Brian Johnson

Some industry voices are optimistic the new leadership at the state and national level will bode well for the construction industry, while others fear a potential roll-back of investments in things like clean energy.

HJ Development’s plan to bring a high-end grocery store and other uses to a difficult-to-develop site in Blaine is still in play, but only if the developer can make it happen without apartments or a change in the city’s comprehensive plan.

An emerging developer who wants to bring commercial space and 87 units of affordable housing to St. Paul is among the winners in the latest round of Livable Communities Act grant funding from the Metropolitan Council.

Construction could begin as soon the first quarter of next year on a rarity in the metro area — an affordable housing project that doesn’t require significant public investment.

Twin Cities residential construction activity was up across the board in October as single-family homebuilding bounced back from a brief setback in September and planned multifamily units increased for the first time in nearly a year.

A $71M project that’s bringing 160 new affordable dwellings to the Bottineau neighborhood of Minneapolis is nearly fully occupied, a milestone reached about five months after the project’s completion, according to the project’s developer.

Champlin-based States Manufacturing wants to build out and occupy half of the space in a new 1 million-square-foot industrial building in Dayton, an investment that’s expected to bring hundreds of well-playing jobs to the city.

CBRE is on board as the leasing partner for the first phase of a project that will bring new research and development spaces to the eastern edge of the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus.

Cincinnati-based GBBN is a relative newcomer to the Twin Cities, but the architecture firm hopes to expand its footprint in the area with help from experienced leadership and tools such as augmented reality.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released designs for planned improvements to Robert Street in St. Paul.