27th, 2012, 7:01 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 300270
Re: Magellan Apartment Tower - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)
If anyone has any doubt left... just speak with the businesses in the Grant Street Mall - they have all been told that their employee parking on that half of the block was up in September and that ground breaking is schedule to happen before Thanksgiving. I am glad to see some real development activ...
- September 11th, 2012, 12:22 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1323055
Re: Southwest LRT
The unspoken issue is that no one wants to spend money that doesn't immediately make jobs and show a direct end product. Funding something to be built can be pointed to by politicians (of all sides) and so anything that is funded in full is preferable. "Another study" will be nailed to the...
- September 2nd, 2012, 12:46 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: City Club Apartments - 1000 Marquette Ave (Handicraft Building)
- Replies: 382
- Views: 82171
Re: Handicraft Building Apartments
The Handicraft Building is arguably the most important arts and cultural building still existing here in Minnesota. It is not at all well known about as a heritage site... MAny of the most important Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Prairie Mission artisans operated out of the building... You can see ma...
- September 2nd, 2012, 12:28 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Century Plaza / Convention Hotel rumoring (archive)
- Replies: 375
- Views: 53941
Re: 330 South 12th
I worked in the Piper Jaffray now Campbell Mithun Tower - the surface parking lot immediately south is almost completely undeveloped - a small apartment building and the League of Catholic Women are mid block on 9th Street. That block has a few owners and has been kicked around for at least 20 years...
- August 15th, 2012, 11:48 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
- Replies: 581
- Views: 98823
Re: Mozaic
It's hard to imagine that plaza between the two Mozaic buildings - I think that it might not be very safe. Not a big space and kind of off the pedestrian paths. The original designs were all glass and I think would have felt more inviting and animated. I had heard that the second phase would take do...
- August 6th, 2012, 12:33 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: What will it take to develop DTE?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 24001
Re: What will it take to develop DTE?
Realistically this whole neighborhood has never gone anywhere - I remember the Metrodome was expected to turn that area into a bar / nightclub / hotel / sports zone and the only bar there was Huberts... for way over 20 years... I think that now that this area is anchored on the south by the medical ...
- August 5th, 2012, 5:45 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 300270
- August 5th, 2012, 2:17 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area
- Replies: 494
- Views: 327858
Re: Lake & Nicollet
July 1, 2013 is the date when it appears the plan will be ready to go - based on the link in that Trans and Public Works document...
- August 5th, 2012, 1:53 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 300270
Re: 1368 LaSalle Ave development
Drilling core samples is the most preliminary work before they determine footings and begin excavation. They have to determine at what level the bedrock is and or whether there are different sedimentary levels that might impact the foundation design. I think that this all points to the project going...