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I wonder if this project is still on schedule, given the impact this pandemic has had on retail recently?

I know that recently MnDOT has been a huge proponent of cable median barriers. They save lives due to preventing crossover vehicle crashes and can be done much more cost effectively than guard rail installation. They have already basically finished installing these on all of the metro's freeways. Ex...

Kowalski's has agreed to sign a lease in Rosedale's new expansion for 30,000 sq ft: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/02/05/kowalski-s-signs-lease-for-rosedale-center.html?ana=e_twin_bn_breakingnews This is going to be interesting as Target, Kowalski's and Byerly's would all be locate...

There is a significant grade difference between Central and that parking lot, but that's just one of many reasons why they would never front Central with the store. No grocery store will want a front and back entrance to their space; it creates a security nightmare. This means that you would just h...

The old TIES arc deco building in Falcon Heights to get apartment makeover. (Is there a Falcon Heights-relevant thread?) https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/01/22/buhl-investors-will-convert-art-deco-style-ties.html Very nice addition to Falcon Heights! Now if they can just get the nor...

It's going to be very interesting to see how Rosedale is going to make the entire perimeter walkable for pedestrians. I have no idea how those people in the luxury apartments are going to be able to easily get across Fairview unless a significant amount of new sidewalks and improved crossings are pu...

Also, Hy-Vee plan for Columbia Heights is still on hold: https://www.hometownsource.com/abc_newspapers/news/business/anoka-county-hy-vee-opening-dates-pushed-back/article_c253a980-d59f-11e9-8a54-3fe362cb6cd9.html It looks like the plans have expired. In my opinion, they should just demo that old bui...

It seems that the only way Alatus can pull off any project is with heavy duty subsidies. $43 million for a six story apartment building with city hall on the main floor sounds like nearly half the cost of the building. It will be interesting to see if Columbia Heights can actually get Alatus to fol...

there is constantly the problem of traffic from c2/c not being able to turn onto snelling northbound because of congestion. If this was 3 lane road southbound i would be opposed. I am concerned about the pedestrian crossings however, there are constantly cars sitting on the crosswalk on C, a decent...

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/rosedale-centers-new-food-hall-to-open-next-month Rosedale Center's new food hall to open next month Called Potluck, the food hall will focus on local restaurants and food producers, debuting at the Roseville mall at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12. I hope...

Thoughts after reading that article: Would now be a good time to bring up the topic of the pedestrian bridge again, from those apartments/condos south of 36 over to Rosedale's new lifestyle center? It seems like the perfect place to put a piece of infrastructure like that if they want to make this c...

So unfortunate there is no plan to coordinate the breakup of this megablock here. Does Roseville WANT it? As a Roseville resident, I can't say that I want this. Then again, I'm not in the proper age group to benefit from 55+ housing. I could care less about more retail showing up over there, especi...

It looks like MN-DOT is considering permanent changes to Snelling Ave between County Rd C and 694 in Roseville and Arden Hills. They want to take away access to a couple of non-signalized intersections along the corridor and install a cable median barrier down the middle of the highway. The below do...

Reuter Walton proposing to turn another Roseville truck terminal into apartments, medical office, and an immense amount of parking. https://finance-commerce.com/2019/05/another-roseville-truck-terminal-up-for-development/ This wider redeveloped neighborhood in Roseville between 35W and Fairview, no...

Route 62 service will be reduced in August according to this: https://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetings/Committees/Committee-of-the-Whole/2019/04-03-19/Service-Development.aspx Is there any more information available on this? I am curious what they'll do about the half hour service intervals they h...

Has anyone noticed that Columbia Heights has some decent urban buildings from about the 4400 block of Central Ave continuing on south to the Minneapolis border? I am curious about the history of this city and if there were more urban buildings along this highway that were torn down for suburban styl...

Raising Cane's now open Crisp & Green is opening in Espresso Royale and if you didn't hear in the Uptown thread, Bonchon (not Bon-Ton) is replacing Vescios vacant store front. Three coffee shops still isn't enough for Dinkytown and I really really miss having something local here. Can we just t...

Satori apartments on W. Broadway. They look pretty nice, it'll be great to see them get built. http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@cped/documents/webcontent/wcmsp-206624.pdf I really like the look of the old streetcar buildings and am somewhat sad those aren't being preserved. I get that th...

Expresso Royale closed a couple of days ago: http://www.mndaily.com/article/2017/12/n-espresso-royale-to-close-in-dinkytown-on-dec-21 It sounds like nearby coffee shops were hurting them competition-wise *starbucks, cough, starbucks*. It's too bad. It was nice having a coffee shop open until midnigh...

Quick note: The redesigned 8th St SE between 15th Ave SE and Central, especially the segment between 15th Ave SE and 10th Ave SE, feels so much more inviting to interact with and cross as a pedestrian than it did a year ago. The parking lane on the south (eastbound) side of the road was removed, al...