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Proposed 90 unit at 1119 E. Lake St. advances. 7 stories.

https://finance-commerce.com/2025/04/af ... t-project/

The Sun Sailor article explained that Alatus has hit trouble financing the next phases. Interest rates spiked right when the next phases were due, including the phase to build the road through the site linking 2nd to Lake St. and make the water filtering project.

A year ago or so Alatus came to the ...

The latest Sun Sailor has a long article about the Watershed district wanting to terminate Alatus from finishing the rest of their proposal for 325 Blake.

MCWD supposedly are fed up with delays with the next phasing of the project

Chaska will ask for $7.825M for bonding to help redevelop a block across from City Square.

https://finance-commerce.com/2025/04/ch ... uare-west/

It *looks* like it would be nice if it happens.

Decades vacant steel mill property on south side proposed for huge tech campus and prairie restoration

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features ... ter-campus

Bill to change the definition of “blight” include “vacant or underused properties”.

https://finance-commerce.com/2025/04/mi ... sion-bill/

In this article about Kohl’s closing the Knollwood location, https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... sting.html and the site going up for sale…

It mentions the Cub Foods is the most trafficked location in the entire chain.

Huh!

Bakken2016 wrote:Did Hopkins City Council approve?

The vote will be coming up in a couple weeks. This is from the packet for next week’s March 25 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission. They have an advisory vote and it goes to the council the following week.

Aerial drawing of the Footprint proposal at Mainstreet and 5th.



I think the fill in will be a nice change for this block and corner at the east end of Mainstreet.

It’s taken literally years of griping at MNDoT, Three Rivers and the City of Hopkins, but planning is starting for a connection linking the apartment district on Van Buren N to the North Cedar Lake Trail that is also ADA accessible.

From the March 18 city packet:
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It’s taken literally years of griping at MNDoT, Three Rivers and the City of Hopkins, but planning is starting for a connection linking the apartment district on Van Buren N to the North Cedar Lake Trail that is also ADA accessible.

From the March 18 city packet:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com ...

Minneapolis Planning Commission gives a thumbs up on the ramp.

https://finance-commerce.com/2025/03/he ... nneapolis/

GOP want to claw back money going to the Rondo land bridge.

https://www.startribune.com/republicans ... /601231400

Finance and Commerce covers the Mainstreet proposal by Footprint.

https://finance-commerce.com/2025/03/ho ... footprint/

Here's the RPF packet for the city-owned properties: https://www.hopkinsmn.com/DocumentCenter/View/5074/Request-for-Development-Proposals-102-10th-Avenue-N-501-Mainstreet-525-Mainstreet-15-6th-Avenue-N-PDF?bidId=

https://finance-commerce.com/files/2024/09/Hopkins-development-sites-map-875x463.jpg ...

An office site proposed for 149 apartments on Wentworth.

https://finance-commerce.com/2025/02/ro ... t-st-paul/

The gravel pit became Centennial Lakes.

The drive in theater was a bit further north by my memory going to it as a kid.

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 ...

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

4-story office

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... t-end.html

I agree the MIA overfilled their block. Having a satellite location in this high visibility site for other collections would be really nice!