Twin Cities’ Most — and Least — Known If you have kids and live in the Twin Cities, you’ve doubtless heard of Minneapolis’ Linden Hills neighborhood. With Lake Harriet on the east and Lake Calhoun on the north, terrific retail and coffee shops, and a range of housing (prices, style), it ranks amongst the Twin...Read More
You Say “Polar Vortex,” I Say “Arctic Front” It’s been a mild enough, blissfully snow-free Winter in the Twin Cities (at least so far) that overnight dustings — like last night’s — still seem novel if not a bit magical. The photo above shows one of the many picturesque bridges over the Minnehaha Creek, which...Read More
Days on Market: 1 Percentage of Asking Price: 100% Where: 5231 Washburn Ave. South in southwest Minneapolis’ Fulton neighborhood. What: 5 Bedroom/4 Bath new construction with 3,680 finished square feet. When: on the market June 6; sold June 7 (closed August 7). How much: listed and sold for $825,000. Who: listing agent — Charlie Marggraf; selling agent...Read More
A Multi-Modal Bicyle Adventure The best way to explore the Twin Cities? You certainly notice things on foot — but your range is limited that way. A car solves the latter problem but at the expense of the former. Which leaves . . . . bicyling! — or in our case, two stints on bikes leveraged by...Read More
30 Slated for Edina So, where is residential new construction in the Twin Cities booming? Try . . . staid, mature — and now sizzling — Edina. At the moment, the city has issued 30 permits to tear down existing housing and construct new. Land and building costs being what they are, you’d estimate that...Read More
Property Showcase: 5006 Bruce Ave. in Edina One of the interesting things about 22 mile long Minnehaha Creek is that it combines long, public stretches — like along 54th St. in South Minneapolis — with private hideaways where you’d never think to look for it. Like in the backyard of 5006 Bruce Avenue in Edina, just...Read More
