City-assisted projects receive "Best in Real Estate" awards

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

Franklin-Portland Gateway, Phase II – the Jourdain (for Community Impact)
The Jourdain is the second of three phases of the Gateway project, a partnership between the City of Minneapolis, Central Community Housing Trust and Hope Community to transform Franklin and Portland avenues with rental and homeownership housing, ranging from small studios to three-bedroom units. more (pdf)

Midtown Global Market (finalist for Community Impact)
The Midtown Global Market on the first floor of the former Sears building on Lake Street and Chicago Avenue brings small businesses together in a new marketplace that will feature more than 50 local entrepreneurs selling food, arts and crafts.  more (pdf)

Ritz Theater (for Entertainment Development)
With the help of many public and private partners, the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis’ Sheridan neighborhood is the newly renovated home to the Ballet of the Dolls dance company and several other performance partners. more (pdf)

St. Anthony Mills Apartments (for New Multifamily Residential Development)
The St. Anthony Mills Apartments in downtown Minneapolis, expected to be completed in early 2007, will offer 85 of its 93 units at rents affordable to those making 60 percent or below of the Metropolitan Median Income and will lease eight units to the Guthrie Theater (across the street) for artists-in-residence. more (pdf)

Cecil Newman Housing (for Redevelopment/Extensive Renovation – Small, Residential (fewer than 100 units))
Renovation of the 64-unit Cecil Newman affordable housing complex in North Minneapolis includes new green space, hazardous materials removal, and updates to the interior and exterior of the buildings including new roofing and skylights. more (pdf)

Hiawatha Business Center (for New Industrial/Warehouse Development)
This 60,300 square foot business center, near the Lake Street/Midtown Station on the LRT line and adjacent to the Midtown Greenway, required extensive environmental cleanup of contamination left by more than 100 years of chemical and petroleum storage.  more (pdf)

Greenheck Fan/Innovent (for Redevelopment/Extensive Renovation – Large Commercial (30,000 square feet or larger))
This 221,000-square-foot building near the Mississippi River north of Downtown, was completely renovated for Innovent, a growing manufacturing business formerly located in Roseville. more (pdf)

May 17, 2006 

Published May. 17, 2006