Published: August 18, 2010
Tags: David Obey, Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, Hennepin County, Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Northern Lights Express, Oberstar, Obey, passenger rail, train
By Bob Geiger
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Planning for the 155-mile Northern Lights Express passenger rail line is chugging forward.
A Hennepin County board Tuesday discussed $4.5 million in proposed 2011 spending to keep the Duluth-to-Minneapolis project alive. Expenses for different variations of the line range from $550 million to $1.4 billion, depending on the amount of [...]
Published: July 15, 2010
Tags: bridge, Department of Transportation, federal grant, Hraychuck, Minnesota, replacement, Sierra Club, St. Croix River, Stillwater Lift Bridge, Wisconsin, WisDOT
By Tony Anderson
Special to The Daily Reporter
Construction costs increase and development money slips away every day a St. Croix River bridge replacement is delayed, according to a Wisconsin legislator who wants to see project plans.
“This is a very important project for both Minnesota and Wisconsin,” said state Rep. Ann Hraychuck, D-Balsam Lake, “and it’s an [...]
Published: July 15, 2010
Tags: Bruhn, Builders Outreach Foundation, Haiti, homebuilding, Minnesota, Mortensen, World Wide Village
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — A group of Minnesota homebuilders will lend a hand in the massive effort to rebuild earthquake-stricken Haiti.
On Dec. 1-8 and Dec. 8-15, an 18-member delegation, representing nine Twin Cities homebuilding firms, will participate in separate building missions about 35 miles outside of Port-au-Prince, according to the Builders Association of [...]
Published: July 2, 2010
Tags: brownfield, Minnesota, Overnite Express, Pelham Business Center, St. Paul Port Authority, Universal Am-Can Ltd.
Scott Carlson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Call it the $1 deal.
A bargain land deal awaits a developer with the best plans — as judged by the St. Paul Port Authority — for redeveloping a prime, five-acre site in the city.
Port Authority officials said they expect this fall to demolish the former Overnite Express buildings at Pelham [...]
Published: June 11, 2010
Tags: Associated General Contractors, Cat Global Paving, Caterpillar, Congress, highway bill, Minnesota, Paving Products Plant
Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — The Caterpillar plant in Brooklyn Park was humming with manufacturing activity.
During a recent media tour of the company’s Paving Products Plant, scores of Cat employees went about the business of producing pavers, compactors, mixers and other equipment used to build and maintain roads.
Still, the factory would be even busier, according [...]
Published: May 26, 2010
Tags: Mendota Heights, Mendota Plaza, Mid-America Real Estate-Minnesota, Minnesota, Paster Enterprises, retail sector, Walgreens
Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Bucking the trend in a slow retail construction environment, the Mendota Plaza shopping center in Mendota Heights is getting a major makeover.
Developer Paster Enterprises recently broke ground on a $10 million project that includes exterior renovation of the 48,000-square-foot Mendota Plaza, along with demolition of a retail bay, interior demolition [...]
Published: April 30, 2010
Tags: big rigs, DOT, intersections, Jungbauer, Minnesota, Minnesota Trucking Association, roundabout, Senate, Shimanski, state Assembly, travel, truckers, trucking
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Roundabouts are becoming increasingly common on Minnesota roadways, but they’re not exactly popular with truckers who drive big rigs with big loads.
In fact, some truckers say, the circular intersections are difficult if not impossible to navigate when the truck is carrying an oversize load. At best, it’s an inconvenience [...]
Published: April 23, 2010
Tags: Glen Lake neighborhood, Minnesota, Minnetonka, senior housing, St. Therese Southwest, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, UrbanWorks Architecture
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — The city of Minnetonka may soon have some new housing options for seniors.
St. Therese Southwest wants to move forward within the next couple of months on a $25 million, five-level, 150-unit project that would bring a mix of 67 independent-living, 59 assisted-living and 24 memory-care housing units to the [...]
Published: April 13, 2010
Tags: Counties Transit Improvement Board, light rail, Metropolitan Council, Minnesota, Rondo, St. Paul, St. Paul NAACP
Comments: 1
By Patrick Condon
AP Writer
St. Paul, Minn. — When the Rev. George Davis learned the government was coming to take his family’s home to make room for a shiny new interstate, he told his loved ones he’d defend 304 Rondo Avenue with a shotgun.
But Davis was old, about 80, and his wife, Bertha, was blind by [...]
Published: April 6, 2010
Tags: 125th Infantry Unit, Armory Arts and Music Center, Buddy Holly, Building Jobs Coalition, Duluth Preservation Alliance, historic preservation, Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society, National Register of Historic Places, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, U.S. National Park Service
By Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Preservationists in Minnesota have pushed for passage of a historic preservation tax credit for more than a decade.
They got their way this month when the governor signed a 48-page jobs bill that includes a state income tax credit equaling 20 percent of the cost of rehabbing a historic property.
“The [...]
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