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Posts in Category: On the METRO

Nearly $25 billion in development permitted, planned near high-frequency transit in region

| Feb. 9, 2022

A nonprofit developer seeking a site to build affordable apartments for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities knew they’d struck gold, as in the future METRO Gold Line, when the city of Oakdale pointed them to a location at one [...]

METRO Green Line On the METRO St. Paul Transit Police

New Green Line housing development offers more than a place to stay

Posted by Laura Baenen | Dec. 12, 2019

A new supportive housing development with a focus on American Indian youth is now open near the METRO Green Line’s Victoria Street Station, a development that could help Metro Transit police build stronger bonds with young people they encounter. [...]

Northstar On the METRO

Several Northstar stations attracting more development

| Aug. 15, 2019

Construction continues near the Northstar Commuter Rail Line’s Coon Rapids/Riverdale Station, where Minneapolis-based Sherman Associates is building a 180 market-rate apartment project called Lyra, and a 71 affordable apartment project called [...]

Minneapolis On the METRO

Developers see future with more people, less parking

Posted by Drew Kerr | May 21, 2019

New residential and commercial buildings can increasingly come with little to no parking, developers and city officials said at a forum hosted by Metro Transit’s Transit Oriented Development Office. “Part of the issue is does the public want it [...]

Community METRO Green Line On the METRO

Model Cities creates a new model near Victoria Street Station

Posted by Drew Kerr | June 7, 2018

Desean Isaac was among the first to move in when Model Cities opened the doors to its new mixed-use building in late 2017. One of the main appeals: The Green Line’s Victoria Street Station is just steps from the building’s door, allowing Isaac to [...]

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