Housing

Redeveloping the Hollywood Theater might look like a better prospect to developers in the future, if a city staff proposal goes forward. The idea is to add two other pieces of property to the project the house next door and the empty lot across the street. MORE »

The 2900 block of Dupont Avenue North is full of holes. Two vacant lots on one side of the street face two more vacant lots. These newly empty expanses abut old homes like the spaces left between teeth after multiple extractions. “When I look out my window, I can see all the way down the street now,” says Dupont Avenue resident Jeff Larson. “I haven’t been able to do that in more than 30 years living here.” MORE »

Walk around the 184-unit Glendale Townhome complex and you probably would not guess it needed an $11 million upgrade (that’s $59,000 per unit). The units don’t look that rundown. MORE »

According to the Hennepin County Sherriff’s Office, the number of foreclosed properties during 2007 in Minneapolis was 2,895. From January through May of this year, 1,353 homes were foreclosed. Communities in the North Minneapolis area have been hit especially hard by the foreclosure crisis. MORE »