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With Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Set to Open, Will Development Follow?
Red Line BRT Since transit talk in the Twin Cities tends to focus on light rail, you might not have heard about the region’s next transit line, which is set to open for service in June. The Red Line...
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America in 2013: ULI Releases Survey of Views on Housing, Transportation, and...
A new report from the Urban Land Institute highlights the influence that growing demographic groups in the U.S. (in particular Millenials) will have on reshaping urban growth patterns. The America in...
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CNU 21: The Pros and Cons of Form-Based Zoning Codes
Spencer Agnew attended the 21st annual Congress for the New Urbanism in Salt Lake City. He will do a series of short blog posts highlighting ideas and trends from this national gathering of urban...
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How Will Supreme Court Decision in Koontz Impact Land Use Policy?
In a decision that many believe will have broad implications for how land-use agencies obtain concessions from landowners who wish to develop their property, the U.S. Supreme Court last month sided...
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In Crowded Singapore, Real Estate Development Moves Underground
Singapore is running out of room for its rapidly growing population, leading real estate developers to look underground for opportunities to build new space. The population of the Southeast Asian...
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Wal-Mart, Target Roll Out Smaller Urban Store Formats to Do Battle with...
“Big Box” Discount Retailers Downsize Stores In Bid to Seize Market Share Here is a recent article by Randyl Drummer posted by the CoStar Group. It shows how Target along with Walmart is adapting to...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Hosting the Olympic Games
The 2014 Olympic winter games in Sochi, Russia are projected to be the most expensive in history. With construction and infrastructure costs rising to over $50 billion dollars, a staggering $38 billion...
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Target Corporation Opening Its First Mini-Store, TargetExpress
With more young people choosing cities over suburbs, Target Corporation announced early this year its new small-scale concept, TargetExpress, which is going to open in Dinkytown (Minneapolis, MN)....
View ArticleCompletion of 26-Story Apartment Building Brings Luxury Living to...
The Nic on Fifth™ is the first high-rise luxury apartment development in downtown Minneapolis in nearly three decades. Recently completed by Minnetonka-based Opus Group, the 26-story luxury apartment...
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Rising Towers Escalate Need for Faster Lifts
The following article by Kevin Brass was reposted from the current issue of Urban Land Magazine December 1, 2014 When Shanghai Tower opens as China’s tallest building next year, the 2,073-foot (632...
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New Members of Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame Announced
The Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame, established in 2010 by the Shenehon Center for Real Estate at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, will add three new members in a morning...
View ArticleFormer Washburn-McReavy Funeral Home Development Remains Postponed
If you take a leisurely drive east over the 3rd Street bridge, you will see a familiar building. Familiar in the sense, the building is 90 years old. Your grandparents likely could have seen it as...
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