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However the east tower north section has mounds of dirt which from where I was I could not tell if that was from work on the east tower or if they have started ground work for the new Radisson Red. I'm an armature observer, but I thought it looked like they had started work on the Red when I went b...

Looks like the senior building on the east end will be called Abiitan. http://www.abiitan.org/ I couldn't quite make sense of the renderings on the display in Crystal Court last week (or whenever that was), some of which are at that link. It looked like there will be a diagonal "street" o...

Regarding Macy's...this still makes me nervous...even though it is not what I heard about the downtown store. And the recent articles seemed to confirm the store would remain... still nervous. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/08/us-macys-storeclosures-idUSKCN0R82KQ20150908 With the amount of ...

Glad to see BMO Harris moving it's branch out of Gaviidae. I think once upon a time that was Burberry's store. We need true retail if we are going to get the Mall back into shape. Could not believe all of the vacant store fronts on Gaviidae's ground floor. Amiller92, thanks for that tip. I would ra...

Yep, this is a great get for the neighborhood, and probably a better use for this building than residential anyway. I wonder how full the Designers Guild parking ramp typically is -- seems like it would be a logical location for these employees to park. Hopefully they all walk, bike or take transit...

There's some survey work happening in Gavvidae. Looks like they're measuring the BMO Harris location. I know someone mentioned on here that BMO might be exiting the building soon. Could be related. BMO had a two story space for awhile. The upper skyway level has been sealed off except for a ATM I b...

Look to the left, they caught a guy Nice Riding in a Suit

Did that last week (tie was in my pocket, though).

Was very much disappointed with the displays

Me too.

There's a certain level of delusion in thinking that a stadium has a large hand in revitalizing a neighborhood. I heard a radio interview this week with Council President Johnson where she said that the Twins stadium was responsible for the success of the North Loop. Oh, really, Barb... Likewise, t...

Photos of the displays here: https://twitter.com/ajm6792/status/639485047121117184

I thought WF was in Northstar. Which would also be a great place for a new tall.

I don't know where WF is, but if we're replacing one of the two blocks, definitely vote that it be Northstar.

So this isn't actually about downtown, but since the programs are all Downtown in the Crystal Court, can anyone that goes there see if there's any info on the L&H Station Project? A saw a tweet about the city that included a rendering of it so I'm wondering if there's any info about it there. I...

Then how is Walgreens getting away with all of the blocked out windows in the old Saks store? There are covered windows on the ground floor on the 7th St. side, but those are on the "mystery" space that may be a separate retail space, and the current coverings definitely look temporary. A...

Mod Note: Moved liquor store/zoning posts to here.


Can't think of what it's called right now, but there's a liquor store in the skyway in the 6 Quebec building.

I believe it's creatively named "Skyway Liquors" or something like that.

Latest document: http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@cped/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-148254.pdf I actually really like the retail space give in this building. Would've been even better if Xcel had a good retail corner as well. I'm not super enthused about 40% of the lot getting a tower and...

And Haskell's downtown as well, now that I think about it. Still kinda surprised there aren't more in neighborhood commercial nodes in old streetcar buildings.
E: Whoops didn't see Mat's request.

Is there housing in the Young Quinlan building? I think it's just offices.

The new Walgreen's opens September 18th, according to signs posted in the windows. I had been expecting that it would be taking up the entire first floor of its building, but that does not seem to be the case. Instead of connecting directly to Gaviidae where Sak's did, there's a corridor leading ou...

Melting Pot is getting a facelift http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2015/08/31/melting-pot-is-getting-a-facelift.html Excited to finally see this change happen... the main entrance will now be ON THE CORNER!! It's about damn time! The old way, you'd barely know it was there from the street.

The Short Block, 9th, 10th, 2nd,and 3rd, has been owned by the Short family trust for over 40 years and they have never proposed any type of redevelopment. The few building that are there have been recently renovated with a new business tennant. I didn't realize until right now that MinnMed (as the...

Because, despite what certain internet commenters believe, the US is still a free country, not Soviet Russia.

In Soviet Russia, parking lots own you!

(sorry, Yakov Smirnoff auto-response)