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Because it's large and complex - not nearly as small or simple as you're implying.

I'd assume the K-mart site may have something to do with it, but I'd also assume the redevelopment potential of Central Avenue in Northeast was also a factor. Something down University-4th sure would make a lot of sense.

It's like our own version of Battersea Power Station. Maybe they should make it even more brutal, add some cannons, another smoke stack or two and razor wire.

Yes, there's been a lot of demolition to create quite the landfill down there. It's fun to see up close.

Here are a few photos of this one:

http://tomabouttown.wordpress.com/2013/ ... ry-a-mill/

I took quite a few of this. With how tight this building's neighbors are, this area will feel quite a bit denser. I like this part of town.

http://tomabouttown.wordpress.com/2013/ ... on-update/

I really like the looks of this building, and all of the landscaping around this whole row of research buildings. Here are a few pics from today. It seems like it's taking a while for this to finish, but I assume the inside is pretty complex. http://tomabouttown.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/university-o...

I took a few more of this today. Not quite Nick's excellent bird's-eye view. Washington looks a lot more intense with the big electrical poles that have gone up.

http://tomabouttown.wordpress.com/2013/ ... ashington/

That sounds like a recipe for a crappy looking, really disjointed neighborhood. We can't bemoan the loss of every single old, neglected single family house still standing in the middle of a business district. And the House of Hanson building is hideous. As much as I enjoy using that parking lot, I w...

Another nice round of updates from my buddy's terrific vantage point. They're going to set up a time lapse for us, which could be pretty cool as this starts to rise.

http://tomabouttown.wordpress.com/2013/ ... -progress/

How is $2.25 expensive, especially with a transfer? And is the alternative walking or biking? I'm confused.

I've heard the idea to locate the city's farmer's market there, but do you think would it have enough space inside? If so, that would be fantastic, and a great way to really transform the street life in this part of town. I can't imagine it would be that expensive to bring it up to speed for that us...

It would be fascinating to see how a generic building that size would look in that location.

Haha "hint hint" to those who can scale something like this

I was trying to be classy about it.

It would be fascinating to see how a generic building that size would look in that location.

Spurred by their positive earnings news today, does anybody know how US Bank's office space needs are looking?

With all the residential being built, and possible huge commercial deals, I wonder what they might have in mind. All these proposals are almost overwhelming at this point. Sure is exciting...

I'm anxious to hear what this one is all about:
http://finance-commerce.com/2013/01/rya ... -downtown/

I would think any developer would have a hard time rezoning this to all residential, and why would they want to? Anybody would include street-level retail on that site, given the neighborhood's growth.

My buddy at the Fifth Street Towers got me some great shots of this site today - with some accompanying wisdom in the captions.

http://tomabouttown.wordpress.com/2013/ ... -progress/

I agree Mullen - in person, it seems like way too many stops along University, in some places like the whole line is just one big station. Along with that criticism, though, it's impressive the amount of urban variety seen along this line, from downtown MPLS, the surprisingly dense East Bank, all th...

I think the new design is great - exactly what I was hoping for, good connection to downtown and really fits the Minneapolis style.