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Have you actually researched what it would do? This is not like the other versions that have come up in the past. Why did the Charter Commission come up with the idea to literally penalize the council for going against the mayor? Do you really trust the Strib to advocate for anything besides what th...

Besides the idea itself being half-baked, the Charter Commission basically admitted they created this to reward Frey for people being mean to him and punish the council for listening to their constituents.

3536 is coming back before the neighborhood(s) on October 20th. I couldn't make the first meeting but based on tweets from the developer he wanted to incorporate some feedback on design/materials. I personally think this is over-parked and would like to see the ability to incorporate retail down the...

I heard (read on urbanmsp maybe?) that the owner of the strip mall with Walgreens/Rustica plans to eventually reposition the property to include mixed use.

This seems insane to me? Obviously the bulk of the City Council supports this measure, they advanced a nearly identical one. This legal fiction about not using their offices to campaign for something they are obviously campaigning for outside of their offices really prohibits them from laying any g...

Can't forget that Sisqo lives in Maple Grove https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/05/ ... ple-grove/

My brain is mush today. Wells Fargo, O'Reilly and Alliance Housing at 3301 Nicollet. Only O'Reilly is market rate.

Wells Fargo is supposed to be 200ish, but I think will be closer to 180 for phase 1. Alliance Housing is 64 and O'Reilly is 169.

Things are shifting out of downtown and to the neighborhoods as well. There are 3 projects on Nicollet in the works between 31st and 35th that will have at least 400 units between them.

I'm glad the Expo low rise is on pause for now, would love to see some more towers go there instead!

The slowdown in new Minneapolis projects has been discussed in other downtown threads, but Nick Halter just posted a thread saying only 889 units approved so far this year vs. 2,315 in 2020 and 2,888 in 2019 during the same time. He mentions that planning commission agendas have mostly been empty. I...

Looks like Hall Sweeney purchased the former O'Reilly and Dollar General lot on Nicollet between 35th/36th that burned down. Proposing a 5 over 1 with the top floor set back. 196 units, 148 car parking spaces, 196 bike parking spaces. Keeping only the south curb cut and adding a vehicle entrance fro...

Even though west of Central is already the official Arts District, Central/Broadway is prime for some branding as the "Brewery District" or something. Or even Central/Broadway branding. As an aside, I grew up in rural Cook County IL, and we referred to ourselves as "Chicago." Any...

I swear there was a thread or at least some discussion of this project, but here's a writeup of Timber and Tie at 14th and Central. 175 units affordable to 60% AMI with 25 MPHA project-based housing vouchers. Several 2-3-4 bedroom units which is pretty swell. Delivered early and 70% leased. I think ...

David Brauer did some archival research about the whole thing a few years ago and put into this twitter thread. This is my favorite/most cringeworthy - an original plat map of the site: https://twitter.com/dbrauer/status/844545904744939520?s=20 He also put all the original scans into this file: http...

Any RFP that they issue would be likely years from breaking ground. From a timing/construction point of view, they could easily issue an RFP right now. My sense is that the decision to hold back on an RFP is partially a political one, and partially the reality that city staff is stretched pretty th...

Good catch. Here's a statement they posted on their website with a link to join the project steering committee (due 8/20): https://www.whittieralliance.org/2116nicollet.html

Seems like a valuable use of remaining NRP funds, assuming that's what they used for the purchase.

I've read that multifamily permits are down significantly as well. Does anyone know the story? Inclusionary zoning? Construction costs?
No more "low hanging fruit"? Investors spooked? End of the boom cycle?

Initial campaign finance reports are due tomorrow so we'll have an answer this week. https://www.hennepin.us/residents/elect ... gn-finance

Lydia House planning to expand apartment building onto part of their surface lot: http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 214022.pdf

This has broken ground, parking lot is gone and excavation underway.

So basically, we can't have officers walking around on foot. They need to be in a squad or bicycle so they can get where needed within their Precinct or another when something occurs. Why are they even downtown then, parked on sidewalks, if their purpose is only to wait until they get called to go ...