Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
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Doesn't the Strib look great from this angle?
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Beautiful parking lot
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Wow look at all those cranes. Sweet.
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yeah so goodDoesn't the Strib look great from this angle?
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Based on the lack of windows I would guess there was once a nice building there, anybody that's good with such things able to find some old pictures?
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There might be some in my DT MPLS historical book. The exact address is 806 Hennepin
Grrrr. Yep. Beautiful part of a hotel.
Grrrr. Yep. Beautiful part of a hotel.
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will/can anything ever be done with that random open area between the post office, hennepin and west river parkway?
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I'm in favor of a park or a restaurant with a river view
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There is a plan to connect that down to the river. It's been discussed on here before. Keep digging through the threads...
Edit: There are renderings posted in the Hennepin Ave and Gateway Park threads.
Edit: There are renderings posted in the Hennepin Ave and Gateway Park threads.
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it's a part of the downtown councils 2025 plan, but no actual proposal or anything
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i remember all of the candidates vowing during a mayoral debate when RT first ran they would make that vacant lot below the post office a priority. obviously very difficult to get anything going when the feds are involved. and as has been said it needs to be part of cohesive plan to connect downtown with the river there.
there also was a plan to open those spots below the post office fronting the parkway to various vendor concepts. then 9/11 happened and the feds freaked out about security. now we have these spaces sitting empty behind gates. a waste of space imo.
there also was a plan to open those spots below the post office fronting the parkway to various vendor concepts. then 9/11 happened and the feds freaked out about security. now we have these spaces sitting empty behind gates. a waste of space imo.
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I think it was actually the OKC bombing that scared them off from opening them.
Pretty sure that our best bet for getting this area improved is to have the Minneapolis post office consolidated out of existence. Does anybody remember if the Eagan distribution center was designed to accommodate future expansion?
Pretty sure that our best bet for getting this area improved is to have the Minneapolis post office consolidated out of existence. Does anybody remember if the Eagan distribution center was designed to accommodate future expansion?
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Developer Harshal Patel and a group of investors paid $1 million for the 100-year-old Federal Plaza in downtown Minneapolis and plan to turn it into a small boutique hotel.
Read more: http://finance-commerce.com/2014/09/fro ... z3CNpdcG5r
Read more: http://finance-commerce.com/2014/09/fro ... z3CNpdcG5r
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Very cool infill project.Developer Harshal Patel and a group of investors paid $1 million for the 100-year-old Federal Plaza in downtown Minneapolis and plan to turn it into a small boutique hotel.
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This is exactly what was needed here. I'm a bit confused about location though, is it going in right next to the Minneapolis hotel?
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Yo dawg: Literally just look at the picture on the link you just posted.
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Ha! That's what I thought but it just didn't make much sense to me... I mean, the Hotel Minneapolis sign is attached to their building..
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Why I seriously have to wonder if this will ever come to fruition. Having a hard time seeing any Hotel business plan making much money with that location and floor plates and lack of views. Having the caliber of hotels that exist, are in the pipeline, and proposed that have more workable plans, I just don't see this project ever opening up.
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Not necessarily a problem. They're not necessarily aiming for the exact same market as the Hotel Minneapolis. Even if they were, you only have to go a few blocks to see the Radisson and the Marriott across the street from one another, (almost) directly linked by skyway. Since hotels have almost no walk-up business, placement relative to each other doesn't matter as much.Ha! That's what I thought but it just didn't make much sense to me... I mean, the Hotel Minneapolis sign is attached to their building..
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