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min-chi-cbus wrote:I thought the only thing holding both of them back was the lack of available financing? Does this mean that there is avail. financing and the city has approved both projects?

The city has already approved this project and 1368 L. Appears we're just waiting for these projects to get financing.

Construction update from this morning. Nice to see a big crane over downtown again. http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8540/dscn1159e.jpg http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6937/dscn1160d.jpg http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2380/dscn1162jx.jpg http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6159/dscn1163e.jpg h...

MetCouncil says rail will be pulled in downtown St. Paul next monday and tuesday.

kingchros wrote:Dorsey and Whitney can't possibly be big enough to anchor anything that big, can it?

Their lease in 50 South Sixth is for around 250k sq ft IIRC. Dorsey & Whitney couldn't anchor anything much bigger than 50 S Sixth (30 floors/404 feet). Unless they plan to expand big time...

I heard a rumor that Mike Opat is working with the business community behinds the scenes to get support for a plan that would put the stadium over by Target Field (farmers market site). Just a rumor but if true this would be a better plan than the Metrodome site IMO. The Farmer's Market sight is th...

A number of cities have their NFL stadiums outside the urban core. Minneapolis will survive without an NFL team. Without the Vikings using the dome, it can be demolished and the area can be redeveloped into parkspace, and TOD development. The LRT station isn't moving after all.