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- December 3rd, 2022, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1298
- Views: 871407
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Well the article said the owner was an out-of-state pension fund. I can't imagine they had the expertise to do any of that and were relying on the people they hired to manage everything. I don't know enough to say for sure, but I can't imagine that sort of ownership/management arrangement leads to g...
- December 1st, 2022, 10:21 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1298
- Views: 871407
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Rumors that 800 LaSalle was on shaky financial footing turned out to be true. The previous owners turned it over to their lender to avoid foreclosure and will be going up for auction next week.
And Fifth Street Towers might be next.
And Fifth Street Towers might be next.
- December 1st, 2022, 10:09 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Maplewood, North St Paul, & Oakdale - General Topics
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23139
Re: Maplewood, North St Paul, & Oakdale - General Topics
287 units is close to the 241 units proposed to replace Myth, but there's nothing else on the City of Maplewood's development project site. I wonder if the current owner had as-of-yet unrevealed redevelopment plans in the works that they're including with the sale, in case the new owner wants to jus...
- December 1st, 2022, 12:07 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Maplewood, North St Paul, & Oakdale - General Topics
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23139
- November 23rd, 2022, 2:21 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: 2023-24 Minnesota Legislature
- Replies: 79
- Views: 47627
Re: 2023-24 Minnesota Legislature
I vaguely remember the state Supreme Court ruling red-light cameras were unconstitutional under the MN Constitution but I absolutely could be making that up/remember that incorrectly IIRC last word on it was they concluded that if the fine was applied to the vehicle, not the person, it's constituti...
- November 16th, 2022, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Retail & Restaurant News
- Replies: 389
- Views: 2239
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
This is wishful thinking given labor conditions and that many of these organizations are family run. TIL Taco Johns and LeeAnn Chin are small struggling businesses we can't expect more than the bare minimum from. And I'm not particularly fond of 'labor conditions' as an excuse, given that plenty of...
- November 16th, 2022, 11:58 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Retail & Restaurant News
- Replies: 389
- Views: 2239
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
Yeah, sorry, it's not all the skyways...and some other cities have their versions of them and do just fine. But if it was all the fault of the skyway, we would have a thriving active retail (whatever form that may take) scene on the 2nd level...we don't have that either. To be clear, my comments ab...
- November 15th, 2022, 11:44 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Retail & Restaurant News
- Replies: 389
- Views: 2239
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
I think it's also worth asking the question - is an empty retail parcel worse than a leased one with a tenant that doesn't draw anyone/provide value to the residents of Minneapolis? From the building's perspective - obviously leased space beats empty space. But I'd argue for any other interested par...
- November 15th, 2022, 10:18 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Retail & Restaurant News
- Replies: 389
- Views: 2239
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
Still...a lot of other cores of cities that are "less healthy" by a lot of measures that are less disappointing. A lot of other cores don't have a second, private-public retail environment that sucks the life out of the street level and has disjointed, confusing operating hours aimed at w...
- November 14th, 2022, 3:10 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Fargo/Moorhead
- Replies: 32
- Views: 31709
Re: Fargo/Moorhead
Moorhead has generally been behind on this, but recently there's been a proposal to totally overhaul the dead mall/city hall near the river into a much more walkable and livable neighborhood. A sign of good things to come on the MN side I hope.
https://www.roers.com/moorhead-announcement/
https://www.roers.com/moorhead-announcement/
- October 11th, 2022, 8:15 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
- Replies: 733
- Views: 379352
Re: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
If Maplewood pulls out we should just abandon this one. We can still improve transit on Arcade and WB Avenue with a future aBRT line to serve people who depend on transit, but I just don't think we're going to see the kind of redevelopment and land use changes needed to justify spending $400 million...
- September 21st, 2022, 12:11 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
- Replies: 1298
- Views: 871407
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
It's crazy to me that 45% of people never come into the office even once per week. When the choice is 'come in and work in the same open office nobody liked five years ago' or 'work in a private office at home with no commute,' it's an easy one to make. I think it's very telling that the people who...
- September 20th, 2022, 4:08 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: The Dayton's Project
- Replies: 354
- Views: 286096
Re: The Dayton's Project
Alternatively, if the largest lease holders reevaluate their needs and reshuffle to newly proposed Class A office towers, that frees up space in our existing Class A towers for more suburban businesses looking to dump their aging campuses. Even better, if it shuffles more leases out of our Class B a...
- September 20th, 2022, 12:48 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: The Dayton's Project
- Replies: 354
- Views: 286096
Re: The Dayton's Project
More downtown activity and a big redevelopment site in Plymouth? I see this as an absolute win.
- September 9th, 2022, 4:38 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
- Replies: 1769
- Views: 1036100
Re: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Also elevated options are still being considered on Broadway!!!! LEAVE SOME COMMENTS TO SUPPORT THIS!!!! Higher speed trunk lines are so crucial! It's for this reason that it baffles me that they're still considering meandering through North Loop to reach Washington. It's like they've never even ta...
- August 18th, 2022, 1:47 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
- Replies: 335
- Views: 192659
Re: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
Also, Kelly Doran has sold off most of his eponymous companies, just to make matters more confusing. I was going to say, Kelly Doran might have sworn of developing in Minneapolis, but Doran Cos seems to have a different view. Especially thinking about the potential 275-300 unit affordable project t...
- August 16th, 2022, 12:00 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Public Bathrooms
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17956
Re: Public Bathrooms
Ill answer the question-- nothing. There is no special public safety benefit of rest stop bathrooms, they are provided for CONVENIENCE. Which is what we are talking about here, in the city. I think an argument could be made if you expanded the definition of public safety to include public health. I...
- August 16th, 2022, 10:22 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
- Replies: 335
- Views: 192659
Re: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
I actually wouldn't be surprised if development slows down while the 2040 lawsuit issues are ironed out, but fears that Mpls is going to pass a rent control measure that isn't incredibly business and development friendly given the current leadership (and especially after the cold reception a blanket...
- August 16th, 2022, 8:55 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
- Replies: 335
- Views: 192659
Re: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
For every local dev that throws a performative "I'm done with developing here," it seems we get a new developer from Chicago who looks at the potential in our market like it's Christmas in July.
- August 11th, 2022, 7:15 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Public Bathrooms
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17956
Re: Public Bathrooms
A plain parking lot could serve that function. Should we only provide parking lots along the freeways for people to recuperate and nap if public bathrooms aren’t a public service that everyone is entitled to without purchase?