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Finance & Commerce announces Top Projects of 2020 2560 1666 UrbanWorks Architecture

Finance & Commerce announces Top Projects of 2020

via Finance and Commerce Minnesota’s construction industry stayed busy in 2020 despite the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Even with the added precautions required to keep workers safe, builders completed a bevy of projects last year, including apartments, office space and medical facilities. From among this impressive collection of projects, an independent panel selected…

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Kraus-Anderson breaks ground for housing project 2560 1440 UrbanWorks Architecture

Kraus-Anderson breaks ground for housing project

via Park Bugle Construction is underway for a 220-unit apartment complex at the northeast corner of Raymond and University avenues, making it the latest housing project in St. Paul’s south St. Anthony Park area. The developer, Minneapolis-­based Kraus-Anderson, expects to complete the $51.5 million, six-story project in June of 2022. Kraus-Anderson said its project, designed…

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Responding to COVID-19 Through Design 6226 3350 UrbanWorks Architecture

Responding to COVID-19 Through Design

For the past year, UrbanWorks has been working collaboratively with our clients to create safe, healthy spaces that acknowledge the increased health concerns of users. As new information and guidelines around the novel Coronavirus continue to emerge, we are committed to finding innovative ways to maintain safety. Three of our main goals through design are…

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Spotlight on Senior Living 6226 3350 UrbanWorks Architecture

Spotlight on Senior Living

We know the world around us is changing, and so are the needs of the populations we design for. Seniors in our communities deserve high quality, well designed spaces to live, connect, and thrive. UrbanWorks strives to anticipate, listen to, and design for the wants and needs of tomorrow’s residents. We work collaboratively with our…

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Pandemic baking boom pushes Nordic Ware expansion in St. Louis Park 1104 613 UrbanWorks Architecture

Pandemic baking boom pushes Nordic Ware expansion in St. Louis Park

via Star Tribune Nordic Ware Bundt pan sales are booming amid the pandemic, and the St. Louis Park factory is expanding to keep up with demand. The company has submitted two expansion proposals in recent months for additional warehouse space that will also include the Bundt Cafe alongside a regional bike trail and the future…

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Nordic Ware plans cafe, 45,000-s.f. addition to St. Louis Park headquarters 1104 613 UrbanWorks Architecture

Nordic Ware plans cafe, 45,000-s.f. addition to St. Louis Park headquarters

via Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Nordic Ware is proposing a 45,000-square-foot addition to its warehouse and loading dock operations at the company’s St. Louis Park headquarters. The project plan also includes a small cafe with an outdoor patio on the south side of the property which faces a regional bike trail and the…

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Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries 6225 3338 UrbanWorks Architecture

Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries

At UrbanWorks, we like who we work with! We are proud to celebrate some exciting staff milestones in 2021, and know that each of these talented team members approach their work with the same passion as they did when they joined the team. Devon Lundy – 10 Year Anniversary Devon Lundy is an UrbanWorks Project…

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Schafer Richardson and UrbanWorks Architecture: A Conversation on 15 Years of Collaboration and Growth 1425 1250 UrbanWorks Architecture

Schafer Richardson and UrbanWorks Architecture: A Conversation on 15 Years of Collaboration and Growth

At UrbanWorks Architecture, we measure our success based off of the success of our clients. For more than 15 years we have collaborated with Schafer Richardson on numerous projects within their development portfolio. This ongoing partnership has resulted in much more than the buildings our teams have designed and developed together. In addition to the…

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Construction to begin on apartments at former Flyte Tyme Studios site in Edina 2186 1229 UrbanWorks Architecture

Construction to begin on apartments at former Flyte Tyme Studios site in Edina

via Star Tribune The nonprofit developer Aeon will begin building a 70 unit affordable apartment complex this week in Edina, at the former location of the famed Flyte Tyme Studios, once run by Grammy Award Winners Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The $23 million project is expected to open in 2022. It will be called…

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After riots, St. Paul’s Midway works to turn blight to bright 788 495 UrbanWorks Architecture

After riots, St. Paul’s Midway works to turn blight to bright

via Star Tribune A 4-mile stretch of University Avenue in St. Paul has a slate of housing and retail projects aimed at recovery.  More housing is coming. Friday, a wrecking ball readied to topple the vandalized former U.S. Bank branch that Kraus-Anderson bought at University and Raymond. The $64 million effort is KA’s latest on…

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