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Hilton’s new Tru hotel brand planned near Mall of America

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... ll-of.html

Mayo Clinic has started a new policy that requires many of its employees to fly in/out of the Rochester airport when flying for work. This new policy means more than 30,000 Rochester employees must now use the Med City airport when traveling for work instead of flying out of the nearby Minneapolis–S...

Hy-Vee submits the only bid for the site at 700 American Blvd W, which is near the intersection of 35W and 494.

http://finance-commerce.com/2017/05/hy- ... gton-site/

Fantastic news! Hopefully they won't have to cut off a few floors like they did for the Hilton. Anything that can get rid of that awful Center Street Ramp is fine by me though.

Mortensen has unveiled the plans for their first building in Discovery Square. The project was shown at this mornings DMC Board of Directors meeting. Groundbreaking is planned for late 2017, with completion in 2019. http://rsparch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Exterior-View-01_LRR-1024x504.jpg -The...

EKN unveiled their plans for the 12 story building they're calling "Civic on First". http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postbulletin.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/55/15536ce4-19dd-551a-b397-19f978a8b602/58f0523c567d9.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C781 http://bloximages.newyork1...

City Council approved $26.5 million in costs for the ramp that will be built behind the 19 story Hilton that's currently under construction and the Broadway Plaza. This includes $512,000 that would ensure the ability to build 10 stories of apartments or offices on top of the ramp and a $2.3 million ...

Nespresso is opening this summer on the first floor on the west end of the mall.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/04/11/fa ... 1491939944

16,000 square foot expansion announced by Mayo.

http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/ ... 09964.html

The Post Bulletin has released an article on the new project which has been called "irregular in shape". EKN expressed interest in the location due to its proximity to the Charter House and Jacobson Building. According to the PB, early versions of the project so far have shown space to acc...

I agree about the projects look completely changing with the lack of the third tower. I think that the third tower brought a balance between the parking podiums and the high rises above. According to Finance & Commerce the south tower will be 23 stories tall and the north tower will be 24 storie...

The City Council approved plans to turn the former Pioneer Press office building into apartments.

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

Bloom has changed some details regarding their proposed development in downtown Rochester. According to the Post-Bulletin, Bloom and the city could reach a final development agreement within the coming weeks and construction may start this year still pending the City Council's permission. Sadly ther...

The crane is finally up and I found a construction web cam

https://app.oxblue.com/open/KA/Broadway

The developer of the Heart of the City North tower has withdrawn his proposal to demolish the Days Inn Hotel downtown. In a statement released Friday to the Med City Beat, Dunn said the decision to withdraw the proposal was made "in light of our evolving development activities related to the pr...

Two developers are battling over a downtown location. Both Mandelbaum and Blackbird are trying to buy a city-owned parking garage at Fifth and Court avenues and replace it with a development that includes a residential tower standing at least 25 stories, a new parking garage, a hotel and other comme...

The $200 million in private development benchmark has been reached, allowing access to incremental state funding for infrastructure projects around downtown Rochester. On Thursday, the DMC Corporation Board submitted its 2016 private investment report to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Ec...

Eighty-four Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao opposing any more federal funding for the project, calling it "counter-productive" to Minnesota's best interests. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/03/21/minn-house-republicans-unveil-transportation-fu...

City Council gave the final approval on the Titan/Opus project downtown Rochester!

http://finance-commerce.com/2017/03/roc ... -building/

Alatus, having won approval to build a 347-unit apartment building and retail project in Rochester, Minn., has begun pulling together the parcels needed to move ahead on the $115 million complex. Finance & Commerce reports on the first deal: A purchase of a single-family home for $421,813. The ...