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The Caribou coffee received approval from city council yesterday

Is it bad that I like the precast look ?

That is still in discussion. My hunch is yes. In place, the Mayo area would be more student housing focused. It was something like "more housing along the river, hospital and clinics closer to the Huron Blvd freeway exit."

Current discussions include a brand new hospital adjacent to the new Clinics and Surgery Center, hence the recent land purchases by the U Regents. There are talks to replace the current hospital with student housing. The Mayo building is a "do not invest" property and is slated for demo in...

Re: Retail building (SW corner of 70th & France) - demo and building permits pulled - current gas station is no longer in service - same developers as NW corner retail; will look similar Re: Restoration Hardware (NE corner 69th & France) - rerouting of utility lines under the water tower to ...

Regarding Grandview Green (Hwy 100 lid) - Feasibility study conducted by city in May 2017 - Found total cost of lids and infrastructure would be $70-90M - 13 acres, 2.4M new sq ft of private development - Increases tax revenue from $2M to $100M per yr - 5 year plan shows possible construction starti...

Regarding turn islands at 66th / York - NW corner removed - looks like the three others will remain forever! Envi Edina (old Bestbuy lot) - Doran has resubmitted plans with minor changes Estelle Edina - developers Ryan Cos and Luigi Bernardi are exploring the idea of creating affordable-housing in t...

Starbucks now open.

Looks like one of those configurations where the back of the store faces the street.. nice.
Pretty sure this will be shot down by both the planing commission and city council.
Frankly an underwhelming proposal in comparison to how the other three corners turned out.

Simon Properties, owner of Southdale, has proposed to build a Shake Shack on the SE corner of France / 66th St.

Where is that nimby neighborhood association when we really need them..

A sidewalk to nowhere! I'm intrigued as well... What are you supposed to do when you reach the end?! Speaking of turn islands, a recent Transportation Commission meeting agenda (for City of Edina) shows improvements for the 66th / York intersection. Plans include removal of the NW turn island, where...

Groundbreaking ceremony today for new hotel at NE corner of Southdale block (66th / York)

I hope other developers in the area will be inspired by these folks. This truly is a win-win

http://finance-commerce.com/2017/05/min ... ding-bill/

Nearly $1B bonding bill includes (finally) $66.7M for the Health Sciences Education Center.

Nearby, the Pioneer Hall renovation has started.

The City of Edina just hired a consulting team to explore opening the Dan Patch rail line for regional rail use. I believe the most recent city council agenda includes this

I concur. The Millwright Building is probably my favorite new construction in downtown.

Looks like Onyx landed Alchemy as a ground floor tenant. Also, had the chance to drive by Onyx on the Xerxes Ave side. Man, I couldn't help but feel a bit bad for single-family-home tenants in the area - this apartment is quite massive. I would be pretty upset if I lived within three or four blocks ...

Has anybody else looked out the window, saw birds fly, then wished you could fly, then thought of helicopters, then drones were a big thing all of a sudden, then thought of something like a personal backpack drone that could fly you places like the crow flies?

What are all those people doing?