A new Crunch Fitness in Highland Park won approval for a 210.7-square-foot illuminated sign. The decision helps clear the way for a major gym planned at the former Lunds & Byerlys site.

Plymouth homeowners are still facing higher tax bills, but a massive redevelopment could help slow the climb. The former Prudential campus is already gaining value as apartments, retail and offices take shape.

Your Boat Club sold its Smith’s Bay marina for $6.85 million to clear Wells Fargo debt. The company will keep running rentals at the Lake Minnetonka site.

Ten South Minneapolis townhomes are being designed around a startling promise: as little as $8 a month for heating, cooling and power. The all-electric Passive House project pairs ultra-low energy use with a community land trust model.

Minneapolis’ shuttered Star Tribune printing plant could become a 20-megawatt data center with housing or retail mixed in.

Pioneer Acquisitions will spend about $15M to add a hospitality lobby, Japanese lounge and simulator amenities at 100 Washington to boost leasing.

Golden Valley filed a missing‑middle study exploring duplexes, triplexes and townhomes as suburbs rethink zoning. Residents' concern and high construction costs mean change will likely be gradual.

Oakdale gave the Tanners Lake developer until July 28 to show financing or risk losing the deal. The deadline clouds plans for 126 apartments and 12 townhomes.

Costco paid $5.5M for the former TGI Friday’s lot on Riverdale Boulevard and will move its gas operation there, planning a 20‑pump island and roughly 128 extra parking spots.

A former Ecolab office tower at 386 Wabasha Street North is being converted into The Stella, adding roughly 174 apartments to downtown St. Paul with a complex financing stack.

A TREND‑backed crowdfund is offering North Minneapolis residents a chance to co‑own Hawthorn Crossings starting at $1,000, with a limited neighborhood matching grant. Organizers say the move is meant to keep capital and retail control on the North Side.

Monarch Development closed financing and crews have started site work on an 89‑unit, five‑story apartment at 931 Marshall St. NE, reviving a plan first approved in 2022.

A developer‑backed Black Business Village Experience will host a free Aug. 15 land‑launch in Brooklyn Center to raise funds for a planned 30,000‑sq‑ft event and business hub.