Knollwood, Southwest ‘Burbs Get (a Little) Closer to Minneapolis Scarcely 4 1/2 months ago — late March, to be exact — Twin Cities motorists traveling 50 mph in opposite directions on Highway 7 in St. Louis Park came perilously close to one another (I’d estimate less than 4 feet). On roads that were not exactly ice-free (see photo, above)....Read More
What’s the best-selling item at the shopping mall these days? Hint: it’s not in the stores — it’s in the parking lot. In fact, it IS the parking lot. Mixed-Use New Construction No less than 3 Twin Cities shopping malls at the moment — Ridgedale, Knollwood, and Southdale — have major construction projects going up...Read More
Sizing Up Twin Cities Malls (the Big & Small of Local Malls) [Editor’s note: my regular gig is residential real estate, not retail or commercial. However, I do have a solid business background, plus a decades-long familiarity with the Twin Cities and local trends. Rough estimates of acreage, land value, etc. are exactly that.] It may not...Read More
