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I also put this in the Blue Line thread, but.. http://www.startribune.com/bike-storage ... 373050521/

Re: this thread, it would have been nice to see some renderings for this. I wonder if it's planned as part of the redevelopment discussed above or a totally separate thing?

Awesome! Some great stuff happening in our hood.

What's up with the 6 houses south of Station 38 (across the alley from The Cardinal)? Strange that hasn't developed...surely there was planned to be a second phase of Station 38 there, no?

Also, that condo building on the SE corner of 28th Ave/38th St, while lacking architecturally, is a pretty model development dimensionally. It sits on two 40-foot lots, has decent retail frontage, underground parking, etc. Anyone have anything to share about that particular building and how it came to be during the previous condo boom?

I had a colleague who lived in that building and couldn't sell. And the coffee shop was vacant for a few years between the original (Tillie's) and Keen Eye. But yes, overall it's a great urban infill project that seems to do alright.

Though the Lander proposal across the street will blow it away when it comes to street presence if it gets built. 2/3 of the 28th St frontage for Station 38 is blank wall.

What's up with the 6 houses south of Station 38 (across the alley from The Cardinal)? Strange that hasn't developed...surely there was planned to be a second phase of Station 38 there, no?

I vaguely remember something drawn up for that spot along with the Cardinal and bus dropoff? I think it had buses coming out on 29th Ave? I probably just made that all up.

Can we get this moved into its own thread??

That is correct. The concept drawings had a building north and Cardinal Bar. Buses would enter from E 38th and exit onto 29th Ave inbetween Station 38 and the next building. I really don't like this idea. A bus terminal should not exit onto a residential streets. Previously there was a plan for a Station 38 phase 2 where those 6 houses are. If they want to create density at the station, I would make the existing bus turnaround tighter which would free up space behind the Cardinal.

Back to 3828, one thing that caught my attention was the inclusion of a roof top deck. If I was neighbor that would be an issue, but nobody seemed to care. Parking, parking, PARKING!!! was all anyone could think about. With all that said, I have high hopes for this and what it will add to 38th St.

3828 will be discussed at SENA's Business, Development & Transportation Committee meeting
Thursday, April 7, 6:30pm
SENA office (1830 E 42nd St)

Lander Group/Forteva will be formally submitting a development application for
the 3828 project to the City of Minneapolis on April 15. They have received
signatures from two-thirds of property owners within the area around the site
to meet the City's requirement to authorize the zoning change.

Plans as submitted for the Planning Commission meeting today. http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups ... 177672.pdf

Overall, looks like a great project.

My only beef is that stair tower encroachment -- seems like they could have avoided that. The person with the house next door was already going to be taking the brunt of this project, and that encroachment is just salt in the wound.

I like the blend of traditional and modern siding materials, it's a great use of space, seems to really create a neighborhood out of the intersection, build it!

Blue Ox Coffee on Chicago is closing and hopefully finds a new location nearby. Their facebook page has a farewell throwdown on the 21st of this month. Not sure what's moving in that space.

Blackend Tattoo will be opening soon at 3742 23rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407. Currently about half of the former Social Dance studio is under renovation. https://www.facebook.com/blackendtattoompls/?fref=photo

The Lander Group/Forteva project includes a 4-story mixed use building with 53 dwelling units. The proposed building will be
L-shaped with frontage on 38th Street and 28th Avenue S.

http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups ... 177672.pdf

I'm interested to see how the retail spaces fill on this one. It's disappointing that the commercial building at Longfellow Station hasn't happened.

A few months ago, I wrote about 3748 Park Ave South, an important corner on the growing 38th Street corridor.
"Sensible Infill Development Blocked by Zoning in Minneapolis"
https://streets.mn/2015/11/18/sensible-i ... nneapolis/

There's a plan for a duplex to be built on this vacant lot before the CPC on February 8:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/meeting ... MSP-173156

While it's encouraging that the property owner is building a duplex despite requiring variances, it's disappointing that this corner is not getting something more dense.

This duplex must have fallen through? The parcel is back on the MLS, listed at $49,900.

There's almost no way it pencils out at currently attainable rent levels in the area, right? What do you estimate the construction costs would be on that duplex & detached garage? Gotta be at least $350-400k, right? Not including land costs, I don't think you can even build the most basic SFH for under $200k today.

Which is precisely why this parcel would be PRIME for a fourplex! Twincitizen, maybe you should build a fourplex here and occupy it as your residence!

Which is precisely why this parcel would be PRIME for a fourplex! Twincitizen, maybe you should build a fourplex here and occupy it as your residence!

Mattaudio, you should team up with Twincitizen and go halfsies on it.

I'm game for that. I could buy the land.