Construction on Radisson Blu Mall of America
I pass the Mall of America everyday and have been watching the progress of the new ultra luxe Radisson Blu hotel being constructed. I can see the cranes towering above the treeline from Eagan and Cedar Ave as I cross over the Minnesota River. The Radisson Blu line of hotels is part of local company,…
Spec Office Building Lands First Tenant
Word is, the speculative office development Mozaic located in the Uptown area of Minneapolis – has landed it’s first office tenant. It announced last fall that it had a committed tenant for it’s ground level retail space with restaurant Bar Louie, now it has it’s first office tenant to go along with the retail in….
30 story office building completed in 15 days
Not sure if I’d set foot in an office building that was built in JUST 15 days but some of the stats may put one at ease. As a Chinese company pulled this feat off just before New Year’s.
No Need, No Game
If there is no need, there is no game. The words from successful local real estate developer Kelly Doran the other night at the University of St. Thomas Executive Insight Series. Doran had been a longtime retail developer with Robert Muir Company but has his sight set on multifamily development, especially the student housing niche…
Linkage: Eco-office inspiration and design for the web office worker
Hand picked links from around the web: Designing office space for the world of web workers via GigaOM. There’s no doubt the use of office space is changing, but its not changing as fast as people think. Sure creative and web firms are leading the way, step into a suburban office park to see that…
The Plans For Block E
Nothing at the moment. Last week before I decided to skip town to San Francisco with colder weather I swung on over the University of St. Thomas for an Executive Insight Series put on by their real estate department. The person of feature Bob Lux from Alatus LLC. I had wanted to have this up…
A Vikings Stadium in the North Loop?
At first thought, I’m thinking heck yeah. Target Field and Target Center within a stones throw from the office (literally with my cannon for an arm) and now the thought of the Vikings as well. Great for local business and development as the area is already established with restaurants and night life compared to where…
Speculation office and retail building returning to Minneapolis?
A speculative development move coming to the Uptown area in Minneapolis? It appears so as the MoZaic finally figures out what it is going to be. MoZaic in Uptown has been trying to get off the ground for years as it was suppose to be a condo, then hotel, then market-rate apartments (maybe not in…
Minneapolis and the commercial construction market in 2011
The Minneapolis commercial construction projects in planning for the upcoming year comes in at $3.6 billion. That’s enough for 19th out of the top 50 markets according to Reed Construction Data. These are all projects that are in development stages and about half of them will not be started. To put that into perspective, NYC…
Not In My Back Yard Yo
NIMBY stands for “Not In My Back Yard” It has been around forever. This image is from Saint Consulting Blog, I found it interesting so I thought I would share it.
Parade Of Homes
It’s that time of year again, the Parade of Homes starts this upcoming weekend and lasts through the first weekend in October. I haven’t been in a few years, sitting out because of the lack of inventory or duplicate homes that have been on the market for awhile The dates and times are as follow:…
Traveling Condos On The River?
Creative idea, small market segment, hope it works, longshot… Would you live on one of these condos?
