https://www.startribune.com/police-minn ... uu-i-57owMThat’s nice, but what can you tell us about this part of the meeting?
Oh my lord.
https://www.startribune.com/police-minn ... uu-i-57owMThat’s nice, but what can you tell us about this part of the meeting?
I actually like the design of the building. True - wish it had been taller. More importantly, should included street level retail to cater to the increasing number of residents and workers in this area, as well as visitors to the park, stadium instead of skyway level retail.Or the city could have said the proposal on the backside of the building with twice as much parking as housing is crap go try again but that ship has sailed.
And yes I know Thrivent demand those spots which isn't the problem the problem is how bland and unimaginative the surrounding apartment building is.
There is a coffee shop with beer and wine on the street level of the building on Portland Ave. I could be mistaken but it appears it will be open to the public in non-covid times since it has outdoor entry, signage (small round sign semi-obscured by trees in the absolute nearest corner of the pic), and space for outdoor seating. Not saying this is adequate retail, but beats empty storefronts.I actually like the design of the building. True - wish it had been taller. More importantly, should included street level retail to cater to the increasing number of residents and workers in this area, as well as visitors to the park, stadium instead of skyway level retail.
Looking at how this is all going to pan out - is the mid-block only designated for drop-off/pick up? Just thinking this would be great area to create a shared street - with street level retail/restaurant space on otherside. Really wondering why Mpls. doesn't focus on creating new retail/restaurant nodes downtown (not counting North Loop - which has nicely developed organically). Nicollet was really destroyed by allowing huge office/residential developments with huge lobbies off Nicollet with either no or very limited retail/restaurant space. The Wells Fargo development fronting The Commons was a huge missed opportunity. There should have been retail/restaurants completely lining the street level instead of apartments - think - dry cleaners, branch of Sebastian Joes, quick grab and go restaurants. The skyway of both buildings of Wells Fargo are also severely lacking.Equipment has arrived on this block today, hopefully it is for this project. They mentioned a couple months ago they were hoping to start construction in April.
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That has just been storage for plywood and barriers for the trial. Right now I don't think there are any plans for that lot, but it hasn't been used for parking for a while.Excited to see this go up.
What is going on across Portland? Staging or new construction?
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