Pawn America opening largest local store
Burnsville-based Pawn America plans to open its largest Minnesota store in Inver Grove Heights in July. The growing company has leased 30,000 square feet of space at Salem Square in Inver Grove...
View ArticleTrader Joe’s plan faces rezoning vote
City of Minneapolis planning staff is recommending approval for rezoning a south Minneapolis site to make way for a Trader Joe’s grocery store, including a beer and wine store.
View ArticleBackfilling big box space
The exodus of big box tenants from the Twin Cities during the recession produced a slew of vacancies. But those empty blocks of space are finally disappearing and new tenants are breathing fresh life...
View ArticleCan Rosemount lure retail?
Rosemount has been adding homes and population to its east side at a swift pace during the last decade. Now the city wants to see if retail developers are ready to follow.
View ArticlePohlad entity pays $13.9 million for 2 car dealerships
An entity connected to Pohlad Family Cos. paid more than $13.9 million last week to buy two luxury car dealerships in Golden Valley.
View ArticleMini Cooper dealership moving to Golden Valley
The only Mini Cooper dealership in the Twin Cities will move from Bloomington to Golden Valley — another sign of a growing car market in the western metro suburb.
View ArticleJust Sold: Seemingly straightforward sale takes a few twists and turns
A building housing a Sports Authority store and a new Planet Fitness in Roseville sold for $4.64 million, according to a certificate of real estate value made public on Tuesday.
View ArticleCSM trims retail in Lockheed site plan
Eagan’s Planning Commission on Tuesday will consider CSM Corp.’s proposal to build a retail and office development at the former Lockheed Martin site.
View ArticleOne by one, UMore clears hurdles
The University of Minnesota is almost ready to unlock one of the metro area’s largest tracts of undeveloped land for the first phase of development at UMore Park, a 5,000-acre site in Rosemount.
View ArticleBlock E: Remaking AMC multiplex into Timberwolves facility
Converting downtown Minneapolis' vacant AMC 15 movie complex into a hardwood basketball court will be no easy task, but changes in theater construction over the years may work in the project's favor.
View ArticleEden Prairie Center sold for $100M
Dallas-based Cypress Equities purchased the main mall complex for $95.8 million and anchor J.C. Penney’s building for another $4.2 million.
View ArticleKeep Macy’s store? It may not add up
The downtown Macy’s store is a fixture in St. Paul, but economics point to a future without the 1963 building.
View ArticleJust Sold: Bridgewater Bank nails Excelsior Boulevard site
Bridgewater Bank closed Feb. 21 on the $2.75 million purchase of a 35,676-square-foot block of retail space from Kamps & Associates LLC.
View ArticleMaking room for Hy-Vee in metro
As the Iowa-based supermarket chain prepares to expand into the Twin Cities, some local market watchers wonder if the metro area is on its way to being “over-groceried.”
View ArticleThird time’s the charm for Calhoun Square buyer
Developer Stuart Ackerberg hopes to turn Calhoun Square shopping center into an "urban, hip, high-energy center."
View ArticleBest Buy CEO: Brick-and-mortar is an asset, not liability
During a Tuesday speech before the Economic Club of Minnesota, Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly downplayed worries about shoppers who browse in stores but then buy items cheaper online.
View ArticleWill misfit Rainbow stores find buyers?
Roundy’s Inc. has entered into a $65 million agreement to sell 18 Rainbow stores around the Twin Cities, leaving an uncertain future for nine other locations.
View ArticleBig vision, big hurdles in north Minneapolis
Pinnacle Management LLC, a group of investors based in Minneapolis, submitted a roughly $85 million plan to redevelop three blocks in north Minneapolis into apartments, retail and office space.
View ArticleWill Duke exit Shops at West End?
Now that Duke Realty has leased 95 percent of its Shops at West End in St. Louis Park, it’s likely only a matter of time before the retail and entertainment complex is offered for sale.
View ArticleMenards to break ground on new Brooklyn Park store this spring
An existing 132,287-square-foot Menards dating to the 1980s will be torn down to make way for the new building.
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