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Possible retail tenant coming to Suburban World Theater: http://www.startribune.com/blogs/208307781.html

Slightly related, the MN House just rejected a bonding bill for this year. Never say never, but it looks highly unlikely that there will be a bonding bill (then again, it would have been unusual to have a bonding bill in an odd-numbered year; presumably there will be a bonding bill next year). Of re...

I just noticed that it's in an Industrial Living overlay district. Without getting into too much detail, these districts are "...established to encourage the rehabilitation and reuse of existing industrial structures and to provide for limited residential and retail uses in the I1 and I2 Indust...

The parking lot across 2nd Ave is owned by General Mills and it's zoned I1, light industrial.

The proposed Rampton Apartments are currently zoned C2, neighborhood corridor commercial district.

Any updates on the open house? Was it just an exhibit of their proposed layout, or was there a forum for offering thoughts on the proposals?

Hennepin County posted a new survey on the Washington Ave project: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Washingto ... ignConcept

Responses accepted until May 31.

Looks like Portland Ave disappeared. We can't have another interruption in the grid in this part of Downtown.

And if you can't attend tonight (even if you can), don't forget to email your county commissioner about this project, and the HC project contact: Jennifer Lowry, Project contact: jennifer.lowry@hennepin.co.mn.us District 4: Peter McLaughlin: commissioner.mclaughlin@co.hennepin.mn.us District 3: Gail...

Underwhelmed. Maybe I'll learn to love it??

Kelm-Helgen also says the design will reflect the hard-fought negotiations over the stadium’s financing. She says Minnesotans shouldn’t expect the kind of multi-million dollar upgrades the Xcel Energy Center or Target Field got from their teams as the facilites were being built. "Hard-fought&q...

Redisciple, given the proposed layouts from Henn. Co, which do you think is preferable?

Yeah, I am really liking the 3B option, too. I could see snow removal being a criticism against it.

And Hennepin County has now posted its proposed alternatives on the project website. Here's a PDF that shows the different concepts: http://www.hennepin.us/files/HennepinUS/Transportation/Road%20and%20Bridges/Road%20Planning%20and%20Design/R%20and%20B%20Road%20152%20-%209840/Washington%20Ave%20Conce...

A joke, right?? If not, that's hilarious. An iconic supertall!

Looks like Hofstede is digging herself a bit of a hole. She went on Facebook and accused Frey of slandering her campaign (she says he's accused her of discouraging people from attending the convention), and now she's been deleting comments that are critical of her accusation: http://blogs.citypages....

Mpls Bike Coalition posted this item which claims to reveal Hennepin County's proposed alternatives for Washington Ave: http://mplsbike.org/blog/posts/choose-a-cycletrack-for-washington-ave/ Layout 1: Wide Pedestrian Zone; No Bicycle Facilities We don’t understand why this option is even up for cons...

Plans for a mixed use development on the old Minneapolis Public Schools site at Lake Street and Hiawatha. The site will be put up for sale: http://finance-commerce.com/2013/05/l-site-in-play/ Mod note: This thread encompasses both the Hennepin County-led L&H Station project on the former MPS sit...

This site is now active. Barriers went up and they started demolishing the existing building a couple days ago. Again, now being called, Metro Park East.

And when you contact your County Commissioner, maybe cite this report from the Met Council that says that vehicle miles have declined from 2000 and other modes of transportation are growing: he automobile remains the dominant mode of transportation in the metro area, but its mode share is down sligh...

Another interesting (and encouraging) Ward Convention on Saturday. Nevertheless, as has been mentioned, Hofstede might still have a few tricks up her sleeves. I keep hearing murmurings about the anti-incumbent sentiment we've seen at a few conventions is due to the Vikings Stadium vote. Honestly, th...