It’s premature to call it a “corridor.” But it’s not too soon to note that there’s a mini-building boom in progress along the Midtown Greenway, in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. The heaviest concentration is clustered on the north side of the Greenway, between Bryant and Lyndale. However, one mile west, about 3 blocks northwest of Lake...Read More
“A Picture = 1,000 Words” Dept. No, I can’t recall every seeing another MLS listing with a crane in the foreground. While you certainly see plenty of listed homes categorized in “New Construction” or “Under Construction” that clearly . . . aren’t — that doesn’t appear to be the case here.Read More
3 Very Big Holes in the Ground — For Now Yes, the real estate recovery is supposed to be gradual and halting, not roaring. But, tell that to developers active in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. At the moment, I count not one but three major projects, all poised to lift off (up?) between now and Spring:...Read More
New and (Very) Improved: 2712 Joppa in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill Neighborhood In the, umm . . . spirit of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, I offer up 2712 Joppa, a teardown-in-progress in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood just west of Cedar Lake (runner-up title: ‘A Tale of Two Properties’). This is what the front...Read More
Home Spotlight: 2025 Thomas Ave. South I did a double-take when I saw the gleaming new home pictured on MLS (above) in Minneapolis’ Kenwood neighborhood, just northeast of Cedar Lake. For one thing, the house sits high atop a hill, not a flat, smallish lot. For another . . . there’s no house there! I...Read More
Looking for a Size 47 1/2 How is drafting a real estate contract — or almost any contract, for that matter — like picking a men’s suit? In both cases, the usual starting point is to select the closest-fitting, existing garment — er, legal boilerplate — you can find. Step #2: altering (“customizing”) it to fit...Read More
