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Brunsfield Place - 915 Washington Avenue N

Posted: July 19th, 2012, 5:05 pm
by Nathan
Malaysian Developer!? interesting read

50 market rate apartments in the North Loop.

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/p ... -loop.html

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 19th, 2012, 10:08 pm
by PhilmerPhil
Interesting indeed... Based on their portfolio, we could get something that breaks from the current pattern of apartments we are seeing lately: http://www.brunsfield.com/
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Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 7:06 am
by mplsjaromir
I hope they don't build something that puts up blank walls toward the street.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 7:45 am
by Konante
I hope they don't build something that puts up blank walls toward the street.
haha, seriously. I sure could go for something different though.

Not to be a downer on this thread but that story is old news. I wonder why they're sitting on the parcel. Maybe they're waiting to see how many of these proposed rental buildings actually move forward before they go public with their plan.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 8:21 am
by min-chi-cbus
That's not a rendering of the site, right?

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 8:30 am
by PhilmerPhil
That's not a rendering of the site, right?
Right, just an example of what they do.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 1:05 pm
by spectre000
This is exactly what this market needs, some fresh blood. A new out of town developer and architect team. Hope it happens.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 1:25 pm
by John
This is exactly what this market needs, some fresh blood. A new out of town developer and architect team. Hope it happens.
Yes, and I think they hired Julie Snow architects for the design. Hopefully, we will see something a little different and unique.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 1:28 pm
by nasa35
Thank the design Gods......about time.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 1:29 pm
by nasa35
That's not a rendering of the site, right?
oops...nevermind; they'll walk the streets and see we only approve of one style.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: July 20th, 2012, 2:11 pm
by Konante
The notes from last month's north loop neighborhood association say: "Julie Snow Architects presented the Brunsfield project; “very modern looking”; plaza and roof terrace planned; motion for letter to support; Board approves
motion."

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: August 7th, 2012, 7:57 pm
by danie123182
That is pretty awesome. My wife is Malaysian and I've visited Malaysia many times. It would be cool to have something in Minneapolis that makes it stand out against other cities. This is the thing that will do that.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: August 7th, 2012, 11:49 pm
by John
The notes from last month's north loop neighborhood association say: "Julie Snow Architects presented the Brunsfield project; “very modern looking”; plaza and roof terrace planned; motion for letter to support; Board approves
motion."
This sounds promising. We need something a little different from the status quo. I know I say this incessantly, but the smartest developers understand that creating a more unique and high quality designed project can be a major selling point to attract tenants. Their buildings will stand the test of time and endure as desirable places to live or work in 50 years.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: August 8th, 2012, 7:51 am
by Konante
That is pretty awesome. My wife is Malaysian and I've visited Malaysia many times. It would be cool to have something in Minneapolis that makes it stand out against other cities. This is the thing that will do that.
Totally agree that we need some unique properties. I wonder how unique a 50-unit building can really be, however, even if it is 'very modern' by the standards of some.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: August 8th, 2012, 8:18 am
by Nathaniel
Thank the design Gods......about time.
Agreed. Hopefully no blank walls, of which are very prevalent in a lot of modern Asian cities.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments

Posted: August 8th, 2012, 8:59 am
by danie123182
That is pretty awesome. My wife is Malaysian and I've visited Malaysia many times. It would be cool to have something in Minneapolis that makes it stand out against other cities. This is the thing that will do that.
Totally agree that we need some unique properties. I wonder how unique a 50-unit building can really be, however, even if it is 'very modern' by the standards of some.

In any case the infill would provide density and provide much needed tax dollars for the city.

But if the projects on their website are any indication of what they are going to do here it would really stand out along Washington Ave in what looks to be right now an ugly surface parking lot in what really is an ugly part of town.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments - (915 Washington Avenue Nor

Posted: August 22nd, 2012, 11:23 am
by Nick
The August 27th CPC meeting has a site plan for this with a rendering-ish of the project. Short. Randomly placed windows. Very blue.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments - (915 Washington Avenue Nor

Posted: August 22nd, 2012, 11:47 am
by nasa35
Sigh. Had high hopes for this one. Borderline depressing.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments - (915 Washington Avenue Nor

Posted: August 22nd, 2012, 12:05 pm
by MNdible
Not a lot to go on there, but looks like a fun, unique project on a challenging little site.

Re: Brunsfield Place Apartments - (915 Washington Avenue Nor

Posted: August 22nd, 2012, 12:16 pm
by Konante
The August 27th CPC meeting has a site plan for this with a rendering-ish of the project. Short. Randomly placed windows. Very blue.
Hard to tell much from that scan but it definitely looks like it would be different. I applaud what looks to be the use of a somewhat significant amount of large glass panels at street-level, but the magenta element scattered across the facade makes me a little nervous.