Star Tribune Headline After Vikings’ Comeback Win: “Better Late Than Denver” “Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29” –Harvard Crimson headline (Nov. 23, 1968). Nothing comes close to the classic Harvard Crimson headline above (Harvard miraculously scored 16 points in the game’s final 42 seconds to tie arch rival Yale). But, kudos to hometown paper Star Tribune for...Read More
“Would You Like Some Fries With That Ketchup?” — Housing Edition $1.5M Mediterranean villa on the Mississippi is car lover’s dream home. —Star Tribune (June 25, 2018). It turns out that a five-car garage — like the one featured in today’s Star Tribune — is hardly the Twin Cities’ biggest. Perusing MLS transactions the last 3...Read More
Coming Soon Near Lake Calhoun: Two New Towers or One? “Bader Development of St. Louis Park wants to build two 22-story apartment towers near Lake Calhoun on the western edge of Minneapolis, the largest residential project proposed in the city in years. In documents made public by Minneapolis city planners on Friday, [Bader said it]...Read More
What a Novel Idea! (Actually, Not) “Two years ago, SurModics Inc. conducted its annual meeting and only four shareholders showed up. Even though it was held at the company’s Eden Prairie headquarters, there was not a big return for the expense. So last year, the company conducted a virtual annual meeting ” something more companies...Read More
Star Tribune: Outside Cash Floods Rematch of Rick Nolan & Stewart Mills “Residents in Duluth, Brainerd and the Iron Range: Get ready for a sustained bombardment of political advertising. The Eighth Congressional District race between Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan and GOP challenger Stewart Mills has now drawn the largest flood of outside cash in the...Read More
Doing Realtor Damage Control Thanks to a Star Tribune story Tuesday chronicling a supposedly overheated Twin Cities housing market, crestfallen Buyers who repeatedly(!) came up short in multiple offers this Summer, etc., etc., several thousand local agents had to take a chunk out of their busy schedules this week to do damage control with their anxious...Read More
