Links from the past week: A recent article in Forbes tries to pin down the best housing market, these things change almost monthly but Minneapolis comes in at #4 on the list. Low foreclosures (compared to the rest of the country) rising prices in *some* areas and a good affordability index make it a good [...]
Bored With The Norm? Start A Quick Service Restaurant
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Get it animal style or flying dutchmen These are a just a few of the variations that the famous In N Out burger restaurant lets you order your burgers. The only catch is they are not on the menu. You have to know them in advance. If you are unfamiliar with the In N Out, [...]
Straight Up Housing Stats From 10K Research
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Parade Of Homes & Remodler’s Showcase Spring 2010
February 23, 2010 By 2 Comments
Back in action again is the Parade of Homes, Spring 2010 style. Interesting that they teamed up with the Remodlers Showcase this time around to market it. Probably not enough homes on tour given the current market to make it worthwhile to publish a book. Anyways, I marked out my favorites already and they are [...]
Plenty Of Vacant Commercial Retail Space In Rosemount
February 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
Rosemount has it’s fair share of vacant commercial properties along County Road 42, plenty of prime space available. Price per square foot is a little high for the current market, might be the time to make a move if you have that entrepreneurial spirit. That means not opening a nail salon, hair salon or any [...]
Extra Incentives For The New Burgundy Place Condos
February 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
Be one of the first to move in and score some deals while doing so. The Burgundy Place at the Gateway is a condo new development in Edina that just finished up and to this date might still be empty. Located at 4910 W 77th Street in Edina. There are some problems with the redevelopment [...]
Has The Commercial Real Estate Shoe Dropped?
February 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Waterford Commons In Rosemount Finally Getting Tenants?
February 13, 2010 By 1 Comment
Nothing ever looks good in real estate if you have a city (Rosemount) pull some eminent domain stunt that doesn’t pan out. I have to admit, I was getting worried that no tenant would ever fill in the bottom commercial space in Waterford Commons. Until the other day I was driving by and realized they [...]
A Look Back At 2009
February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Smashburger Fills Out The Former Ethan Allen Building In Eagan
February 6, 2010 By 3 Comments
Remember the former Ethan Allen building in Eagan off Yankee Doodle and Promenade? Neither do I seeing that I lived there for most of my life and never set foot in it. I still can’t believe that it made it that long, which was around for 10 plus years. I rarely saw any cars in [...]
