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by minntransplant
February 3rd, 2025, 1:26 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1357
Views: 935996

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market



You know, actually—how are downtowns doing in other countries? Hard to compare downtown Minneapolis to a nice Western European city center for 1,000,000 reasons but what about Calgary or whatever? Are Perth and Riyadh back to their regular Monday lunch rush? Can you get a skyscraper for 97% off ...
by minntransplant
February 3rd, 2025, 11:35 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1357
Views: 935996

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market


This morning I read Bloomberg article speaking to the bifurcation in quality of space. Apparently in NYC buildings either built or renovated since 2010 are seeing rental absorption above pre-pandemic rates while lower quality buildings sit empty. There is a plausible viewpoint that rental rates ...
by minntransplant
December 20th, 2024, 9:58 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 3108
Views: 880547

Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)


Don't know if this is new news but Metro Transit plans on identifying 3 new corridors for BRT in 2025. Fingers crossed the 18/nicollet ave makes the list first.

Also 2025 openings

Gold line - Saturday, March 22

B Line - Saturday, June 14

E Line - Saturday, December 6


That would make my year ...
by minntransplant
December 19th, 2024, 1:37 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1357
Views: 935996

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market


I'm guessing a few more of the big, 1970s-1990s era office towers are going to change hands in the next few years, with similar reductions in value from their pre-pandemic purchase price. I would wager exactly 0% of them will be converted to residential. The best hope would be a new owner of City ...
by minntransplant
November 20th, 2024, 2:26 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
Replies: 74
Views: 92444

Re: HERC - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center


It's likely my own broken brain that is making me type this out on the computer, but the HERC situation came to mind for me as a good, relatively low-stakes example of the governance problems common across the blue states. It's an issue where everyone involved knows what they're doing is stupid ...
by minntransplant
September 18th, 2024, 2:31 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1357
Views: 935996

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market


There's no world where they can convert these buildings back into Class A office product, right? It would be disappointing if newer, better proposed offices weren't able to sign tenants because something like this lured them away.

But as it stands, offering much lower lease rates to the sorts of ...
by minntransplant
September 13th, 2024, 9:43 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Southwest Minneapolis (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al) - General Topics
Replies: 160
Views: 133898

Re: Southwest - General Topics (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al)


Seems like a sign that developers, anticipating interest rates will come down, may start dusting off some of the building boom-era plans that never got built.

This project was a little post-boom, but nonetheless I think this bodes well. Some of these shelved projects will die, but I bet a good ...
by minntransplant
September 10th, 2024, 11:56 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Root District - Farmers Market / Royalston Station
Replies: 153
Views: 96385

Re: Root District - Farmers Market / Royalston Station

with the property tax increases we will be seeing the next couple years, I doubt even a more moderate city council is going to want to support giving a subsidy to a new stadium anytime soon. It would be received more poorly among the broader electorate than the "lefty" stuff that some of the council ...
by minntransplant
July 25th, 2024, 12:41 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Replies: 705
Views: 386622

Re: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board


1. This couldn't have been brought up at any point in last decade?
2. This is like a $3 billion dollar project and the MPB is worried about a pair a bridges that just rebuild for $15.5 million, I mean they aren't serious right?
3. Could the MPB legally prevent construction of the line or is this ...
by minntransplant
June 25th, 2024, 7:45 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: South Nicollet-Lyndale-Kingfield-Tangletown-Windom
Replies: 251
Views: 165338

Re: South Nicollet-Lyndale-Kingfield-Tangletown-Windom


Here are the plans:

https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/download/Agenda/6147/4676/3246NicolletAveStaffReport.pdf

The three bedroom units in a senior apartment building is an interesting approach.


At a Lyndale neighborhood association meeting, the developer explained that they wanted to build a ...
by minntransplant
December 28th, 2023, 8:46 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5418
Views: 1462949

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT


Probably suited for the other thread but wonder how crowded the trail will be since Kenilworth closed years before e scooters and e bikes took off and I think it will still be one of the most popular ways to get from downtown to uptown for awhile (what's the ETA for the bike lanes all the way down ...
by minntransplant
November 15th, 2023, 2:32 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
Replies: 1507
Views: 697807

Re: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General



Weidner is buying all phases of the Elan Apartments from Greystar. Paying $111 million for 590 units, they're getting a massive bargain.


If you are a homeowner it's time to start bracing for big property tax hikes...


Maybe. I got my truth in taxation document for 2024. No change in my ...
by minntransplant
April 26th, 2023, 10:23 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
Replies: 45
Views: 65423

Re: Minneapolis Street Design


I feel the plowing has gotten worse, possibly we’re not ticketing and towing as consistently. Outside of my office I watched the road narrow over the winter as plows had to work around cars that didn’t move for snow emergencies. Maybe declare more snow emergencies and then clear the streets so ...
by minntransplant
April 24th, 2023, 7:26 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
Replies: 45
Views: 65423

Re: Minneapolis Street Design


Wonder how much it would cost to custom order trucks that hold a sub-optimal amount of water?

Presumably paywalled article that just came out: Fire trucks can't get through and there's a lot of other issues Bryant Ave, so they're changing the design going forward.

https://www.startribune.com ...
by minntransplant
February 23rd, 2023, 12:56 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area
Replies: 514
Views: 380044

Re: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area


Road will be rebuilt in 2025
Projects will break ground no sooner then 2027.
Unreal
https://www.startribune.com/why-new-development-on-minneapolis-kmart-site-is-at-least-four-years-away/600253811/


But hey, some consultant will be paid at least $500k to conduct lengthy engagement that will ...
by minntransplant
January 27th, 2023, 10:45 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area
Replies: 514
Views: 380044

Re: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area

COLSLAW5 wrote: January 27th, 2023, 10:03 am They are putting the concrete barriers and fencing back up around the precinct again. Really sad to see, anyone know why?
I heard that they were going to install something permanent that was supposed to look nicer. But apparently it's just the same as before?
by minntransplant
October 7th, 2022, 7:23 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area
Replies: 514
Views: 380044

Re: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area


I emphasized the need for housing and for the new space to make the area feel more like a neighborhood rather than a commercial corridor. Density with quality greenspace.


Greenspace with high quality access to the greenway would be really nice. My hope is that the city breaks up the site into ...
by minntransplant
June 30th, 2022, 12:54 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
Replies: 433
Views: 226342

Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)


Override of Frey's veto fails on same lines as original City Council vote. It now gets referred back to committee. I think they at least need to push for 6am - 8pm bus lanes now instead.


That would be the best compromise I could imagine and would allow for a different council and mayor to ...
by minntransplant
June 29th, 2022, 7:20 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Nicollet Ave / Eat Street - Whittier, Stevens, Loring Park
Replies: 225
Views: 171645

Re: Nicollet Ave / Eat Street - Whittier, Stevens, Loring Park




The project quoted above was approved, but then neighbors sued and won. The approvals were revoked and the land was sold. The new developer is now coming to the CPC with two different projects on two of the three lots that made up the original proposal (the corner lot, a shabby professional ...
by minntransplant
June 1st, 2022, 9:12 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: South Nicollet-Lyndale-Kingfield-Tangletown-Windom
Replies: 251
Views: 165338

Re: South Nicollet-Lyndale-Kingfield-Tangletown-Windom

Tiny infill project being proposed at 3400 Nicollet (the tiny lot next to the ramen building). Details from a Lyndale neighborhood group email that was sent this morning:

"The proposed development is a two story, mixed used building at 3400 Nicollet Avenue, on the SW corner of 34th Street and ...