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Posts in Category: On the METRO

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 [...]

Community METRO Green Line On the METRO

At Hamline Station, a welcome combination of affordable housing and transit

| May 16, 2016

ReJeana Hill was waiting for a METRO Green Line train at Hamline Avenue Station when she spotted a newly-planted sign on the vacant lot across University Avenue. Apartments coming soon, it said. Eager to find an affordable place with more room [...]

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