urbanMSP

Thanks, sorry for the overreaction...oh yes, I am always defending this and other projects. It just gets more difficult to do so over time. At least now we can see real progress! Hopefully we will start to hear more announcements for tenants as construction is past the hump, and hopefully this poure...

That was rude, snarky and uncalled for. 2 years from completion actually, and it's looked like trash for years (and will look even worse for the year of construction). I have as much civic pride or more as anyone here...but walking around downtown lately honestly changes my mood to depressed real qu...

Thanks! I figured it was buried in there somewhere, thank you for finding. So far away. Sometimes it feels like we are never going to have nice things again.

When is work on this supposed to get underway? Anyone heard any updates on that?

I'm hopeful...but the article says this is the company that markets ren sq? Eeek. That's been vacant at the street level what, 20 years?

It looks like Nordstrom Rack is walling off most of the windows...hopefully they will have lots of displays. I was hoping the storefront would be more transparent. Also, it always makes me irrationally angry that Banana republic has no signage/display at all on their windows facing Nicollet. They us...

There was an article about it...has been discussed. Someone here had mentioned it might be a "reserve", but the article confirmed that it would not...just a standard Starbucks.

Does anyone remember what is going in at the NE corner of Henn and 35th? I think it was to be a small commercial building? Maybe it is something else now? Either way, the old (in very poor shape) house is now gone. This is actually on my block...but I don't know if it is a house or commercial going ...

This replaces the two single story retail buildings on the NE corner of 32 and Henn?

Haskells wine bar in the old Dunn bros space...perfect fit.

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... ormer.html

So I take it this did not end up getting resolved on the 20th?

FYI...not sure the date has been mentioned here, but I guess Barnes and Noble closes Friday.

That is far too bulky...dislike.

I hate that too!

I don't really care for it either...it tears down one of the few remaining nice old buildings over there....that had active retail...and replaces it with no retail, and a somewhat dead streetscape.

My parents live right by 43 1/2 street in SLP

This looks good! Glad to see them making this street into something.

They aren't missing too much patio time. Brits missed last summer, but they have their roof, and I think Dakota did too. News Room, Barrio, Zelo, and Mc Cormick's were all able to have the patio out pretty much the whole summer last year. Granted, not as pleasant as usual.

Though, they took up such a tiny space at the corner...making the retail space in from the corner more undesirable. I thought they'd use more of that! Glad to see it though.

yeah, I always think a full cap, maybe with a bit of the columbus one mixed with green space. Imagine the development potential.

Oh, wait...another one? Side note...between lasalle and 1st would be the perfect place for a freeway cap.