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If you support this project for the skyline/tall building aspect, will you still support it if they want to build a blocky Hilton-style hotel?

/shudder

Study was released today - would cost $300m, about half in subsidies:

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... would.html

Is this taken from the 720 building? I wonder if those residences are going to be upset with the taller developments moving west of 394?

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Assuming that financing is in place, does anyone have an idea of how long the city approval process and other procedural stuff typically takes before shovels can start hitting ground?

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Awesome! Nice work.

If it does end up being a design with a roof made of glass, does anyone know how they would/could keep it clean? And for the snow would they have it heated?

It's okay to have an opinion people.

What I was referring to was the comment about intimidating other teams with a stadium design. This isn't high school or college football and the game is played inside the stadium!

Please, please, please let the stadium be a more traditional design. I feel this is more intimidating to visiting teams, rather than some abstract, new age design that Minneapolis seems to be known for. It seems ridiculous to spend millions of dollars on something that will look more like we are in...

It seems like Mortenson is just one-upping Opus here. "Oh you are making a high-rise apartment downtown? We will make one right next to it except taller, sleeker and won't take nearly as long making it a reality". Love this. I hope this is one-upping and that it becomes a trend in this ci...

Love the external skeleton, but think it would be even more impressive if the external skeleton was a different color than white, maybe red or gold. I'm nitpicking though, it looks great.

From the interchange webcam, it appears that they have started demolition of the building for this project today.

I am very confused by this report about the Senate bill as well. Seemed like all systems were a go for the metro area tax increase...

Looks like construction is slated to begin soon. I think this is a great project. http://www.thelinemedia.com/devnews/the ... 31313.aspx

Hopefully this bodes well for the Ryan deal going through. http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... ffice.html

Lame. Sounds like the city is acting like any other parking lot owner in DTE and is just waiting to cash in on the supposed stadium development explosion that may or may not ever happen.

Webcam: http://oxblue.com/open/opus/nicollet

I want renderings!!!!!! This and a tower or two on one of the surface lots by the library would do wonders in filling the skyline gap between the fifth street towers and the Carlisle!