urbanMSP

Erik the Red to close Jan 1, reopen Fall 2020 in south Minneapolis.

http://www.startribune.com/downtown-min ... 566596221/

Our old pal Rick has emerged, doing some good for the community!

https://www.keyc.com/2019/12/24/organiz ... christmas/

Not sure what you mean, Mall of America has plenty of holiday lights...

More details from the Star Tribune today

http://www.startribune.com/baseball-sta ... 565421532/

Pioneer Press picked it up, not many details yet. Announcing a groundbreaking date perhaps?

https://www.twincities.com/2019/11/11/a ... land-park/

Cool!



https://twitter.com/RickNelsonStrib/sta ... 77/photo/1

Couldn’t find a thread for the Centurylink building... the microwave antennas are being removed per this reddit post

Word is renovations will commence this month and wrap up by October.

Worth it at the expense of downtown? Per the article, the state leases over 20% of the 6.6M sq ft of downtown office space. Add that to the already high downtown vacancy rate of 20% and that could be devastating. Of course not all of that would move to the Sears site but you get the point.

Coworking company with $100M war chest opening space in downtown Minneapolis (locked)

An 11-year lease for CommonGrounds coworking space at 801 Marquette Ave. June 2019 opening set for the 27,500 square foot space on the skyway level.

Was able to see some of the plans for the Nicollet Mall renovation. I think a lot of people here will be pleased with what they end up doing.

Good spot for a tower??

Four Seasons confirmed per Finance & Commerce.

https://finance-commerce.com/2018/11/fo ... way-tower/

Nearly done with demo as of this afternoon.

Transitioning to residential?

Former YMCA building at 30 S 9th purchased for ~$5 million.

http://www.startribune.com/swervo-pays- ... 499169001/

Great pic, thanks for posting that.

Looks like Sears itself doesn't own any of that land. It's owned by Seritage Growth Properties which was a subsidiary of Sears until it was spun off into a separate entity back in 2015. Allegedly there's no going concern for that company despite the fact it leases a vast majority of its property to ...

You got your wish: St Paul and Minnetonka locations to close

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne ... protection

Star Tribune has it now

http://www.startribune.com/developers-p ... 493632241/