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by drgrant
November 4th, 2022, 10:15 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Replies: 964
Views: 339955

Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics

I got a kick out of this line.
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Not sure what's next--even if this appeal is rejected the rezoning probably still needs a council vote.
by drgrant
October 26th, 2022, 1:27 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: 2725 University Ave - U Garden Site
Replies: 9
Views: 8933

Re: 2725 University Ave - U Garden Site

The plans say the residential upper portion is set further back than the garage--5'6" and 5'8" versus ~2' for the garage walls.
by drgrant
October 25th, 2022, 10:11 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Northside - News & General Topics
Replies: 398
Views: 247784

Re: Northside - News & General Topics

I'm not suggesting that this site wouldn't work for an office development project, just that the building that's presented in these renderings is an absolute cartoon. Maybe put together by some intern who was good in SketchUp but doesn't really understand how buildings go together. Full sized trees...
by drgrant
September 23rd, 2022, 7:41 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Greystar Apartments - 2630 University Ave SE - 16 stories
Replies: 21
Views: 26596

Re: Greystar Apartments - 2630 University Ave SE - 16 stories

I did a blog about this at some point—I think when people talk about all the new apartments around the U they usually don’t know how expensive the mediocre dorms are. $7,000 a year, not including the mandatory meal plan, and they kick you out over winter and summer breaks. The quality varies from b...
by drgrant
September 22nd, 2022, 2:55 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Replies: 964
Views: 339955

Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics

I wonder if it would be hard to remove that little stretch of 3rd Ave NE across the street. Maybe if those buildings are developed the city could sell the land to the developer. Is it hard to remove streets? I have a handful of these short streets around the city I'd like to see removed. It can be ...
by drgrant
April 18th, 2022, 8:42 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Replies: 964
Views: 339955

Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics

The last one is the worst. The only way to guarantee a slot in a school is to live in its attendance area. How could adding units to the attendance area possibly reduce enrollment opportunities? Utter nonsense.
by drgrant
December 1st, 2021, 3:30 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Replies: 2027
Views: 783290

Re: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics

From CPC Packet. 240 Portland (22 stories) is back and Red Lake Nation wants a college next to US Bank Stadium. I couldn't find a thread on 240 Portland. https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/download/Agenda/3024/RPT-PLAN13673-240PortlandAve.pdf/64208/2910/240%20Portland%20Ave https://lims.minneapolismn.g...
by drgrant
August 19th, 2021, 8:13 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion
Replies: 334
Views: 160432

Re: Minneapolis Population / Density - General Discussion

I think the trial balloon proposals to pipe water from the Mississippi River and Great Lakes to the drought-prone western states has made certain people think that piping water is actually possible and will be done if desperate enough to save the economy from the fate of that many millions people w...
by drgrant
June 21st, 2021, 3:00 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Replies: 964
Views: 339955

Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics

This area desperately needs a district parking ramp instead of every building providing its own surface lot. If they got rid of most of the street parking, this could be the city's first real woonerf. It already kind of functions that way, the lines between street, sidewalk, parking lot, and outdoo...
by drgrant
June 10th, 2021, 9:53 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Replies: 964
Views: 339955

Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics

I assume there are trademark and marketing issues, but I think it would be cool if they kept that old GM logo on the tower.
by drgrant
March 2nd, 2021, 2:09 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1291
Views: 813533

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market

I guess it's not surprising that coverage of the Great Office Absence focused on downtowns, since that's where the effects (and the reporters) were most concentrated. But it's definitely silly that predictions about the future of offices have focused on downtowns. Downtown offices are the most prod...
by drgrant
December 8th, 2020, 11:38 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Replies: 964
Views: 339955

Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics

Even if they can't build over the pipe, there is still plenty of space to front the building along the parkway and hide the parking to the rear (north).
by drgrant
December 3rd, 2020, 10:18 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Canvas Apts - 2301 California St NE
Replies: 28
Views: 22987

Re: California Street Silos

Prairie is a pretty generous term for that empty lot. And it's only been like that for a couple years. I feel like I can usually empathize to some degree with people opposing development, but I really just don't understand the outrage on this one.
by drgrant
October 22nd, 2020, 1:30 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
Replies: 1498
Views: 582312

Re: Uptown Retail & Restaurant News

Luxury retail in general is in trouble. It was kind of cool having a little cluster of nice shops there--felt very cosmopolitan, but honestly how many times does a person need to visit an Apple store or a North Face store? And how many of the dollars spent there stay in the neighborhood, or even the...
by drgrant
July 8th, 2020, 10:55 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: 420 East Hennepin
Replies: 136
Views: 94264

Re: 420 E Hennepin Ave

For a good time, read the letter at the end of the packet. "Parking is sadly being removed from these priceless urban neighborhoods, which is the lifeblood of neighborhood retail." This is a crazy statement. However, his point about residential rents subsidizing an empty retail space is s...
by drgrant
February 11th, 2020, 1:41 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Peregrine (Broadway Pizza site) - 2025 West River Rd
Replies: 21
Views: 18022

Re: Broadway Station Redevelopment - 2025 West River Rd

Okay I'm relatively new to the whole city-planning thing as I'm 23 and just found out about this stuff as a hobby, but what the heck are we thinking? Why would not every development along the river include some space for a restaurant, brewery, bar, winery, distillery with patio space so people coul...
by drgrant
February 3rd, 2020, 12:44 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Apartment Construction Boom (2011-??)
Replies: 348
Views: 87928

Re: Apartment Construction Boom (2011-??)

Hopefully none of the pipeline projects gets cancelled. Housinglink has reported falling median rents for Minneapolis for the last two months after years of nothing but increases. If the pipeline stays full and this continues, maybe some of the middle-range existing projects will reduce their rents ...
by drgrant
October 25th, 2019, 12:17 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
Replies: 144
Views: 50469

Re: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units

For the purpose of regulatory affordability standards, it's gross income. There is no way for a regulator to know each family's tax rates, deductions, savings rates, healthcare costs, etc. So it's 30% gross, which for most people will indeed end up being 40-50% of take home pay. If you have a bunch ...
by drgrant
September 27th, 2019, 12:11 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: The Expo - 215 2nd St SE (285' - 26 Stories)
Replies: 136
Views: 82599

Re: The Expo - 215 2nd St SE (285' - 26 Stories)

That particular development's frontage on Main Street is one the worst pieces of urban design in the city. I always assumed that the retaining wall here predated the condo development, but I guess I'm not 100% sure about that. Can anybody confirm? Based on Hennepin's GIS, it looks like the wall was...
by drgrant
September 27th, 2019, 10:16 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: The Expo - 215 2nd St SE (285' - 26 Stories)
Replies: 136
Views: 82599

Re: The Expo - 215 2nd St SE (285' - 26 Stories)

Slightly off-topic, but I'm going to be interested to see what happens to townhouse cluster communities like the one at the bottom right in that photo, or The Landings in the North Loop. They are bizarre little enclaves of a short but weird era of downtown development that now seems very close mind...