urbanMSP

I tend to think that, for now, you’re just really not going to sell a $750,000 condo in Minneapolis without a parking space, and for most people/households in that market, one spot is a hard sell. I live in a downtown condo significantly downmarket from this price point and we all have one spot, and...

There’s a cheesemonger no less. Love that Lund’s.

Whoa, really?

Sorry, should have linked. Top of page 3:

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/gro ... 214877.pdf

Condos are exempt from the interim inclusionary requirement.

Last I heard, yeah, they’re using the affordable housing site for staging for train construction, which is part of why it’s the last phase.

Dunkin Donuts, is good

Fifteen years even seems kind of optimistic, I’m still not sure how much demand there’s going to be for high-end apartment living in this spot.

Could always use alphabetical names?

(and since new development continues to open along transit, like the 200+ students moving into The Hub directly across from the East Bank Station, we might fairly expect a slight increase in the percentages). I wonder if that shift does have a noticeable impact on bus ridership? I have to imagine t...

Counterpoint: the project isn’t very good

Wasn’t splitting the 4 into a north and south route supposed to happen sometime soon? That was in the service improvement plan a couple years ago but have not heard much about it since.

Throwback to the last “proposal” for rail to Rochester being very clearly a scam for Rotary Club types:

http://www.bluestemprairie.com/bluestem ... peace.html

You could do offices I suppose, but if I remember correctly this site is pretty badly contaminated and not suited for residential.

Prices on downtown condos have gone up, but definitely not to the extent that houses have in other parts of the city. I think the astronomical HOA fees do a lot to suppress values, which has pros and cons. I'm also looking/thinking about it and there's not really a ton of buildings, especially at th...

I think with “station design” the issue isn’t exactly referring to, like, public art, the problem is unnecessary excavation and building huge concourses, etc.

Getting worked up about there being “a leak” here is silly. Thanks

I believe it’s that the house always wins:

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/2012081 ... lways-wins

[screaming] Uniqlo, Uniqlo, Uniqlo, Uniqlo,

Also, one of the big problems is that the project is Bad.

Definitely pro-driver safety and feel for them in bad situations, but my thought is that this is also would make them a little less concerned about passenger-to-passenger bad behavior.