County reports mixed bag for stimulus spending
A new Hennepin County report looks at the impact of the nearly $1.17 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money that flowed into the county through the end of 2011.
View ArticleGreen light really will mean ‘go’ on Hiawatha Avenue
Minneapolis officials acknowledge traffic doesn’t move as well as they’d like along Hiawatha Avenue. They are hoping a $1.1 million project will alleviate the delays witnessed since the Hiawatha LRT...
View ArticleCounty seeks comment on Washington Avenue
Hennepin County is holding an open house on Dec. 4 to get input on its plans for Washington Avenue South. The meeting will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Open Book, 1011 S. Washington Ave., Minneapolis.
View ArticleApartment conversion begins at former hospital in Stevens Square
Plans call for converting the former Abbott Hospital into 123 apartments, a mix of market-rate and affordable units.
View ArticleSustainable: Target Corp., others reduce downstream waste
Twin Cities institutions are helping manage “downstream waste,” the materials left over after products end up in the hands of consumers.
View ArticleLight combos endless for Lowry Avenue Bridge
The Lowry Avenue Bridge may end up providing a holiday lights display for years to come, thanks to a light-emitting diode (LED) system included in its design.
View ArticleColorado group buys Edina office building
The 26-year-old Edinborough Corporate Center, at the intersection of York Avenue South and Edinborough Way, overlooks Interstate 494. The price for the 101,206-square-foot building, considered Class A...
View ArticleTransit projects get grant funding
The Counties Transit Improvement Board approved $30 million in grants this week that will be used to cover operating costs and help seed the region’s “next generation” of transit projects.
View ArticleVikings stadium authority seeks site surveyor
Hoping to find out more about properties within the 38-acre site of the proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority is looking for help with a detailed site survey.
View ArticleBest Buy’s corporate big box
Amid tumultuous changes to its business, Richfield-based Best Buy Co. Inc. continues to try to lease unoccupied space at the company’s large corporate campus. The company has never fully occupied the...
View ArticleIs your building an energy hog?
Minneapolis has become the first city in the Midwest and only the seventh in the country to pass an ordinance requiring owners and operators to report the energy and water consumption of commercial...
View ArticleUnited Properties plans $56.9M North Loop office building
United Properties is planning to construct and eight-story, roughly 250,000-square-foot office building at the present North Loop site of Shapco Printing—at 524 Fifth St. N., according to Minneapolis...
View ArticleWalking the walk: Hennepin County proposes pedestrian plan
The Hennepin pedestrian plan, believed to be the first among Minnesota counties, is meant to supplement the roadway and transit plans the county already has in place.
View ArticleHennepin County looks at wheelage tax for road system
The proposal, which stems from a provision in the 2013 state transportation bill, is the subject of a July 9 public hearing before the county board’s Public Works, Energy & Environment Committee.
View ArticleLiving large in the suburbs
Most local apartment development is concentrated in three areas of the city of Minneapolis: downtown, Uptown and the neighborhoods around the University of Minnesota campus. But Bloomington-based...
View ArticleHennepin, Ramsey counties approve $10 wheelage tax
Supporters of the new tax consider it a diversification of revenue needed to improve some aspects of the road system, such as stoplights, and preserve others.
View ArticleGeofoam blocks, like giant Legos, shore up Interchange project
Construction crews are using Geofoam blocks, a sturdy but lightweight fill material, for the $79.3 million Interchange transit hub project in downtown Minneapolis.
View ArticleTop Projects: Lowry Avenue Bridge
Rising more than 100 feet above the water, the twin steel arches supporting the new Lowry Avenue Bridge's 450-foot main span make for a spacious structure.
View ArticleApartments coming to vacant Golden Valley site
The coming apartment building construction spree around I-394 and Highway 100 just got bigger — with Omaha, Neb.-based Slosburg Co. proposing a 372-unit “high-end multifamily community” in Golden...
View ArticleArchaeological study begins for Flying Cloud Drive project
Archaeological investigators are combing a future road construction site in the southwest metro for evidence of historical artifacts that may be thousands of years old – much like the treasures already...
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