Makeover to turn old museum into a church

Vikings stadium picks up momentum

Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: Minneapolis, Minnesota, NFL, St. Paul, Vikings

Republican leaders in the state House helped retool a Vikings stadium bill that was scheduled for its first committee vote Monday, a new signal of support for a proposal that’s struggled at the Capitol.

New Mosinee church construction brings back old memories

Published: December 1, 2010
Tags: BidBlog, blog, church, Knoedler, Mosinee, St. Paul

St. Paul Catholic Parish in Mosinee began construction in September of a new church on the nearby parish school playground. Construction of Worship Center and Associated Support Spaces for St. Paul Catholic Church, 603 Fourth St., Mosinee, Marathon County Mosinee is a small city in Marathon County, midway between Stevens Point and Wausau. At last [...]

Project would turn car lot into retail hub

Published: July 2, 2010
Tags: DJR Architecture Inc., Java Properties, Kline Auto World, Kline Group, Minn., St. Paul, University Commons, University United

Scott Carlson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Twin Cities auto seller Rick Kline plans to transform his vacant car dealership along University Avenue into a multitenant retail development. Dubbed University Commons, the project will offer nearly 25,000 square feet of pedestrian street-level retail as well as auto-oriented retail opportunities, said Dean Dovolis, CEO of DJR [...]

Demolition gears up at former 3M site

Published: July 1, 2010
Tags: 3M, Cassidy Turley, Minn., Rachel Contracting, St. Paul, St. Paul Port Authority

Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Demolition is moving into high gear on the former 3M campus in St. Paul. Within the next couple of weeks, St. Michael-based Rachel Contracting crews will begin to take down the largest building on the old 3M campus on the city’s East Side: an eight-story, 317,000-square-foot office structure [...]

$205 million contract awarded for Twin Cities light rail line

Published: June 25, 2010
Tags: Central Corridor Funders Collaborative, Central Corridor light rail line, Metropolitan Council, Minn., Minneapolis, St. Paul, Twin Cities, Walsh Construction
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By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The Metropolitan Council has awarded the first major heavy construction contract for the Central Corridor Light Rail line — a $205 million contract for the eastern or St. Paul portion of the project, which covers seven miles of the 11-mile transit line. The contract will go to [...]

Old Minnesota hotel gets new life as dorm

Published: June 14, 2010
Tags: Commonwealth Properties Inc., Exchange Building, Hotel Lowry building, McNally Smith College of Music, Minn., Oz nightclub, St. Paul, St. Paul City Hall, student housing

By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis (AP) — A downtown St. Paul building that’s more than 80 years old will soon have a new purpose: student housing. The growing, St. Paul-based McNally Smith College of Music has worked out a deal for 34 new dorm rooms at the old Hotel Lowry building. McNally Smith’s [...]

Project could be model for energy-efficient transit

Published: June 3, 2010
Tags: CenterPoint Energy, Central Corridor light rail, District Energy, Energy Innovation Corridor, Minn., Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Paul Port Authority, Twin Cities, Xcel Energy

Frank Jossi Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — As the Central Corridor light rail project takes shape in the Twin Cities, many state and local organizations have been collaborating to integrate renewable and efficient energy into the project. Members of the organizations have branded their effort the Energy Innovation Corridor and have begun to conceive of [...]

HUD boosts Minn. mixed-use project

Published: May 17, 2010
Tags: Aurora St. Anthony Neighborhood Development Center, Benson Orth, Central Corridor, Episcopal Homes, Frogtown Square, Greater Frogtown CDC, HUD, light rail, Meyer Contracting, Minn., Model Cities, Neighborhood Development Center, St. Paul, U.S. Housing and Urban Development

By Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis (AP) — The Frogtown Square mixed-used project in St. Paul has taken a big leap forward. Construction crews have begun moving dirt on a $13 million project that will bring 50 affordable senior apartments and a variety of retail offerings to the northeast corner of University Avenue and [...]

Light rail line stirs bad memories in neighborhood

Published: April 13, 2010
Tags: Counties Transit Improvement Board, light rail, Metropolitan Council, Minnesota, Rondo, St. Paul, St. Paul NAACP
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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, [...]