Also Known as, “The Apartment Over the Garage” “A push began Friday to eliminate zoning rules that bar single-family homeowners from building an additional unit on their property, sometimes known as a “granny flat.” So-called accessory dwelling units are illegal in Minneapolis‘ single-family residential zones, outside of an area around Ventura Village established in 2001. Advocates say they are...Read More
Condo/Rental Building Boom Increasing City’s Density Since, I dunno . . . forever, the population of St. Louis Park, a first-ring Minneapolis suburb, has hovered around 50,000. Might that be about to change? Slow-Motion Building Boom Judging by all the high-density (for Minnesota) residential development — much of it for seniors — I’d say “yes.”...Read More
