Category Archives: Minneapolis

L.A. Fitness scouting for downtown Minneapolis location

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

According to Sam Black of the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, L.A. Fitness wants to open a gym in downtown Minneapolis.  The company’s site search has included skyway-connected buildings along Marquette Avenue and Nicollet Mall, according to multiple real … Continue reading →

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FreeStyle Yogurt Open on Lyndale Avenue

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

SouthwestMinneapolisPatch.com reports that FreeStyle Yogurt is the newest addition to the 5300 block of Lyndale Avenue. With other locations in St. Paul, Roseville and Hudson, WI, FreeStyle boasts that it can offer a healthier alternative for locals with a sweet … Continue reading →

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Tom Reid purchases namesake St. Paul hockey pub

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

According to the Pioneer Press, former North Stars hockey player Tom Reid has purchased the downtown St. Paul building that’s been the longtime home to his bar, Tom Reid’s Hockey City Pub. Reid and his business partner, Robert Keifer, finalized … Continue reading →

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FLOR Carpet Store Opens on Lake Street

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

The Southwest Journal reports that FLOR, a national company that sells carpet squares, is opening at 1426 W. Lake St. with a grand opening event in late May. Customers can assemble the 50-centimeter carpet squares to create custom rugs, runners … Continue reading →

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New sports bar opening next to Deja Vu in Downtown Minneapolis

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

The Journal reports that a new sports bar called The Office has been proposed for a vacant space in the Deja Vu building near 3rd & Hennepin. A representative of the group planning the new bar briefed the North Loop … Continue reading →

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Crooked Pint coming to Lyndale

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

According to The Southwest Journal, the vacant gas station at 40th & Lyndale could transform this fall into the Crooked Pint Ale House.  Owner Paul Dzubnar, who also owns Green Mill and a stake in Town Hall Brewery, said he’s … Continue reading →

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Property manager’s career parallels United Properties’ rise

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Julie Hughes made a name in the male-dominated field of commercial real estate. As a wide-eyed Wisconsin farm girl, Julie Hughes came to the big city in the early 1970s and worked a series of jobs before she had an … Continue reading →

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At Life Time, out with ellipticals, in with jungle gyms.

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Fitness clubs prize themselves on having the latest equipment. At Life Time Fitness Inc., the “latest” means a two-story scaffold affectionately referred to as a prison-guard tower. The New York Times reports that Chanhassen-based Life Time, like several major fitness … Continue reading →

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Dinkytown’s first grocery: Imported from Wisconsin?

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

According to the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, a Wisconsin-based grocery store is in talks with a developer to open its first full-service market in the Minneapolis’ Dinkytown neighborhood. Jeff Maurer, a Twin Cities native who now runs Fresh … Continue reading →

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Surly closes on purchase of Minneapolis site for planned brewery

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Surly Brewing Co. closed Monday on the purchase of a Minneapolis site where it plans to build a $20 million brewery. The 8.3-acre site is located at the northeast corner of Malcolm Avenue and Fifth Street, straddling the Minneapolis-St. Paul … Continue reading →

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