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- March 7th, 2014, 9:21 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News
- Replies: 1432
- Views: 519428
Re: Downtown Retail News
I was in Gaviidae today and the skyway level is looking pretty full retail wise (comparatively). Bravo!
- March 1st, 2014, 2:55 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Pentagon Park (Hwy 100 & Industrial Blvd) - Edina
- Replies: 155
- Views: 42461
Re: Pentagon Park in Edina (Hwy 100 & Industrial Blvd)
Look at these other development projects proposed or under construction in the area, according to this analysis (some of them are noted here on urbanmsp.com, others are not): **I highlighted all of the proposed development that's within the Normandale Lakes quadrant of this micro-region. Developmen...
- March 1st, 2014, 2:52 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Bloomington - General Topics
- Replies: 332
- Views: 144110
Re: Normandale Lake Developments - Bloomington
Okay, The Luxembourg has been under construction since AT LEAST July of 2010. That is when I first noticed work being done. Is it really going to take them over 4 years to finish that thing? What the hell?
- February 24th, 2014, 6:42 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 365 Nicollet (334' - 30 stories)
- Replies: 624
- Views: 144486
Re: Opus Ritz Block Development
Cancer Survivors Park is too far north on the mall to get enough traffic to become a lively plaza. I don't think its the stairs that deter people, rather the half mile or so disconnection between its self and the CBD, and the expanse of surface parking lots that surround it. In the Spring and Summe...
- February 24th, 2014, 4:35 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 365 Nicollet (334' - 30 stories)
- Replies: 624
- Views: 144486
Re: Opus Ritz Block Development
My only issue with Pillsbury Center is that the lack of retail/restaurant on the exterior street levels makes the open space look baron, not urban. Pop a food/coffee cart or 2 out there and they might be in business. Cancer Survivors Park is too far north on the mall to get enough traffic to become ...
- February 23rd, 2014, 8:36 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 365 Nicollet (334' - 30 stories)
- Replies: 624
- Views: 144486
Re: Opus Ritz Block Development
I'm *really* not convinced that courtyard plazas have any sort of advantage over plazas that surround buildings. The problem in this area is the sheer number and size of the plazas relative to the number of pedestrians around, not to mention curb cuts and the monotony of land usage here. A well-des...
- February 23rd, 2014, 6:54 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Stadium Parking Ramp Development Site - 25 stories / 294'
- Replies: 1070
- Views: 317098
Re: Stadium Parking Ramp Air Rights Development
Something now related to the parking ramp I hope they somehow incorporate the Vikings purple and gold into ramp. Such as flood lights with a screen or fancy LED's. Agree to disagree on that one. It would probably end up looking pretty gaudy/tacky IMO. Not to mention, If the Radisson Red deal materi...
- February 23rd, 2014, 5:16 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 365 Nicollet (334' - 30 stories)
- Replies: 624
- Views: 144486
Re: Opus Ritz Block Development
Here's a thought. Make the building footprint U-Shaped (think Rockefeller Plaza). The office could be in a tower, while the apartments could be in two mid-rise buildings on either side (or vice versa?). That would create a great euro-style courtyard area that could have an iconic centerpiece (founta...
- February 23rd, 2014, 5:02 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)
- Replies: 1033
- Views: 227288
- February 23rd, 2014, 9:41 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Stadium Parking Ramp Development Site - 25 stories / 294'
- Replies: 1070
- Views: 317098
Re: Stadium Parking Ramp Air Rights Development
I'm predicting on top of this ramp, 12 stories hotel, additional 12 for condos, another 12 mixed office for a total of 36 floors on top of the ramp. Then, like always, it's reduced to a mere 16 story complex on top of the ramp.
- February 22nd, 2014, 2:39 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)
- Replies: 1033
- Views: 227288
Re: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)
I can deny it no longer. The Nic is kind of ugly. It reminds me of the Ebeneezer senior-housing tower in the Phillips neighborhood. If only the LPM Apartments were built on The Nic site instead. Other things the Nic on 5th looks like: -A Breadbasket Cell Phone -A Vending Machine -A Hotel Room Miniba...
- February 21st, 2014, 11:44 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Stadium Parking Ramp Development Site - 25 stories / 294'
- Replies: 1070
- Views: 317098
Re: Stadium Parking Ramp Air Rights Development
Can we all just step back and think about if Arden Hills would have got the stadium? I know Wilf wanted to develop DE regardless, but it wouldn't have been like this. Downtown Stadium detractors can officially feel stupid now.
- February 21st, 2014, 5:41 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Stadium Parking Ramp Development Site - 25 stories / 294'
- Replies: 1070
- Views: 317098
Re: Stadium Parking Ramp Air Rights Development
Who said anything about LaSalle Court?I don't think it'll be a Lasalle court. Lol
- February 21st, 2014, 5:34 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 365 Nicollet (334' - 30 stories)
- Replies: 624
- Views: 144486
Re: Opus Ritz Block Development
Forgive me for sounding dense, but aren't all skyways public? I can't say I've walked every mile of the skyway system, but I have traversed it quite a bit over the years and I do not ever remember a skyway that was not accessible to all during normal business hours. Fill me in here? Examples of a pr...
- February 21st, 2014, 5:16 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Stadium Parking Ramp Development Site - 25 stories / 294'
- Replies: 1070
- Views: 317098
Re: Stadium Parking Ramp Air Rights Development
If that true then we really would be in for another Highland Bank Court/Residence Inn situation...Mortenson's proposal is 10 floors (including the ramp)...don't ask me how, but I just know.
- February 21st, 2014, 5:15 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Stadium Parking Ramp Development Site - 25 stories / 294'
- Replies: 1070
- Views: 317098
Re: Stadium Parking Ramp Air Rights Development
https://i.imgflip.com/bm8k.jpg The El Paso Taco girl sums up the current development duel well. If they keep the hotel combo on the bottom levels and the apartments on top, we could have a new iconic super-tall that would easily end up being the premier address in downtown Minneapolis. Take a page ...
- February 20th, 2014, 10:04 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: City Center
- Replies: 395
- Views: 89493
Re: City Center
at the Nicollet mall meeting tonight the designer said they'd been in touch with the owners of city center who have said that they want the new city center to be very glassy and orient to the corners with retail, and the designer said they are going to try to get Macy's, the Crystal court, and gavi...
- February 20th, 2014, 10:01 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nicollet Mall
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 589356
Re: Nicollet Mall
It all sounds "okay" in theory, but I am struggling to see the feasibility in this. The ice rink idea is just plain stupid, the new exterior entrances for the retail centers are no brainers, and from what I understand the sidewalks are going to be drastically reduced in width. And then to ...
- February 19th, 2014, 5:40 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 365 Nicollet (334' - 30 stories)
- Replies: 624
- Views: 144486
Re: Opus Ritz Block Development
Hopefully the parking component wont be too obnoxious. I wonder how the people who will have north facing views at the Nic on 5th are going to feel about this? Presumably, a tower would block any view one might have of Cancer Survivors Park, the Hennepin Ave. Bridge, or the River (that might be a bi...
- February 19th, 2014, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Nicollet Mall
- Replies: 1466
- Views: 589356
Re: Nicollet Mall
Throwing this out there (relates to skyway/street pedestrian traffic dilemma); what about embracing winter along the Mall with skating lanes either converted from spring/summer/fall bike lanes or beginning at the Depot and being able to stop at vendors/cafes or get a skate-through-window beverage? ...