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- June 28th, 2018, 12:03 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: O2 - Washington/Portland Mixed Use - 22 stories - 247'
- Replies: 95
- Views: 68191
Re: Washington and Portland Mixed Use - 22 stories
It’s great that the developer is willing to build low income housing, not just affordable housing. There's not necessarily any difference. Federally, HUD defines low-income as earning 80% or below area median income (AMI). For the Twin Cities, that's $71,900 for a family of four: https://www.huduse...
- August 22nd, 2017, 8:10 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
- Replies: 1498
- Views: 601290
Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map
Here are the CotW thingies with renderings: http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@cped/documents/webcontent/wcmsp-203282.pdf http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@cped/documents/webcontent/wcmsp-203283.pdf I am curious why the 510 W Lake development doesn't extend the entire bloc...
- July 7th, 2017, 4:34 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Neighborhood
- Replies: 1096
- Views: 511961
Re: North Loop Neighborhood
Hooray!There was an article in F&C that noted that it was the increase in North Loop rental rates that finally made the financing on the renovation possible.
- July 2nd, 2017, 10:12 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Nord Haus - 315 1st Ave NE (208' - 20 Stories)
- Replies: 617
- Views: 138211
Re: Nord Haus - 315 1st Ave NE (208' - 20 Stories)
But most in their 20's aren't ready to settle down, and I think that is the target market these type of buildings focus on. Hi, actually, the median income for people in their 20s is in the lower $20,000s, i.e., most people in that age bracket would literally have to spend 100% of their income to a...
- May 19th, 2017, 8:48 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Southside - News & General Topics
- Replies: 1102
- Views: 409284
Re: Southside - General Topics
Does the city have a history of renting small properties? Who would act as the property management? I like the idea, I'm just curious. Check out the Public Housing Authority's website: http://mphaonline.org/housing/programs/high-rise-buildings/ They definitely manage some smaller buildings, like Sn...
- March 10th, 2017, 12:51 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
- Replies: 144
- Views: 51113
Re: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
Ill just preface this by noting that I'm out of my depth here. But how does the example of Hamline Station count as a win because it's accessible, and yet this doesn't? This is on the 11,17 and 18 lines, and 2 blocks from the 2. That means it is on 3 of the 12 high frequency routes, plus a non-high...
- March 10th, 2017, 11:28 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
- Replies: 144
- Views: 51113
Re: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
[...] we've implemented regulations that make housing more expensive so that we don't upset existing residents. I'm not sure I want those people seizing the means of production if we don't simultaneously take away their power to directly impact what happens on every lot on their block that they don...
- March 9th, 2017, 8:58 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
- Replies: 144
- Views: 51113
Re: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
actual market-oriented urbanists who think critically about the political, regulatory, cost, and industry structures at play yet still advocate for market-infill in places that aren't polluted arterials or in freeway armpits - you might find a shred of morality in some of us I recognize that market...
- March 9th, 2017, 7:31 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
- Replies: 144
- Views: 51113
Re: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
Dude, most of us want the entire city upzoned and mixed income housing. So if you want to live in a SFH dominant are like Linden Hills, you potentially could. This thread will go real off topic real fast if you bring this stuff up again. Please stop. Dude, I was only defending a project you and I p...
- March 9th, 2017, 6:04 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
- Replies: 144
- Views: 51113
Re: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
Good affordable housing? Next to the busiest stretch of freeway in Minnesota? Not a brilliant idea Unfortunately, under our current land use regime, affordable housing will tend to cluster around more polluted areas. That's what oh-so-progressive free market urbanists mean when they talk about &quo...
- March 3rd, 2017, 2:18 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
- Replies: 144
- Views: 51113
Re: 1500 Nicollet Half Block
I like it. Anyone know if any of the units will be marked as affordable? From the thing: "The building is anticipated to include 184 dwelling units with 100 percent of units for tenants earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. The unit mix of 30% 1-Bed, 50% 2-Bed, and 20% 3-Be...
- March 2nd, 2017, 1:42 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northside - News & General Topics
- Replies: 398
- Views: 258412
Re: Northside - General Topics
I absolutely agree that the history of redlining and exclusion needs to be part of any historic district here. It's a significant piece of North Minneapolis history. As though the forces of exclusion are over and done with? Maybe we shouldn't officially enshrine the socioeconomic processes that Nor...
- January 12th, 2017, 11:57 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
- Replies: 122
- Views: 28694
Re: CPM North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
Often, the fee structure for an architecture firm is very much "at risk" and predicated on two things: 1. Entitlement (municipal approval) 2. Building Permit To Grant's point, if you want to nonchalantly put aside the effort put forth by architects then that's fine but please understand t...
- January 11th, 2017, 5:23 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
- Replies: 122
- Views: 28694
Re: CPM North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
Wow, every time I open one of these files I'm blown away by how much effort and detail goes into each and every proposal. I can see developers and designers getting incredibly frustrated by NIMBYs after putting in all that work, only to get a response like "it'll block my view". Designers...
- September 21st, 2016, 4:01 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Ford Plant Redevelopment [archive - locked]
- Replies: 124
- Views: 49648
- September 3rd, 2016, 4:16 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Washington Square - 20, 100, 111 Washington Avenue S
- Replies: 93
- Views: 18762
Re: Washington Square buildings (20, 100, 111 Washington Ave S)
What I REALLY want to know is whether or not coffee is an art form.
- September 3rd, 2016, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Washington Square - 20, 100, 111 Washington Avenue S
- Replies: 93
- Views: 18762
Re: Washington Square buildings (20, 100, 111 Washington Ave S)
Prioritizing the cosmetic features of something as essential to human life as the very structures that separate us from the elements will always be an act of decadence, and nothing more. If you would like to contemplate the sublime mysteries of abstract objects, do so in its proper context – where i...
- September 1st, 2016, 11:35 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Nord Haus - 315 1st Ave NE (208' - 20 Stories)
- Replies: 617
- Views: 138211
Re: Nord Haus - 315 1st Ave NE (Superior Plating site)
Luxurious finishes and amenities throughout, they are geared toward those that recognize coffee is an art form, the importance of never wasting a summer day, and that live-work-play is more than just a catchphrase.
- August 25th, 2016, 12:33 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: The Gatsby - 1400 Park Avenue
- Replies: 155
- Views: 94612
Re: 1400 Park Avenue
Especially as a neighborhood changer. What do you mean by that? In any case, I don't think any of these massive, full-block developments, built to superficially resemble 18th/19th-century European-style development, will ever be considered an architectural success over the long term. The way they t...
- August 11th, 2016, 4:29 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 18 West 15th Street - CPM development
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10071
Re: 18 W 15th St
Lol'd at how they call these "junior 1 bedrooms" in the project description.