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$11.2 million Minneapolis project to help house homeless 1271 668 UrbanWorks Architecture

$11.2 million Minneapolis project to help house homeless

via Twin Cities Pioneer Press Work has begun on a downtown Minneapolis complex designed to put people who are homeless into affordable apartments. A ceremony to celebrate the construction of Park7, which includes 61-unit studio apartments, is planned for Tuesday afternoon. The $11.2 million project in the 600 block of Seventh Street downtown is expected to…

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Kraus-Anderson Preps for $20M Upscale Apartments in St. Paul 1063 693 UrbanWorks Architecture

Kraus-Anderson Preps for $20M Upscale Apartments in St. Paul

via Twin Cities Business Kraus-Anderson Development today announced that it has begun tearing down a vacant office building in St. Paul to make way for a 92-unit upscale apartment building. The firm is redeveloping the former Capital Professional Office Building at 590 Park Street in St. Paul’s Capitol Heights neighborhood. Kraus-Anderson built the original structure…

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Senior housing developers partner with Minneapolis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood 2560 1813 UrbanWorks Architecture

Senior housing developers partner with Minneapolis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood

via Star Tribune Hundreds of apartments for seniors could rise in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis, without the conflict that often accompanies new developments in old neighborhoods. Read More

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Affordable Housing for Neighborhoods 3200 2160 UrbanWorks Architecture

Affordable Housing for Neighborhoods

via Architecture MN “For years, the city of Hastings had struggled to find a good use for a one-acre property on the eastern end of its historic downtown. The old tannery that once stood on the site, overlooking the Mississippi River, had been demolished and replaced by a surface parking lot. From time to time,…

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Raising the Bar 1728 2160 UrbanWorks Architecture

Raising the Bar

via Architecture MN “No building type has garnered more design criticism in recent years than the apartment building, with much of the fault-finding centered on neighborhood-scale issues and overuse of material collage in the design of facades. In the following pages, Architecture MN highlights two new multifamily projects that aim to hit the design trifecta:…

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66 West is the recipient of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition’s 2018 Edson Award for Special Needs Housing 750 410 UrbanWorks Architecture

66 West is the recipient of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition’s 2018 Edson Award for Special Needs Housing

66 West is the recipient of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition‘s 2018 Edson Award for Special Needs Housing! This award recognizes Low Income Housing Tax Credit developments at the forefront of creating stronger, healthier communities nationwide. Read more

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North Loop plan flips to affordable rentals 2000 1406 UrbanWorks Architecture

North Loop plan flips to affordable rentals

“Minneapolis-based Schafer Richardson has scrapped its plans to convert a nearly century-old warehouse in Minneapolis’ North Loop district into offices and will instead build 104 income-restricted rentals.” via Star Tribune : Read More

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Homeless youth get a downtown view 5535 3690 UrbanWorks Architecture

Homeless youth get a downtown view

via The Journal “Young people experiencing homelessness are finding a home inside YouthLink’s new expansion.” Read More

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95-unit, co-op style housing slated for Como neighborhood 3840 2160 UrbanWorks Architecture

95-unit, co-op style housing slated for Como neighborhood

via Minnesota Daily “A co-op development coming to the Southeast Como neighborhood will feature affordable units and offer students a say in how the building is run. Riverton Community Housing will develop a 95-unit, cooperative residential building called the Brook Avenue Co-op on 1220 Brook Ave in SE Como, adjacent to the Bunge Tower. Co-op…

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‘Growing like crazy’: Minnesota developers put $120M in Des Moines apartments 520 390 UrbanWorks Architecture

‘Growing like crazy’: Minnesota developers put $120M in Des Moines apartments

via Des Moines Register “Minnesota brothers Kent and Brian Roers stormed onto the Des Moines apartment scene two years ago. Since then, Roers Cos. has invested more than $120 million in five Des Moines properties and another $26 million in an Ames apartment building. Their first Des Moines project, Confluence on 3rd at 103 SW Third St., features 211…

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