Friday, May 16, 2014

Is Development Along LRT Corridor a Given?

Mark Reilly writes, "The Star Tribune reports on the Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue intersection, where 10 years after the Hiawatha LRT light rail opened, the neighborhood is still dominated by enormous surface parking lots."

See the full article in the Mpls/StPaul Business Journal at: www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2014/02/hiawatha-lrt-doesnt-deliver-lake.html

"The area is one of Minneapolis' busiest thoroughfares, with both bus and rail connections, and logic says it'd make for natural residential development. But consultants said not enough has been done to tie into the transit systems. (There are exceptions: Developer Steve Wellington is building apartments near a strip mall, and some housing sits atop an Aldi store.)"

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