Recent content from Jim Buchta
A dozen years in the making, North Loop Green could be model for declining downtowns
With its combination of apartments, offices and retail, the project from Houston-based developer Hines connects a vibrant North Loop with the struggling Central Business District via the complicated Warehouse District.
More listings — and slightly higher prices — for Twin Cities home buyers this summer
A midyear real estate report shows it's still a seller's market, but that's changing.
One sector of Twin Cities commercial real estate that's not sputtering: Industrial
The segment, which includes warehouses and distribution centers, has seen a decline in construction and rapidly rising rents despite high demand.
Apartment construction in the Twin Cities ground to a halt during June
Home building increased at a double-digit pace despite higher mortgage rates.
Some home buyers are beating high interest rates with 1980s-style assumable mortgages
"It was like winning the lottery," said a Twin Cities buyer who assumed a 2.25% mortgage rate that saves her $700 a month
Homebuyers gained a slight edge in May, but the Twin Cities remains a seller's market
There's still pent-up demand across much of the metro, so prices posted another healthy increase.
Sold: Blue Cross and Blue Shield headquarters in Eagan
The insurer will continue leasing the pair of office buildings.
Urban office flight? Some firms leave suburbs for downtown Mpls.
While these moves are barely making a dent in the millions of square feet of vacant office space downtown in the hybrid work era, these companies are, in at least a small way, helping repopulate the skyways, parking garages and restaurants that have eked their way through the pandemic.
Lender retakes control of Capella Tower in downtown Minneapolis
Shorenstein Properties had attempted to sell the office building but failed to find a buyer willing to pay the desired price.
Days at office aren't fueling downtown Minneapolis' recovery. Nights out are.
Cellphone activity data shows a pandemic comeback is happening in fits and starts — and mostly at night — as entertainment draws crowds formerly issuing from work.