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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 8th, 2019, 5:16 pm
by FISHMANPET
I think this is accurate for Calhoun Square:
https://denisonparking.com/calhoun-square-mn/
It's missing rates for more than an hour but less than 3 hours, but I think for under 2 hours it's $6, based on my transaction history.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 8th, 2019, 6:07 pm
by Multimodal
If:

• destination retail isn’t doing well
• the owners of the existing new-ish buildings will have to settle for (much?) lower rents for the buildings as they are
• cities redesign streets to incentivize redevelopment, and redevelopment often happens on redesigned streets
• Hennepin was just redesigned
• Mpls passes a 20-year plan to allow much more density on transportation corridors
• Metro Transit just started the study of the E Line aBRT, which will go along this stretch of Hennepin
• the Uptown Transit Center and Greenway is a block away
• a lot has changed in urban planning & land use in the past decade
• housing is still a dire need

… it sure seems like a dense, taller, mixed use (housing, retail, maybe some office or shared office) building here would be more in line with city goals, Met Council transportation goals, and would be quite profitable, presumably.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 8th, 2019, 7:02 pm
by David Greene
The problem with the North Face and Urban Outfitters buildings is that they are essentially mini big-boxes -- a single story that take up the volume of two stories. That's got to be difficult to repurpose. I wouldn't be shocked to see redevelopment of some of these parcels to include significant housing.

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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 8th, 2019, 7:34 pm
by Qhaberl
.. why is that damn empty lot in front of the Calhoun Square parking ramp still not developed?!
I ask myself this every time I walk by


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Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 8th, 2019, 9:07 pm
by Didier
Possibly related, but Victoria's Secret is also imploding.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 8th, 2019, 9:44 pm
by Multimodal
I assume you mean the company and not the storefront.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 9th, 2019, 4:55 pm
by VacantLuxuries
If there is a redevelopment, I hope these retailers will be a part of the street level frontage again!
However, if someone is going to redevelop these buildings... why is that damn empty lot in front of the Calhoun Square parking ramp still not developed?!
Ackerberg seems to be holding out hope that a Calhoun Phase II might someday be worth it. The last time they even mentioned it they had a coy "We're waiting for something special for that lot" answer.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 9th, 2019, 5:01 pm
by Anondson
What changes does #MPLS2040 have in mind for the blocks close to Hennepin and Lake?

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 9th, 2019, 5:07 pm
by VacantLuxuries
It's Destination Mixed Use with Transit 10 density

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 18th, 2019, 9:13 am
by Silophant
Salon to move into Columbia space.

Uptown: takes a licking, keeps on ticking.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 18th, 2019, 11:08 am
by Multimodal
At least it’s not on the corner.

Many residents in SW Mpls & Edina would kill for a property owner like that, who simply re-leases the existing property, rather than pushing for density.

I suppose a 5-year lease would guarantee income while waiting to see how the E Line develops. The teetering economy may have something to do with it, too.

That’s the thing about urban planning & private property: a city can nudge, cajole, plan, and encourage all it wants, but ultimately it’s up to private property owners to do what they want. See also: Pentagon Park in Edina.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 18th, 2019, 11:15 am
by MNdible
Nowhere besides this forum did people think that these sites were going to be redeveloped just because a lease turned over.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 18th, 2019, 12:10 pm
by HiawathaGuy
Nowhere besides this forum did people think that these sites were going to be redeveloped just because a lease turned over.
I think it's a natural thought for those of us who know how that could be an outcome for when several adjacent businesses have their leases end around the same time in a hot redevelopment area. It's likely not true - but it makes sense that we all questioned it on here. Stranger things have happened!

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 18th, 2019, 12:20 pm
by xandrex
Eh, I saw some folks on Twitter who are definitely not urbanists or plugged into development news worrying that "condos" were going to go up. So it's definitely not just this forum.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 23rd, 2019, 6:36 am
by Anondson
10-Story proposal a couple block from Bde Maka Ska.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... tower.html

Looks like it’s on the south side of Lake St. at James.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 23rd, 2019, 9:17 am
by Silophant
Presented a six story version to the neighborhood previously, now they're going to come back at with a ten story version.... That's going to be a meeting worth attending.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 23rd, 2019, 10:04 am
by Anondson
Lisa Bender says this version includes 20% affordable units, that it is a response to the inclusionary policy.

https://twitter.com/lisabendermpls/stat ... 7587216384

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 23rd, 2019, 1:52 pm
by rhettcarlson
I was hoping this was for Ackerberg's Calhoun Square site when I first saw the image. If there is any place in Uptown that would get 10 stories and concrete, I thought it would be there.

Hope this new developer can pull it off as it would really up the ante for future dev... and I hope Ackerberg isn't waiting for the next cycle for their site.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 24th, 2019, 4:05 am
by Chef
I'm hoping Ackerberg builds something better than Mozaic I and II on the Calhoun Square site. He seems to have a bad habit of dreaming big and then building Bloomington office park caliber buildings when his dreams fall through. Mozaic I was garbage from the get go but Mozaic II was supposed to be a nice building but is about as uninspiring as a "nice" building can be.

Re: Uptown General Topics & Development Map

Posted: January 24th, 2019, 2:44 pm
by bapster2006
Here is the info on the 10-story building:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/gro ... 216744.pdf