A previously proposed condo development near the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis's Uptown neighborhood is being re-imagined as the Track 29 Apartments.
Loren Brueggemann of the Minneapolis-based
Phoenix Development Co., which focuses on adaptive reuse projects, is working with the
RMF Group to form Bryant Apartments, LLC, on the Track 29 Apartments.
The proposal involves 198 market-rate apartments that will be split between a couple of interconnected four-story and six-story buildings, facing Bryant Avenue South and the Greenway, respectively, he says.
Earlier on the project called for 125 units total, divided between a couple of 27-unit townhomes and a 71-unit loft building, according to the blog,
Our Uptown. In the end, only one of the townhome complexes came to be, it states.
In February, the city's planning commission approved a conditional use
permit for the developers to switch gears, according to the blog.
The development will be "high in amenities," according to Brueggemann, who adds that it'll also have a concierge area on the ground floor, a workout facility, common areas, an outdoor zen garden, and a storage area for bikes.
In addition to the development's bike-friendly features, it'll offer an Hour Car-type rental vehicle service so "people don't necessarily need to own a car to use a car," he says.
The landscaping will incorporate numerous green elements. While the design is still being finalized and the cost is still being worked out, he asserts that "It's going to be elegant."
Next, the developers will be heading to the city's zoning and planning committee and then the City Council. Brueggemann says the goal is to start construction this fall.
Source: Loren Brueggemann, Phoenix Development Co.
Writer: Anna Pratt