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Acknowledgements

Table of Figures

Introduction and Background

Planning Complete Communities

Market Analysis

Land Use Plan

Urban Design Plan

Local Regulatory Framework

Phasing and Implementation Plan

Background on the Plan Approval Process

Executive Summary

Downtown East/North Loop Master Plan

Adopted: October 2003

The primary goal of the Downtown East/North Loop Master Plan is to develop a vision and a framework for how new growth should occur in the underdeveloped districts of Downtown Minneapolis, particularly in areas surrounding proposed rail transit stations. Master Plans provide City officials with critical information for making sound decisions concerning the City's priorities for revitalization within designated project areas.

The Downtown East/North Loop Master Plan was adopted by the Minneapolis Planning Commission in September 2003. It was subsequently adopted by the Minneapolis City Council in October 2003.

An update to and expansion of the plan was adopted by the City Council in 2010 to cover the remainder of the North Loop Neighborhood. Information on that process can be found on the North Loop Small Area Plan website.

Viewing the Master Plan

There are three ways for you to view the master plan:

Option 1 – View the document in Adobe Acrobat. Click on the links below to access chapters of the plan:

Executive Summary
Cover and Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction and Background

Chapter 2 – Planning Complete Communities

Chapter 3 – Market Analysis

Chapter 4 – Land Use Plan

Chapter 5 – Urban Design Plan

Chapter 6 – Local Regulatory Framework

Chapter 7 – Phasing and Implementation Plan

Option 2 – Use the links at left in this web site to explore this master plan online. The Downtown East/North Loop Master Plan is a public document. Files on the plan web page are provided so that they can be used and shared accordingly. Please include a reference of the Minneapolis CPED/Planning Division and IBI Group as the sources of this information in all verbal presentations and on all written and electronic materials that you share publicly from this web site.

Option 3 – CD-ROMs and hard copy versions of the approved plan are available in limited supply. In addition, hard copy versions of the Downtown East/North Loop Master Plan are available for public viewing at the following locations:

The Minneapolis Public Library, Central Branch

    (At the Reference Desk)
    250 Marquette Avenue
    Minneapolis, MN 55401
    (612) 630-6000
    Monday - Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Open Book Center

    (Jay Cowles Literary Commons, 2nd Floor)
    1011 Washington Avenue South
    Minneapolis, MN 55415
    (612) 215-2572
    Monday - Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Elliot Park Neighborhood Inc./
East Downtown Council

    719 South 10th Street
    Minneapolis, MN 55404
    (612) 335-5846
    Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association

    (At the offices of the Historic Theater Group)
    36 South 9th Street
    Minneapolis, MN 55402
    (612) 373-5600
    Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Minneapolis Downtown Council

    81 South 9th Street, Suite 260
    Minneapolis MN 55402
    (612) 338-3807
    Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Minneapolis CPED/Planning Division

    City Hall, Room 210
    350 South 5th Street
    Minneapolis, MN 55415
    Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Minneapolis CPED/Business Development Division and CPED/Housing Division

    Crown Roller Mill
    105 Fifth Avenue South
    Minneapolis, MN 55401
    (612) 673-5095
    Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Hennepin County Transit and Community Works

    Environmental Services Building, 3rd Floor
    417 North 5th Street
    Minneapolis, MN 55401
    (612) 348-9260
    Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.