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by thatchio
September 14th, 2016, 11:22 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
Replies: 1498
Views: 582218

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Sean, it said he will be using tax credits and thus the capped, affordable rents. This may be similar to their Mill City Quarter project.
by thatchio
September 3rd, 2016, 11:24 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
Replies: 1498
Views: 582218

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

When I was renting 10 years ago in Uptown, one month's rent was normal. In Seattle, where rent is crazy expensive (not unlike this unit), a security deposit of $1,000 to $1,500 is more common. But I do see plenty of one-month SDs here too, which is insane. A better comparison is the University of Mi...
by thatchio
August 11th, 2016, 6:45 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: The Hub Minneapolis - 600 Washington Ave SE (284' - 26 Stories)
Replies: 274
Views: 54730

Re: Stadium Village 26-Story Tower (Harbor Bay Real Estate)

Just looked at the plans. I'm curious to how the bike parking on the upper floors of the parking garage will work. With each floor all the way up to 6th or so having a bike storage room accessible from the parking garage and interior hallway, they're either going to have folks biking down the garage...
by thatchio
May 23rd, 2016, 11:38 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment
Replies: 28
Views: 7197

Re: MN-121 "Lyndale Connector" Turnback and Redevelopment

Given that I used to work for Community Works, I'd going to keep some distance on whether CW should be the lead or not. One question would be why should HC be the lead if Minneapolis isn't making it a priority? While part of it is the terminus of a county road, CW is as much about partnerships as it...
by thatchio
May 15th, 2016, 9:16 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Fantasy maps
Replies: 297
Views: 140416

Re: Fantasy maps

^ just in general, I'd suggest merging the downtown alignments of your yellow and orange for two reasons: tunnels are expensive and tunnel stations are expensive as heck. it also would better serve those coming to downtown locations. you may have too many stations on some of the lines relative to th...
by thatchio
May 12th, 2016, 10:41 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: West Lake Station / Calhoun Village area - General Topics
Replies: 70
Views: 27336

Re: West Lake Station Area - Multimodal study, Development, etc.

Pretty sure Doran built Calhoun Commons across the street. FYI. That said, he was also involved in Bridges.
by thatchio
May 3rd, 2016, 10:06 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: The Lakes Residences - 2622 West Lake Street
Replies: 117
Views: 26715

Re: The Lakes Residences - 2622 West Lake Street

There were concepts from the park board that called for connecting that park space to the south and north using a land bridge and making better connections to Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun, and the Midtown Greenway.
by thatchio
April 12th, 2016, 11:27 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Fantasy maps
Replies: 297
Views: 140416

Re: Fantasy maps

Midtown rail alignment that interlines with SWLRT and runs to Hopkins or splits and terminates at Excelsior and Grand area serving the medical center and the redevelopment taking place in that area, though E&G has terrible bus service now. On the east side, it should run down East Lake/Marshall ...
by thatchio
April 12th, 2016, 11:04 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)
Replies: 22
Views: 2923

Re: 1900 Colfax Avenue Apartments (5 units)

^ It looks like the back corridor on the first floor connects to the outside without any stairs. Didn't look like there were stairs outside on the backside, but I may have missed it.
by thatchio
March 29th, 2016, 9:40 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Revel / Target Store- 1300 West Lake St
Replies: 195
Views: 31429

Re: Revel / Target Store- 1300 West Lake St

I'm not sure why Target wouldn't want to open around the same time. It may be the result of Target "wanting" to open in October for some corporate reason but more than likely, I would assume it has more to do with when the space can be ready. That commercial space will be "delivered&...
by thatchio
March 16th, 2016, 9:49 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bike Share
Replies: 336
Views: 74147

Re: Nice Ride Minnesota

IMHO, Nice Ride MN is well run and financially solvent. The city of Seattle taking over Pronto is because their non-profit wasn't solvent and the system was about to shut down. Cities have resources and clear accountability, but they are not very nimble and have a harder time creating partnerships. ...
by thatchio
March 4th, 2016, 12:09 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown Hotel Discussion
Replies: 423
Views: 59713

Re: Uptown Hotel Discussion

Zoning that is more rigid is better than a flexible plan. Move the fight to planning processes that then result in zoning changes that set expectations. Less fighting on individual projects as more is allowed as of right. Let the plan, which sets many peoples' expectations anyways actually have some...
by thatchio
March 2nd, 2016, 11:57 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
Replies: 1498
Views: 582218

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

To be fair, you can pick up a 3 BR house in Lyndale neighborhood for far less than $450k. At the end of 2014, there were decent condition 3BR houses for upper $200k's within a 10 minute walk of Lyn-Lake. Plenty of more expensive houses too. While not a huge supply of those, it is within reach of mid...
by thatchio
March 2nd, 2016, 11:23 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown Hotel Discussion
Replies: 423
Views: 59713

Re: Uptown Hotel Discussion

^ What is the crux of your argument? As someone who was on the USAP Steering Committee, the proposed hotel is not consistent with the full massing recommendations within the plan. The plan would support aspects of the project, such as increasing density, being located against the street, using distr...
by thatchio
March 2nd, 2016, 10:52 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown Hotel Discussion
Replies: 423
Views: 59713

Re: Uptown Hotel Discussion

He threatened CARAG board members, committee members, and attendees at a CARAG land use committee meeting about the hotel stating that they better consult both the organization's legal counsel as well as their family counsel before voting at the committee meeting because he and his allies had lawyer...
by thatchio
February 20th, 2016, 12:45 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1246975

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

could have named it West Lake/Excelsior, which is clearer than West Lake St.
by thatchio
February 19th, 2016, 12:12 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Rex 26 - 2601 Lyndale Ave S
Replies: 224
Views: 49199

Re: Rex 26 - 2601 Lyndale Ave S

holy buckets those setbacks are small. Is it really proposing 0' setback for residential units on the upper floors? Also surprised they are trying to have the semi's use the alley for access, which sometimes is a big ask for blocks where there is residential uses on it. I wouldn't be surprised if th...
by thatchio
February 14th, 2016, 9:45 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown Hotel Discussion
Replies: 423
Views: 59713

Re: Uptown Hotel Discussion

I think homeowners vs renter perspectives often are proxy for other issues. For example, in my stint on the CARAG board around 2005, a large percentage of home owners who spoke at meetings tended to be against certain business license proposals or development proposals with a lot more comments about...
by thatchio
February 9th, 2016, 10:02 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Blue Line Extension - Bottineau LRT
Replies: 1749
Views: 976234

Re: Bottineau LRT (Blue Line Extension)

Most interesting part of the presentation: apparently CR81 is a house moving route and needs to maintain a certain vertical clearance of these potential bridges. Is there a map of house moving routes in the TC? Makes sense that they exist but never really thought about designated routes.
by thatchio
February 9th, 2016, 9:50 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Zoning in Minneapolis
Replies: 285
Views: 85021

Re: Zoning in Minneapolis

My Bartell Drugs in Seattle has a growler fill station.