THE NEWS SOURCE FOR DOWNTOWN & NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS SEPTEMBER 20–OCTOBER 3, 2018
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ATTORNEYS BATTLE OVER NOOR’S WORK RECORDS
Ex-cop’s attorneys say prosecutors are misleading court
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By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com
Mohamed Noor, left, and attorney Tom Plunkett were surrounded by reporters as they left Hennepin County District Court in May. File photo
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ohamed Noor “was never a reasonable police officer” argue prosecutors in a recent Hennepin County District Court filing that draws on Minneapolis Police Department work and training records for the ex-officer charged in an on-duty shooting. Included in the filing are notes from a pre-employment psychological evaluation of Noor, in which “he reported disliking other people and being around them.” It was so unusual for a police officer candidate that one of the department’s civilian human resources employees sought clarification from the psychiatrist who determined Noor was fit for duty. The documents also draw on records from Noor’s training and his short time on the force, detailing a May 18, 2017 incident in the Whittier neighborhood during which Noor allegedly pointed his gun at a person’s head during a traffic stop. That incident took place less than two months before the July 15, 2017 shooting of 40-year-old Justine Damond that led
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New units hit the downtown condo market Residents begin to move into Mill District’s 374-unit Legacy
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By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com The tail end of the summer brought a large influx of supply to downtown’s condominium market with the Legacy. The building, a 1 million-square-foot complex with a 17-story tower, eight-story midsection and 14-story riverfront highrise, adds 374 units to the northeastern corner of Downtown East. Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau, a sales manager with the building, said its location — formerly a one-story printing facility near Gold Medal Park — means residents will feel like they’re in their “own little corner” but still near amenities like the river and bike paths. “You’re so close to everything, but you’re tucked away,” said LaBeau, an associate with RE/MAX Advantage Plus. Most of the building’s 372 available units — two are for full-time caretakers — sold prior to occupancy, which began in August.
Fewer than 100 units are left with 263 sold and seven reserved. The large building comes with a variety of condos, ranging from 1,100-square-foot onebedroom units to penthouse-style units of approximately 3,000 square feet. Most have two bedrooms. Each unit comes with one stall in an enclosed 686-stall parking garage within the building. Most have the option of buying a second space. Prices start at $359,000 and go up to $1.4 million. LaBeau said homeowners association fees begin at 31 cents per square foot, much lower than the 35–50 cents per square foot typical in this market. What sets the building apart from Shamrock’s other projects and nearby condo buildings, LaBeau said, is the number of amenities inside the Legacy. SEE THE LEGACY / PAGE 15
Shamrock Development turned a largely vacant lot next to its Stonebridge Lofts building into the Legacy. Photo by JFUERST Real Estate Photography
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Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips
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his aerial view shows 6th & Marquette sometime in the early 1950s. While at first glance this appears to be just another street view of bustling downtown Minneapolis, take a look at the types of vehicles on the road. You can see five streetcars along with the streetcar tracks, yet at the very front of the photograph is a bus. This view would drastically change in just a few years, as the streetcar tracks were ripped up and the lines replaced by buses. Streetcars like the ones shown here disappeared from the streets of Minneapolis for good in 1954.
Cedar Imboden Phillips serves as executive director for the Hennepin History Museum. Learn more about the museum and its offerings at hennepinhistory.org or 870-1329.
Image from the Hennepin History Museum’s collection.
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The Elliot Park Hotel opened Sept. 20 with Tavola, an Italian restaurant, on the ground floor. Rendering by ESG Architects A new boutique hotel in Elliot Park bears the name of its neighborhood, a community focus that staff say is a pillar of its operations. Developer and co-owner Wilkinson Corp. recently opened the 168-room Elliot Park Hotel at 9th & 5th on the east side of downtown where the hotel supply has grown quickly in recent years. The hybrid luxurylifestyle hotel sets itself apart with a “hygge” mindset, a Danish concept describing the comforts of home that come through in its design, amenities and food program. “You have to really differentiate,” said Dana Orlando, a general manager with Coury Hospitality, the hotel’s operator. “We know that travelers have choices, and so we’re speaking to their interests.” The eight-story hotel is the last piece to be completed on the block that’s home to KrausAnderson’s new headquarters, the HQ apartment building and a Finnegans brewery and office building. ESG Architects designed the hotel, which features copper accents and fixtures throughout the building. KrausAnderson built it. The concept of comfort begins as soon as guests walk into the hotel, Orlando said. After they check in with staff on iPads, hotel patrons get a “bite and a brew,” or a small preview of the hotel’s food and beverage program, which will feature Finnegans beer and a seasonal or featured snack from its main-level Italian restaurant. The lobby’s floors are heated and its main wall is lined with large candles that are lit in the evening. Orlando said it’s all about the hygge concept of “creating contentment.” Concierge staff are housed in a 300-squarefoot gift shop that carries goods largely from local companies with a charitable bent. Orlando said they sell “experiences” for guests. “If they want to create an afternoon of bike riding and stopping at particular historical sites and have this really memorable experience, we will create that for them,” she said. The community connection continues to the guest rooms. Neighborhood residents get a 10 percent discount, savings that they can either keep or donate to the hotel’s charitable partner, non-profit homeless housing provider House of Charity. The Elliot Park Hotel, which has 155 guest rooms and 13 suites, balances luxury and lifestyle features, with coffee service, 24-hour in-room dining and spa services that can be brought into rooms. Amenities include a 24/7 fitness center, an outdoor patio
with lawn games and a large lounge with a fireplace. On the second floor, the hotel has a meeting space that can sit 125 people for plated dinners or more than 300 people for a cocktail-style reception. The hotel is part of the Marriott Autograph Collection, one of its fastest growing brands. Orlando said the one thing that unites the assortment of independently owned and operated hotels is their uniqueness. “If (guests) are coming here and they want to have that luxury feel, they will get it, yet (the hotel) is still whimsical and playful where it’s not that stuffy and ostentatious feel,” she said. During the week, Orlando said the hotel will largely target business travelers. Weekends will bring in leisure travelers, with most coming from around the Midwest region. Most guests, as much as 70 or 80 percent, will likely be the “extremely loyal” customers of Marriott’s rewards program, she added. On the main level, Tavola will serve Italian cuisine and a cocktail menu centered on Italian spirits like Amaro. Leading the kitchen is chef Aaron Uban, a veteran of dozens of Twin Cities restaurants like Heartland, Strip Club Meat & Fish and Pronto Ristorante. One of its signature dishes is “il macchina,” or the machine, a suckling pig that’s deboned and turned into a porchetta. Tavola serves it in inch-thick cuts with black lentils and bruised kale. “It’s a conversation piece,” said Taryne Dixon, the hotel’s food and beverage director. The 126-seat restaurant has a bar surrounding a wood-fired oven and a 20-seat outdoor space that will open next year, in addition to a 12-seat private dining space. Uban said Tavola’s late-night menu is based around the oven where pizzas, sandwiches and even burgers are cooked. “If (guests are) here hanging out, they can see what’s going on. It helps that whole energy,” he said. Dixon said the beverage program features a variety of approachable and high-end wines, many of them Italian. A free Coravin service — where wine is extracted from a bottle without removing the cork — is available for bottles under $100 so diners can try a wine before buying. Tavola has just eight taps with mostly local beer, as Dixon said they don’t want to compete with Finnegans, which the hotel supports with food and a portion of its proceeds. The hotel and the restaurant opened together on Sept. 20.
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Local coffee company Peace Coffee has opened a third downtown Minneapolis café, which joins two in the Capella Tower. The café recently opened in the lobby of the AT&T Tower at 9th & Marquette. Peace Coffee said in an announcement that the office tower’s developers approached the company to bring a coffee shop to the remodeled space. “We look forward to further solidifying our place in the downtown Minneapolis caffeinated landscape,” the announcement said. The menu features a rotating selection
of organic and fair trade coffee, espresso drinks with Autumnwood Farm milk, locally produced cider and Rishi Tea. It will serve some grab-and-go options and pastries from Patisserie 46 and Sift Bakery. The café, at 901 S. Marquette Ave., is open 6 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday through Friday. It offers a variety of seating options with a bar, lounge furniture and work tables. It is the third coffee shop Peace Coffee has opened downtown. The company operates a kiosk in the Capella Tower lobby and a coffee shop on the second floor.
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Walk into Prohibition Barbers and two pit bulls will meet you at the door, Bertha Mae and Gandalf the Gray. Don’t worry, you shall pass. “These dogs are my world. They’re my forever shop dogs,” said owner and master barber Chris Pomeleo. The dogs have been a fixture of the barber shop since Pomeleo opened it three years ago in the basement of the Semple Mansion in the Steven Square neighborhood. Pomeleo recently relocated Prohibition Barbers to the Logan Park neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis. Now the pups have their own couch. Pomeleo started cutting hair nearly 10 years ago while on a tour of duty in Iraq when his fellow soldiers needed a little off the top. Signs of his service remain all over the shop, even in its new location, from discounts for veterans and first responders to furniture embellished with stickers from veteran-owned businesses. When he got back, Pomeleo started cutting hair professionally, eventually starting an operation out of his home, “like a little speakeasy,” he said. When he got his barber certification and finally opened his own shop, he kept the Prohibition theme. Plus, he said, “there’s always booze here.” The new space is next door to newly opened Mexican restaurants Centro and Popol Vuh in a former adhesives factory along Quincy Street Northeast. It’s about twice as big as the shop’s previous space with an operable garage door in front and roughly 20-foot ceilings over the entryway. Patrons of Prohibition will recognize the taxidermy deer heads adorning the walls. New to the décor are a chandelier on display from Architectural Antiques down the block, Chesterfield lounge furniture and, for the shop’s first time, exterior signage. Pomeleo is the shop’s sole full-time barber, but with the added space, he said he’d like to eventually see two more barbers. Prohibition’s clientele is made up of roughly 80 percent men, but the shop also draws queer women
and gender nonconforming people. Twin Cities Pride is an especially busy time for the shop, which has it open extra hours for walk-ins. No matter a client’s background or identity, Pomeleo said he wants everyone to be relaxed, be themselves and “not feel any pressure” at the shop. “For me, it’s important because I think it can be a hub. I’ll have every walk of life walk in here. It’s like neutral territory,” he said. Supporting the community is part of the shop’s brand, he said. When he’s done with the move — a grand opening is slated for October — Pomeleo said he’d like to support pit bull rescue groups and local sports teams with fundraisers. Prohibition Barbers, at 1404 Quincy St. NE, is open 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday. It is closed Sunday and Monday.
Prohibition Barbers owner Chris Pomeleo. Photos by Eric Best
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Boom Island Brewing Co. plans to relocate from its home just north of Broadway & Washington where a recent shooting left one person dead and three others injured. The brewery announced Sept. 12 that it is looking for a new location for its taproom and production facility. In addition to the recent shooting and gang activity outside its home on the North Side, founder and head brewer Kevin Welch said in an open letter that the current facility is too small and sees “virtually no foot traffic.” “Our hearts will always be in North Minneapolis even though our future address might suggest otherwise,” the letter read.
“It didn’t get this way overnight and unfortunately, it is not possible to change the situation overnight.” Boom Island Brewing will remain open in its current form at 2014 N. Washington Ave. until it finds a new location. Welch opened the Belgium-inspired brewery seven years ago before much of the city’s craft beer boom took hold in Northeast Minneapolis. The Sept. 7 shooting occurred at 11:45 p.m. on the 2000 block of Washington Avenue North, according to a statement by police. The brewery closes at 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, several hours earlier than its peers.
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House-made ice cream and boozy floats are on the menu at a new ice cream shop inside Sweet Chow. The North Loop restaurant recently expanded with a 10-seat counter that produces desserts made from scratch. Pastry chef Kirsten Poppenhagen, formerly of the American Swedish Institute’s FIKA, says the shop controls the ice cream “every step of the way,” from the base to unique flavors like a vegan toasted coconut lime ice cream or Vietnamese coffee. “We want to offer our customers an experience they can only get at Sweet Chow,” she said in a statement. The shop, located within the Asian bar and restaurant, serves a roster of eight flavors, including Thai tea made with
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Apprentice program targets bus driver shortage Metro Transit is joining a state apprenticeship initiative for help filling vacant driver and mechanic positions. The transit service needs about 1,600 drivers to fully staff its 130 bus routes but is roughly 90 drivers short of that goal. The staffing shortage was a factor this summer when Metro Transit cut trips on some routes. Metro Transit announced Sept. 18 that it would join the Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative for help with recruiting and training new employees. Operated by two state agencies, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, the program offers grants of $5,000 per apprentice to help launch new apprenticeship programs at businesses across the state. As it pilots the apprenticeship model, Metro Transit aims to enroll an inaugural class of 40 apprentices. Brian Funk, Metro Transit’s deputy chief operating director for buses, said the apprenticeship was modeled on a program pioneered by Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, California. Metro Transit recruited a group of about 35 experienced drivers to serve as mentors earlier this summer, and it registered its first group of 15 apprentices in September. Funk said the transit service typically loses about 5–8 percent of first-year drivers and is aiming to improve its retention rate. New drivers start out part-time for the first few months, and some leave the job when they’re offered full-time employment elsewhere.
Others have difficulty managing the stresses of the job, like interacting with customers, and Funk said the mentors are “a resource, another person who has been through the ups and downs but understands for the long game this is a great place to be.” Funk said the state grant dollars would reimburse Metro Transit for apprenticeship activities, including one-on-one meetings with mentors and group sessions with the other new and experienced drivers enrolled in the program. New drivers must complete five to six weeks of training and usually drive part-time for at least three or four months before a full-time driver position becomes available, although many choose to remain part-time. All part-time
drivers are guaranteed pay for at least 30 hours per week, even if they work fewer hours. With an annual attrition rate among bus drivers of 8–12 percent, Metro Transit is almost always recruiting. Funk said while some of those drivers quit or are lost to retirement, the attrition rate also includes drivers who get promotions or move into prized jobs, like piloting the transit service’s light-rail vehicles. Metro Transit reports that it collaborated with its drivers’ union to develop the new apprenticeship program. Apprentices are paid during training and would be eligible for benefits and a starting wage of $19.94 per hour if hired. Metro Transit notes that even part-time workers earn a pension.
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Child protection reforms taking hold An ongoing transformation of Hennepin County’s child welfare system is starting to show some promising results, according to an update provided in September to the Child Well-Being Advisory Committee. “I’m encouraged to say over the last couple of months the data is starting to give us that sense of hope that the system is starting to turn,” said Jennifer DeCubellis, deputy county administrator for health and human services. The update was delivered three years after a national child welfare organization reviewed Hennepin County’s child protection program, finding a workforce burdened with high caseloads and a lack of resources. Commissioner Mike Opat, who chairs the committee, said the county had been on a “three-year journey” to enact recommendations outlined in the 2015 Casey Family Programs report, boosting funding for child protection, hiring workers to bring down caseloads and redesigning the system. “The first two years have been more reflec-
tive, and the last year has been one of transformation,” Opat said. Child protection staff increased to 647 fulltime equivalent positions in 2017 from 385 in 2015, and county spending on child protection services and out-of-home placements increased to $101 million in 2017 from $74 million in 2015. DeCubellis said the county was on track to spend about $122 million on those programs in 2018. She said the county is aiming to “flip the system,” spending more in the near term to bring down costs in the future by shifting its focus to child well-being. It’s a proactive approach that stresses early intervention to prevent abuse and neglect. At the same time, the Hennepin County is dealing with a steep rise in child protection cases, which DeCubellis said have doubled since 2008, mirroring trends across the state and country. Regulatory changes are behind a portion of the rise, but the opioid epidemic plays a significant role, she said.
“We are seeing that drug addiction is superseding neglect for the first time in Hennepin County,” she said. Opat said reports of child abuse or neglect made to the county had risen to about 60 per day. Total reports topped 20,000 in 2016 and 2017. “That number has hopefully peaked and will be coming down,” he said. The county reports an increase in out-ofhome placements, with 3,182 children temporarily living away from home in 2017, an 11 percent increase from 2016. As of June 30, the number of children in out-of-home placement was approaching the total for all of 2016. But more of those children are being placed with relatives. As of June 30, more than onethird of children in out-of-home placements were staying with relatives; in 2016, it was less than one-quarter of children. The presentation to the Child Well-Being Advisory Committee also touted a significant reduction in child protection staff turnover and quicker response times to reports of maltreatment.
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to third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges against Noor. Noor’s attorneys replied a week later, describing the narrative developed by prosecutors as “gravely flawed in both law and fact.” They said prosecutors left out key details of the May 2017 traffic stop, ignored racial bias in the psychological test and essentially cherry picked details from Noor’s training records to make their client look bad. Noor intends to plead not guilty in his trial. An omnibus hearing is scheduled for Sept. 27. The filings made by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office were a response to requests to drop all charges in the case from Noor’s defense team, who in August claimed lack of probable cause and prosecutorial misconduct on the part of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Those requests were denied. Judge Kathryn Quaintance also denied a request from Noor’s attorneys to suppress evidence drawn from Noor’s psychological evaluation. They argued it would violate physician-patient privilege to allow the documents, seized on search warrants, to enter the record.
Prior acts Noor had been an officer for about 21 months when he and his former partner, Officer Matthew Harrity, responded to a 911 call placed by Damond, who reported hearing what could have been a sexual assault near her Fulton-neighborhood home. Noor was the passenger in the police SUV piloted to the scene by Harrity. The two were parked in the darkened alley behind Damond’s home when she approached the vehicle, and Noor shot her through Harrity’s open driver’s side window. Harrity later told investigators they were “spooked.” When the charges against him were announced in March, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Noor acted “recklessly” by reaching across his partner to fire his weapon. Freeman said there was no evidence that Damond posed a threat requiring the officer to respond with deadly force. In their recent court filings, prosecutors argue Noor’s employment records show “prior acts of recklessness and indifference,” including that May 2017 stop that took place during the daytime on 24th Street between Blaisdell and Nicollet avenues. Noor was behind the wheel when he and another officer pulled over a driver who allegedly gave a bicyclist the middle finger before passing another vehicle on the right without signaling. According to prosecutors, the squad car video shows Noor exiting the vehicle “with his gun pulled out and pointed downward.” He approached the stopped vehicle’s driver’s side door, and “the first thing he did was point his gun at the driver’s head.” The driver was issued a ticket for failing to signal, a petty misdemeanor, and prosecutors say neither officer ever wrote a report to explain the display of force. The driver’s ticket was dismissed after Noor failed to appear in court.
In their response, Noor’s defense team said the incident video also showed the driver traveling nearly two blocks before stopping and that, once stopped, he “made an exaggerated furtive movement by leaning abruptly to the right.” Noor and his partner that day suspected the driver was hiding contraband, which explains their actions, they continued. They said Noor was not informed of the hearing date for the driver, adding that officers are not required to file a report for “minor traffic citations.”
‘Tunnel vision’ Prosecutors included in their filing notes from the field training officer who worked with Noor as a recruit. In one case, a training officer stated Noor was at times unwilling to take calls. Another described Noor’s “tunnel vision” while driving with the squad car’s lights and siren on and having to yell at the recruit to make him aware of his surroundings. A training officer noted that Noor tended to focus so intently under stress that he sometimes missed radio communications from dispatch. “The defendant’s work history proves that he overreacts, escalates benign citizen contacts, does not safely take control of situations, and, in the most egregious situations, uses his firearm took quickly, too recklessly, and in a manner grossly disproportional to the circumstances,” prosecutors wrote in the filing. But Noor’s attorneys said prosecutors failed to give the entire story, noting that the department’s field training program is “designed to give both positive and negative feedback regarding each training day,” adding that “at no time was Officer Noor ever found to be not acceptable on any task.” Prosecutors implied Noor was at times driving in circles to avoid responding to calls, but his defense attorneys said that claim lacked context. On the day in question, Noor was working without a partner and was not positioned to respond to all calls. Defense attorneys claim prosecutors twisted the field training officer’s “observation” into a “concern.”
Breach of duty In their filing, Noor’s attorneys said prosecutors demonstrated “a breathtaking breach of their duty to exercise candor” with the court by submitting details of a pre-employment personality test without context. They argued that prosecutors ignored a known bias against minority test takers, whose results are compared against a sample group of other officers who are primarily white. They said a “blind reading” of the test results without the context of Noor’s full psychological evaluation was misleading. Noor, who was fired from the department after charges were announced, is also named in a civil lawsuit filed by Damond’s father on behalf of her family. They are seeking $50 million in damages.
In a separate civil suit, the family of Justine Damond is seeking $50 million in damages from the city of Minneapolis. File photo
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New projects would add nearly 1,600 units across downtown A single meeting agenda shows how the city’s urban core is filling out
By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com
Beyond a 22-story tower, a proposal from Minneapolis-based Sherman Associates includes a 90-unit affordable housing project and a new fire station near Washington & Portland. Renderings by ESG Architects
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largely ranging from 500-square-foot studios to 955-square-foot penthouses. Toward the Downtown East side of Washington, Sherman Associates is planning several buildings at Washington & Portland, including a 22-story tower with 222 units and a sixstory affordable building with 90 units. Garden Communities would fill the surface parking lot at Washington & Park on the neighboring block with a 17-story apartment building with 204 units. The developments stretch into Elliot Park with a proposal from Kraus-Anderson to replace the neighborhood’s Wells Fargo bank with a 16-story building with 357 units and space for a new bank. Beyond Downtown East, Downtown West and Elliot Park, two projects on the committee’s agenda would bring 400 units to the North Loop. Dominium is planning an adaptive reuse project in the same vein as its renovation of the Pillsbury A-Mill complex and St. Paul’s Schmidt Brewery. Under the proposal that surfaced earlier this year, the Plymouthbased developer would turn the Duffey Paper buildings into 201 affordable rental units. Solhem Cos. and TE Miller Development are planning a six-story residential building with 196 units and 8,000 square feet of retail space. The project would replace a surface lot across the street from Alliance Francaise and Aria.
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Hundreds and hundreds of units are being proposed to replace parking lots across downtown Minneapolis. On its Sept. 20 agenda alone, the City Planning Commission’s Committee of the Whole will review preliminary plans to fill vacant parcels across the city’s urban core with developments totaling 1,581 units, about half in the Downtown West and Downtown East neighborhoods. Before they show up on Planning Commission agendas, most proposals are first unveiled a month or so before at neighborhood groups for initial feedback. Kevin Frazell, chair of the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association’s Land Use Committee, said the group’s recent meetings have stretched three or four hours, the longest he’s ever seen. Typically, residents discuss new proposals for about 90 minutes. Frazell said he thinks there is a “sense of urgency” among developers to build on the remaining vacant lots downtown, especially near major thoroughfares. “There’s a major uptick in pretty significant residential projects, mainly on Washington Avenue,” he said. The largest among the agenda’s projects is a 20-story tower from CA Ventures and Harlem Irving Cos. proposed for a vacant lot at Washington & Hennepin. The Illinoisbased developers are planning 355 units
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Kraus-Anderson has unveiled plans to the City Planning Commission Committee of the Whole for a 16-story apartment building with 357 units and 6,000 square feet of commercial space, which includes room for a new Wells Fargo bank. The project would replace a Wells Fargo bank in the Elliot Park neighborhood along 8th Street between Portland and Park avenues. The proposal calls for walk-up units along 8th Street and Park Avenue. The building’s residents would have approximately 290 below-grade parking stalls and the bank would have 18 at-grade spaces, along with a drive-up ATM. ESG Architects is the project architect. The proposal requires conditional use permits for the height — 10 stories is allowed — and surface parking.
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240 Park Garden Communities is moving forward with plans for a 17-story luxury apartment building with 204 units at Washington & Park. The developer, owned by the Wilf family, the owners of the Minnesota Vikings, is proposing nearly 5,000 square feet of retail or restaurant space along Washington Avenue. The project calls for six floors of parking, including one underground, for a total of 275 parking spaces, according to plans submitted to the City Planning Commission Committee of the Whole. A conditional use permit will be required for the proposed maximum height of 188 feet. Minneapolis-based BKV Group is designing the project. The site is currently a vacant parking lot on the northeastern corner of the block that’s home to Sawatdee and People Serving People.
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Portland & Washington Mixed Use Minneapolis-based Sherman Associates has submitted plans to the City Planning Commission Committee of the Whole to fill out the block that’s home to the Crooked Pint Ale House and Minneapolis Fire Department’s Station One. The threepart proposal features a 22-story marketrate apartment building at Washington & Portland with commercial space for two tenants; a six-story building with 90 units of affordable housing; and a new, roughly 20,000-square-foot fire station on the southwest corner of the site. The project, which would replace surface parking lots, includes two parking levels with 220 stalls underneath the tower and a 312-stall parking ramp.
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First Street Apts Solhem and TE Miller Development have a new proposal for a surface parking lot near the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in the North Loop. The preliminary plans feature a six-story mixed-use building with 196 residential units, approximately 6,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and about 240 parking spaces. The development team told city staff that, if plans are approved, they expect to break ground next spring and complete construction in the fall of 2020. The Heritage Preservation Commission previously saw a proposal from Coloradobased Solaris Redevelopment Corp., which stills owns the site, according to Hennepin County property record. The new proposal features several live-work units, five commercial bays and a roof deck with a garden.
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606 Building An LLC associated with Paster Properties has purchased the North Loop warehouse building home to The Loop bar and restaurant from First & First for $4.3 million, according to a certificate of real estate value filed in Hennepin County. According to First & First, the building features more than 36,000 square feet of commercial space. The 606 building was among 17 properties the developer listed for sale in 2016.
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Rand Tower Maven Real Estate Partners is moving forward with its $60 million conversion of downtown’s Rand Tower into a boutique hotel, a proposal it announced earlier this year. The 1929 high-rise would be converted into a hotel using federal and state historic tax credits, according to plans submitted to the Heritage Preservation Commission by an LLC associated with the firm. Maven plans to keep the building’s skyway tenants, but convert the first floor into a hotel lobby and meetings rooms and a space on the fifth floor into a restaurant and bar. The remainder of the building will be guest rooms. In addition to significant rehabilitation work, the firm is planning an addition and patio on the roof of an annex portion of the building.
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Ingredients 900 grams all-purpose flour 120 grams rye flour 2 teaspoons diastic malt powder 360 grams sourdough starter 600 grams warm water 23 grams salt 50 grams each: flax seed, sesame seed and hemp seed; toasted then 175 grams water poured over
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By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@journalmpls.com Rose has lived in her Lyndale neighborhood home since 1965. Solicitors constantly send mail suggesting she sell the house, and her son often asks where she’d like to live in the future. But she’s in no hurry. “There’s no place I want to live except my house,” said Rose, who declined to share her last name. “… I don’t think I’d feel very comfortable anywhere else.” Although home prices are high today, Rose said she’s uncertain about the moving process. “It’s kind of tempting, but I don’t know what that entails,” she said. “It’s kind of disgusting too. … I think it looks crazy. Everything has gone up, up, up.” A Colfax Avenue resident visiting Lyndale Farmstead Park last week said he bought his house about 50 years ago for $29,000. Now he’s watching houses in the neighborhood sell for “terrible” prices. “I think we should be downsizing right now,” said his wife. But he’s not quite ready. Residents ages 65–74 are the least likely to move of any age group, according to census bureau data, with just 5.3–5.5 percent moving each year. At age 75, the percentage of annual movers increases to 7.6 percent. John Patterson, director of planning, research and evaluation for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, said three-quarters of the state’s homes are valued at $250,000 or less, often considered an affordable price for first-time homebuyers.
“There are a lot of homes out there, but no one’s moving,” he said. According to census data analyzed by the MHFA, most seniors remain homeowners until age 85. The agency reports that moving patterns are consistent with rates of disability and the inability to live alone, with a slight decrease in homeownership after age 74 and a large decrease in homeownership at 85-plus. A recent national AARP survey found that three out of four adults age 50 and older want to stay in their homes and communities as they age. Fewer said they think that’s possible, however. The MHFA found that the majority of low-income seniors are homeowners, and more than 16,000 of the state’s poorest senior households face major expenses in the coming years, such as a new water heater or roof. Rose said it takes a lot of money to keep up her house. She was skeptical of a plumber’s $600 bill to fix the toilet, and she said chore services can charge a lot. “I think about my taxes,” said the aforementioned Colfax resident. “… They’ve gone up over the years. But everything else has improved. Look at how nice they keep the park here. … Somebody’s got to pay for all of this. Not us retirees though.” Bill Lehman, co-owner of Gentle Transitions, a moving company for seniors, said he doesn’t notice the real estate market impacting clients’ decisions to move. But with houses selling very quickly, he sees clients forced to move in a very short time frame.
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the 17-Portland Tower in Elliot Park and Bridgewater Lofts in the Mill District, among others. Stanton, known as the most prolific developer of condos in downtown Minneapolis, died in June 2017 while the building was being constructed. LaBeau, Stanton’s daughter, named the building after her father who she said never wanted to put his name on anything. The “gruff, 100 percent Irish” developer would show up to the construction site every day, she added. “It kind of was a bizarre feeling because never did we dream that he’d pass in the middle of it,” she said. The developer would roll the sales from his last building to finance his next project, she said. With the Legacy, sales will support a foundation set up in Stanton’s name. The Legacy, at 1240 2nd St. S., is the only new condo building to open in downtown Minneapolis this year, but several more are on the horizon. On the same block as the Legacy, Ryan Cos. and developer Luigi Bernardi are planning a 39-story “ultra-luxury” tower with 101 units, a maximum of just five units per floor. The development team announced in March that construction could begin as early as the end of the year. If a groundbreaking doesn’t happen until next year, the unnamed 40-story tower from Minneapolis-based Alatus may beat it to the punch. The developer, which plans to announce branding for the 204-unit building in early October, expects to break ground during the first half of 2019.
Inside, residents have access to a fitness center and weight room, a community room with a TV and kitchen, an outdoor playground, a pool, a hot tub and a mainfloor game room with a golf simulator and games like air hockey, foosball and even “Ms. Pac-Man.” An amenity deck has lawn bowling, gas grills and fire pits. Pet owners have a grooming area, an outdoor dog run and an indoor pet relief area. Staff are on site 16 hours a day. “When you’re here there’s so much to do inside,” she said. Buyers get several customizing options prior to closing. There are a dozen granite colors to choose from, as well as six quartz choices on the upper floors. Wood floors are finished on site and are standard in living areas. Ceramic tile is standard in bathrooms and laundry rooms. The sheer size of the Legacy and its price range have drawn an array of buyers, from single downtown office workers to new families to retired empty nesters. LaBeau said the building has seen a number of buyers moving from the developer’s other nearby buildings who are looking for something more updated and with more amenities. “We see everything,” LaBeau said. “I think it offers a new twist, especially to anything right here.” The Legacy is the tenth downtown project from Shamrock Development, Jim Stanton’s development company. The Coon Rapids-based developer is responsible for Stonebridge Lofts next door, as well as
“Things move pretty quickly if they’re in good condition and priced right,” said Jodi Williams, a senior real estate specialist. “… I think there are a lot of great options out there, and sometimes you just have to be ready to jump on them when they present themselves. Being prepared is half the game.” She’s worked for senior clients who weren’t in a hurry to downsize, but asked her to watch a particular building for a spot to open up. Popular destinations include single-level townhomes and the 55-plus Kenwood Isles Condominiums, she said, located close to Uptown and Lake of the Isles. “Because the population is growing in this cohort, I don’t think the market has quite caught up to them,” she said. Senior real estate specialist Kyle Litwin said he has clients waiting it out in their houses while they sit on wait lists for senior buildings they like. Applewood Pointe is one popular choice, he said.
Kenny residents Felix and Barbara Perry plan to live at Village Shores Senior Community in Richfield when the time is right, but they’re happy to stay in place for now. The couple bought their house for $11,400 about 70 years ago; one neighbor sold a house last spring for $580,000. “It’s a huge decision,” Barbara said, adding that she’s a bit tired of cooking. “Surprisingly, McDonald’s makes an excellent breakfast,” Felix said. If they need help with chores, they call the local organization TRUST. “Having a wife or husband makes a vast difference,” said Felix. “That’s the reason we’re able to stay in the house.” Another Kingfield homeowner of 30 years said he and his wife have different ideas about when to sell and move to a nearby townhouse. “I’m thinking about selling in three or four years, and my wife is thinking about selling after she dies,” he said.
Left: The Legacy is broken up into 14- and 17-story sections with an amenity deck in the middle. Below: A staged corner unit offers views of Downtown East. Photos by JFUERST Real Estate Photography
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‘Michael Kareken: New Monotypes’ Artist Michael Kareken brings viewers along on a memory trip to his Pacific Northwest upbringing. His new solo exhibition features 30 black-and-white watercolor monotypes reflecting the artist’s recollections of his old stomping grounds as a child. Often using a subjective point of view, as if seeing out from a child’s eyes, Kareken brings to life not only a sense of place but the way a place can inspire imagination and emotion, even many years later.
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When: Through Oct. 27. Opening reception 6 p.m.–8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21. Where: Highpoint Center for Printmaking, 912 W. Lake St. Cost: Free Info: highpointprintmaking.org
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Sister Species music video trilogy premiere with Hiponymous
Nicollet Open Streets Summer might be over, but the Open Streets Minneapolis party continues on Nicollet Avenue. Part block party, part music and food festival, part community celebration, it’s a great way to get out on your bike or your two feet and enjoy moving down the street without cars. Besides family friendly activities, bands, arts, and more, Open Streets Nicollet also includes a casual fun run called “Run For Beer,” starting at 11:20 a.m. When: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 Where: Nicollet Avenue between Lake and 46th streets Cost: Free Info: openstreetsmpls.org
‘This is a Record’
The new and improved Parkway Theater, recently renovated, restored and opened under new ownership, is making waves as not only an independent movie theater but a music and arts venue as well. For this show, the sibling band Sister Species, featuring guitarist Abby Kastrul and accordionist Emily Kastrul, show off a music video trilogy, their latest collaboration with local production company LoonarCity. Also on deck is the contemporary dance duo Hiponymous (Renée Copeland and Genevieve Muench).
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Regarded as one of the greatest anime of all time, this is one you’ll want to stay up for. Ahead of its time in terms of its effects and production quality, it is also known for its incredible musical score and story, adapted from the manga by Masamune Shirow. Originally released in 1995, this classic film about a cybernetic agent defeating the Puppet Master has had re-issues and remakes but here stands on its own in its original glory.
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 Where: The Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave. Cost: $10 in advance, $12 at the door Info: parkwaytheater.org
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Christopher Selleck’s solo exhibition, “This is a Record,” looks back on the artist’s younger years as a closeted gay man in the 1980s and ’90s. In one half of the space, Selleck displays large-scale color photographs reflecting on the lack of gay representation during the era, while the other side of the gallery employs installation, sculpture, video, polymer photogravure and photography as a way of reimagining ways that gay men found potential encounters. While you’re there, you can also see the work in progress Sophia Songmi Hill is creating in the front of the gallery. When: Through Oct. 27. Opening reception 6 p.m.–9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Where: Soo Visual Arts Center, 2909 Bryant Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: soovac.org
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When: Sept. 20–29 Info: fashionweekmn.com
For folks who are stylish (and for folks who are not stylish but like to be around stylish people) Fashion Week Minnesota is here with tons of events, runway shows and pop-up shops celebrating the creativity of Minnesota’s best designers.
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Nigerian Minnesotan designer Aisha Umar of Fulberkloset debuts her new designs at this event, which also includes cocktails and live music by Carolyne Naomi.
Fashion Week hits North Minneapolis for the first time, with cutting-edge styles presented at fashion hotspot HWMR. The fall collection benefits a mentoring program run by local nonprofit SAFE.
Revel in the beauty of plus-size with this pop-up shop and film screening.
Hmong designers add contemporary flair to traditional designs at this must-see event, this year taking on the theme of “creating waves.”
When: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 Where: Uptown VFW, 2916 Lyndale Ave., S. Cost: $10–$30 Info: fulbekloset.com
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Cole Randall and Shpresa Lleshaj are an unlikely pairing. Randall grew up in Park Rapids, Minnesota but connected with Lleshaj 4,200 miles away in Stockholm, Sweden over music they uploaded to Soundcloud. When the two musicians grew close, Lleshaj came to the North Star State and found much that resembled her home. “You can definitely tell there’s a big Scandinavian influence there,” said Lleshaj, speaking from Los Angeles where the two are on tour. “I could live in Minnesota. I love it there.” Years later, and that relationship is the foundation of the band Flora Cash, what the two call their folk-pop project driven by varying parts of acoustic guitar and atmospheric production. Flora Cash is one part Randall, who cut his teeth with open mics around the Twin Cities, and one part Lleshaj, who’s responsible for the band’s electro-pop, or as Randall said, Sweden’s biggest export. “In the most simple terms, what I brought to the table was a rough, folky Americana vibe,” Randall said. “(Shpresa) has more of the smooth pop vibe.” A perfect example of the band’s music is “You’re Somebody Else,” the duo’s biggest hit, garnering more than 28 million plays on just Spotify and YouTube alone. It starts simple enough with a stirring acoustic guitar line and then Randall’s raspy voice comes in. By about a minute in, layers of electronic drum beats begin to build with vocal harmonies to a trippy, head-bobbing peak. It shows the listener the duo’s range, from the intimacy of a singer-songwriter to the depth of a producer curating a collection of sounds and instruments, all in about three and a half minutes. The band, now based in Stockholm, plays multiple versions of the song depending on the vibe of the crowd.
Flora Cash released an acoustic version of “You’re Somebody Else,” which Randall said may appeal to a different audience. “I think it’s fun if you’re a fan of a song to hear it interpreted a little bit differently,” Randall said. The duality of guitar and production is evident in the rest of Flora Cash’s music, though the two said they’re moving away from writing music on guitar all the time, which they said can make songs sound the same. “There’s always been acoustic guitar, even if it’s buried in the mix,” Randall said. The two are currently on tour with their debut album, last year’s “Nothing Lasts Forever (And It’s Fine).” They already have an album’s worth of music ready to go, they said, they just need finishing touches. Being in a relationship with your bandmate has its perks, the two said, because they can produce songs on the fly. “We can work on music anytime, so we’re always writing and working on new stuff,” Randall said. Flora Cash will open for singersongwriter Brian Fennell’s band SYML when it plays First Avenue’s 7th Street Entry on Thursday, Sept. 27. The 18-plus show starts at 7 p.m. Flora
Cash was in town earlier this summer for a performance in the mainroom with “electric collage” group SUPERORGANISM. The two recommend listening to Los Angeles-based Sir Sly’s “&Run,” and “broken” by lovelytheband of Los Angeles, both songs from last year that, like Flora Cash, balance guitar and electronic production. They appear on the band’s “Favorite Songs” Spotify playlist, an assortment of R&B, hip hop, folk, electronic music and much more. Expect a new song from Flora Cash out in October via RCA Records.
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Students have only been back in school for a month, but the yearbook is already out at Young Joni’s back bar. Each member of the 16-strong class of the Northeast Minneapolis bar has their own cocktail to bring to back-toschool season. The yearbook-themed menu features photos of each student or school administrator — Young Joni staff — repping their club or claim to fame. I’m not sure if these are even around in any school these days, but the AV Club is a low-key, low-proof drink combining vermouth and sherry with a rosemary
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Ask Dr. Rachel / By Rachel Allyn
TALKING WITH KIDS ABOUT BULLYING
Q:
I have two kids who’ve just gone back to school. My oldest is starting 6th grade at the same school he went to last year, with the same group of kids. Toward the end of last year he started to complain about other students being mean to him. I’ve heard a lot about bullying and want to make sure this isn’t what’s happening. Any ideas on what can I say or do to help him?
We all know what bullying looks like (one need look no further than our current political system), but it’s important to distinguish it from garden variety teasing or being picked on. Bullying has been defined as a distinctive pattern of harming and humiliating someone, specifically a person who’s in some way more vulnerable than the bully. Rather than occasional aggression, bullying is a deliberate and repeated attempt to cause harm to others who have less power. The prevalence of handheld devices means cyberbulling is on the rise. To make matters worse, these bullies can reach out to their victims 24-7, and the harassment is more anonymous. This should help you determine if he’s actually being bullied or facing some of the
inevitable rotten behavior that kids give and receive as they figure out how to navigate relationships. Either way, the time is now to encourage your son to share his feelings with you and for you to trust him and listen to his perspective so he can feel heard and acknowledged. After all, the journal Psychological Science (Volume 24, Issue 10, 2013) suggests there may be long-term physical, psychological and economic effects from being bullied as a child. These include adults with less education, more health issues and lower income compared to adults who were not bullied as kids. The researchers also found that bullies themselves were more likely to engage in criminal or risky behavior later as adults. These outcomes are not inevitable; there are many ways to prevent them, especially given you’re catching this in the early stages. As a parent it can be heartbreaking to learn that your child isn’t being treated kindly by other kids. You might feel powerless, much in the same way your son feels powerless to the kids hurting him. Bullying is very much about power and domination. Rather than teach your son to fight power with more power by physically fighting back, educate him on how to use his voice and stand up for himself verbally.
This is the perfect opportunity for him to learn assertiveness skills. Encourage your child to be open and expressive about his feelings and what’s happened, making sure to not blame the victim. Your son could also respond to the treatment by laughing at the bully and walking away. Suggest he find an adult nearby who can protect him. In general, have him stay near other adults and kids to have a buffer. Help him reduce stress and isolation and build community by joining a club, sport or creative hobby. This also gives him a monitored way to play with other kinds and learn how to resolve problems on his own.
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All that being said, your son might not even be getting officially bullied, so sit down with him regularly and encourage him to share his experiences. No one should have to suffer in silence, and that includes you. Contact the teachers and school administration for details on their anti-bullying curriculum, and ask if a particular faculty member is in charge of education, prevention and intervention. Dr. Rachel Allyn is a licensed psychologist in private practice. Learn more about her unique style of therapy at DrRachelAllyn.com. Send questions to Rachel@ DrRachelAllyn.com.
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