urbanMSP

Pakonen was also the developer of the Produce Exchange Lofts. My wife purchased one of these lofts before we are married (which we arae still stuck with because it is worth about 20% of what we owe...but that's another story). It is one of the cheapest, poorly converted buildings I have seen. Cheap ...

You cannot look at property tax revenue alone. The sales tax from the liqour store alone would probably far exceed any property taxes received from the existing buildings. And then there is income tax...Trader Joe's would employ many times more people than the existing empty buildings. The fact that...

My concern is this: the city council will only follow the wishes of the councilmember of the ward where things are proposed. If that is the case, which seems to occur quite frequently, then what is the point of the whole process? The purpose of the City Council is to do what is best for the overall ...

Actually, the Planning Commission approved the development on May 21. This is strictly regarding zoning...because Meg doesn't want it. Remember it is just from C1 to C2 to allow for beer and wine sales...not a drastic change.

Hooray. Minneapolis tells a viable business, "We don't want you to provide jobs and a ton of tax revenue in our city." Get ready for this block to be essentially vacant for a while ... the Guerts family will not be happy with this outcome!

It is tearing down an essentially vacant half-block, and replacing with a vibrant new asset to the community. I don't think urbanism is limited to great architecture and beautiful buildings, but can include a just O.K. building that's going to bring tons of life to the area.