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by Anondson
February 13th, 2025, 3:25 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley
Replies: 215
Views: 132300

Re: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley

It always felt off to not have something above.

I have attended so many public hearings over development proposals in Hopkins and SLP over 20+ years and I kept hearing that the people who finance insist their models indicate single building multi use was not viewed favorably… that “horizontal ...
by Anondson
February 13th, 2025, 11:39 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley
Replies: 215
Views: 132300

Re: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley

A proposal to build up on the vacant building behind Punchbowl Social.

4-story office

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... t-end.html
by Anondson
January 29th, 2025, 3:41 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Square - 20, 100, 111 Washington Avenue S
Replies: 61
Views: 24059

Re: Washington Square - 20, 100, 111 Washington Avenue S

I agree the MIA overfilled their block. Having a satellite location in this high visibility site for other collections would be really nice!
by Anondson
January 27th, 2025, 11:05 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nicollet Mall
Replies: 1488
Views: 651012

Re: Nicollet Mall

The three options for a pedestrian Nicollet, and moving transit.

https://www.startribune.com/here-are-mi ... /601212083
by Anondson
January 27th, 2025, 11:04 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics
Replies: 272
Views: 145903

Re: Housing Market/Economics - General Topics

The housing shortage is getting people on both ends of the aisle to get fed up with year over year delays with building.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-housing-shortage-affordable-legislation-bill-act-mortgage-construction-zoning/601212171

Maybe new heavy-handed rules forthcoming?

“I don’t ...
by Anondson
January 17th, 2025, 7:37 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Grandview District - Edina
Replies: 127
Views: 115017

Re: Grandview District - Edina

Edina Planning Commission looks favorably on the Opus HQ proposal

https://finance-commerce.com/2025/01/op ... ning-body/
by Anondson
January 16th, 2025, 3:33 pm
Forum: Updates - Announcements - Problems - Suggestions
Topic: UrbanMSP Patreon live - please consider supporting
Replies: 12
Views: 693

Re: UrbanMSP Patreon live - please consider supporting

I have financial flexibility to up mine. It would nice to get some others though! :)
by Anondson
January 15th, 2025, 10:28 am
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature
Replies: 22
Views: 941

Re: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature

Great point about the own-goal of allowing the non-resident to run in a district he did not reside in. Even after that already blew up against the GOP not long ago! Stupid and is a blemish against the head of the DFL to run the national Democratic Party.
by Anondson
January 14th, 2025, 4:22 pm
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature
Replies: 22
Views: 941

Re: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature

The GOP has opted to demonstrate that they were never interested in bipartisanship last session in the name of pure bipartisanship for the state’s voters.

The DFL was right to distrust house GOP back then nor going forward.

Can senate GOP rein them in? Or are they cheering it on?
by Anondson
January 14th, 2025, 11:51 am
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature
Replies: 22
Views: 941

Re: 2025-2026 Minnesota Legislature

I read an analysis that if the legislature does not convene no budget is generated for the government this next year, and state operations are not automated so it shuts down when no budget is proposed.
by Anondson
January 10th, 2025, 2:16 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Interstate 94
Replies: 415
Views: 193082

Re: Interstate 94

St Paul land bridge gets federal funds.

https://www.startribune.com/rondo-land- ... /601204330
by Anondson
January 8th, 2025, 1:59 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Grandview District - Edina
Replies: 127
Views: 115017

Re: Grandview District - Edina

The stilts office building proposed for new offices with Opus’ future HQ

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... y-100.html
by Anondson
January 7th, 2025, 4:44 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Plymouth
Replies: 24
Views: 50974

Re: Plymouth

Ramada Hotel could be purchased by Plymouth for residential development to help spur TOD near 494/55.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... -sale.html
by Anondson
January 7th, 2025, 10:49 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Saint Paul - General Topics
Replies: 699
Views: 474229

Re: Saint Paul - General Topics

Land trust proposing 20 affordable condos near Selby/Dale

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... -paul.html
by Anondson
December 16th, 2024, 1:17 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5418
Views: 1466038

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

If future development of the area between the platform and the hospital was completely re-oriented around as-the-crow-flies pedestrian pathways, the walking distance could be as low as 2000'.
There had been drawings of the Louisiana station showing things like opening day, near term future, long ...
by Anondson
December 15th, 2024, 11:17 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5418
Views: 1466038

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

And as Anondson mentioned there’s the hospital. From what I’ve seen it looks like they have a shuttle service between some outlying parking lots and the hospital, so I would hope they’d extend that shuttle the short distance to the station.

I remember seeing commute purpose diagrams for each ...
by Anondson
December 13th, 2024, 4:08 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5418
Views: 1466038

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

The Louisiana station area is pretty difficult with extremely high water table, and superfund sites all over.

Just redeemed by the hospital?
by Anondson
December 12th, 2024, 1:37 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Hopkins
Replies: 381
Views: 177824

Re: Hopkins

Hopkins movers and shakers are pushing the opening of a batch of new restaurants along a Mainstreet with a good number already as a sort of west Eat Street branding.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2024/12/12/hopkins-mainstreet-dining-scene.html

Everyone forgets how the building of ...
by Anondson
December 11th, 2024, 9:28 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 3108
Views: 882349

Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)

Yeah, disappointed at that framing, though there is a seed of a point. And that is that there are layers and layers of different governments that could coordinate better but what they do is just coming across as chaos.

In the Blake Road example, the county rebuilt Blake Road, then MNDOT rebuilt the ...