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by schmitzm03
November 8th, 2014, 12:41 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Doubletree by Hilton - 501 Huron Blvd SE
Replies: 88
Views: 21481

Re: Huron and Essex Hotel

All four houses on this site are now rubble.
by schmitzm03
November 3rd, 2014, 6:35 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Mill & Main - (501 Main Street Southeast)
Replies: 181
Views: 36596

Re: Mill & Main West - (425 Main Street Southeast)

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by schmitzm03
November 3rd, 2014, 6:33 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Pillsbury "A" Mill Redevelopment
Replies: 185
Views: 45560

Re: Pillsbury "A" Mill Redevelopment

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by schmitzm03
September 26th, 2014, 5:46 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Longfellow Station - (3801 Hiawatha Avenue)
Replies: 88
Views: 32437

Re: Longfellow Station - (3801 Hiawatha Avenue)

I'm not sure what to make of this, but I was snooping around Loopnet and came across this posting for the as yet un-built commercial component of this project: http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=18175250 It says there is one 8,000 SF space available in the 10,000 S...
by schmitzm03
September 9th, 2014, 5:47 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Custom House / Hyatt Place - Downtown Saint Paul Post Office
Replies: 69
Views: 29686

Re: Downtown Saint Paul Post Office

Based on the info in the Pioneer Press article mentioned in the St. Paul - General Topics thread ( http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_26477562/downtowns-new-look-think-upscale ), it sounds like the renovation of the old post office could be underway in October. Also, asbestos abatement is finish...
by schmitzm03
September 9th, 2014, 5:44 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: New Senate office building (St. Paul Capitol Hill)
Replies: 66
Views: 16653

Re: New Senate office building (St. Paul Capitol Hill)

I passed by on the green line last week. There is definitely a large hole in the ground and they are well underway.
by schmitzm03
September 9th, 2014, 5:43 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: West Side Flats - (84 Wabasha Street South)
Replies: 55
Views: 24010

Re: West Side Flats - (84 Wabasha Street South)

I walked by a few weeks ago and noticed signs for a Dunn Bros and "Restaurant" in the retail space along Wabasha. No indication of what the restaurant might be or when it is coming. It would be great if they filled those spaces so soon after opening.
by schmitzm03
August 8th, 2014, 11:15 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: St. Paul Restaurant News
Replies: 306
Views: 164693

Re: St. Paul Restaurant News

Nothing about Lynden's Soda Fountain? Jesus, fine, let a Minneapolitan tell you St Paulites to get out every once in a while.
Lynden's has been around for years. Where have you been?
by schmitzm03
July 28th, 2014, 9:05 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: National Marrow Donor Program HQ - 524 5th Street North
Replies: 296
Views: 56722

Re: National Marrow Donor Program HQ - (524 Fifth Street Nor

Walked by this weekend and the Shapco building is completely leveled. There was a lot of rubble to clean up, as well as whatever lies beneath ground level, but they are really moving along.
by schmitzm03
July 25th, 2014, 4:27 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1137
Views: 347846

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

According to the latest data from DEED (which is the authority on the matter...they report the data that is the basis of BLS estimates), Minneapolis and St. Paul contain about 29.5% of all metro area jobs (477,250 out of 1,618,000). Just want to quickly circle back on the jobs thing. Thanks for fol...
by schmitzm03
July 25th, 2014, 4:00 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1137
Views: 347846

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

I'm quite familiar with that Met Council report and I don't think the methology is great. First, it's not clear they were using the ratio of low-income jobs to entry-level workers instead of the ratio of low-income jobs to workers overall. If it's the latter (which is what it suggests) then the cit...
by schmitzm03
July 25th, 2014, 2:14 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1137
Views: 347846

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

People with children live in the suburbs for usually the same common reason: better schools. I get what you're saying and I do think that schools motivate a lot of where families choose to live but I think this is another case of people being really uninformed about city schools and schooling in ge...
by schmitzm03
July 25th, 2014, 12:35 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1137
Views: 347846

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

I mean, if you were choosing your residence completely independent of your job, then yes, you'd obviously want to live in the center of the metro area, because it's the center of gravity, employment-wise. But that's not what people do -- the two decisions are interrelated. You're absolutely right, ...
by schmitzm03
July 25th, 2014, 9:55 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1137
Views: 347846

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

Is this the statistic from the Star Tribune article a couple weeks ago? If so, I thought that was just blue collar jobs. Then the next week they came out with an article that said the urban core was where most white collar jobs were being created. Good question. The article referred to all jobs. It...
by schmitzm03
July 24th, 2014, 12:03 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nolo Flats - (602 1st St N)
Replies: 90
Views: 22904

Re: 602 1st St N

It's called '602 Condominiums'
Wow, that is pretty clear. I should have looked more closely. :)
by schmitzm03
July 24th, 2014, 11:05 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nolo Flats - (602 1st St N)
Replies: 90
Views: 22904

Nolo Flats - (602 1st St N)

Mod note: Condo building canceled in May 2015 and replaced with an apartment building only on the 602 site (leaving 606 1st St in place): https://forum.streets.mn/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2902&p=89128#p88894 8-story, 24-unit residential building on the CPC COW meeting agenda. This looks nice. I...
by schmitzm03
July 24th, 2014, 10:12 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Encore - 935 2nd Street South
Replies: 97
Views: 27563

Re: Encore - (935 Second Street South)

Rendering available for next Planning Commission COW meeting: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/gro ... 128738.pdf
by schmitzm03
July 24th, 2014, 10:11 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Hampton Inn Prospect Park - 2812 University Ave SE
Replies: 27
Views: 5937

Hampton Inn Prospect Park - 2812 University Ave SE

Planning Commission COW has a rendering on a new Hampton Inn near Prospect Park Station. It looks like it is proposed for the lot where there was a fire last year.

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/gro ... 128743.pdf
by schmitzm03
July 16th, 2014, 6:34 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
Replies: 1137
Views: 347846

Re: Suburbs - General Topics

Oh wait, here is some interesting information about our metro area:http://confrontingsuburbanpoverty.org/c ... mmunities/