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Current Planning & Development Activities

As CPED works to grow a sustainable city, we are involved in a wide variety of planning, zoning and development activities.

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The following maps include current development projects with actual or estimated construction costs over $1 million.

Major Citywide Development Projects (pdf)
Major Downtown Development Projects (pdf)

See Approved City Plans for completed development projects.

The following lists of current planning and development activities are organized by geographic sector. Click on a particular sector or scroll down.

Citywide & Multi-Sector Activities
Downtown Sector Activities
North Sector Activities
East Sector Activities
South Sector Activities
Southwest Sector Activities

Key: residential Residential non-residential Non-Residential mixed-use Mixed-Use planning Planning

Citywide & Multi-Sector Plans

Project NameNeighborhoodCompletedProject Type
Above the Falls Plan UpdateMulti-SectorUnderwayPlanningplanning
Bassett Creek ValleyBryn Mawr, HarrisonUnderwayRedevelopment Areaplanning
Midtown GreenwayMulti-SectorOngoingMulti 
RiverfrontMulti-SectorOngoingRedevelopment Areaplanning
South East Minneapolis Industrial (SEMI) / University Research Park (URP)Multi-SectorOngoingRedevelopment Areaplanning
Southwest TransitwayMulti-SectorUnderwayStudyplanning
Streetcar StudiesMulti-Sector2006-2010Studyplanning
Summer Youth Employment ProgramsMulti-SectorOngoingMulti 
Urban Agriculture Zoning Code Text AmendmentCitywideOngoingZoning Code Text Amendmentplanning

Downtown Sector Activities

Project NameNeighborhoodCompletedProject Type
Hennepin Avenue Theater DistrictDowntown WestOngoingNon-Residentialnon-residential
Heritage Street PlanNorth LoopOngoingPlanning, Preservation, Public Worksplanning
Nicollet Hotel BlockDowntown WestOngoingTBDnon-residential
Pantages TheaterDowntown WestTBDNon-Residentialresidential
Peavey PlazaDowntown WestUnderwayRevitalizationnon-residential
RiverfrontMulti-SectorOngoingRedevelopment Area. 
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts Downtown West2011Non-Residentialnon-residential
Summer Youth Employment ProgramsMulti-SectorOngoingMulti 

North Sector Activities

Project NameNeighborhoodCompletedProject Type
Coloplast CorporationNear North2010Non-Residentialnon-residential
Cottage ParkJordanUnderwayResidentialresidential
Delisi PropertyWillard-HayTBDMixed-usemixed-use
Heritage ParkNear North2009Residentialresidential
Humboldt GreenwayWebber-Camden, Lind-Bohanon, Shingle Creek2009Residentialresidential
Lowry Avenue Strategic Plan, Rezoning Study, and Comprehensive Plan ModificationsCleveland, Folwell, Hawthorne, Jordan, McKinleyUnderwaySmall Area Plan, Rezoning Studyplanning
RiverfrontMulti-SectorOngoingRedevelopment Areaplanning
Summer Youth Employment ProgramsMulti-SectorOngoingMulti 

East Sector Activities

Project NameNeighborhoodCompletedProject Type
Cedar Riverside / West Bank InitiativesCedar RiversideOngoingImplementationplanning
Hollywood TheaterAudubon ParkOngoingMixed-usemixed-use
Riverside PlazaCedar RiversideUnderwayResidentialresidential
Shoreham YardsAudubon, Columbia Park, Holland, Waite Park, Windom Park and Marshall TerraceOngoingNon-Residentialnon-residential
South East Minneapolis Industrial (SEMI) / University Research Park (URP)Multi-SectorOngoingRedevelopment Areaplanning
Stadium Village Station Area PlanProspect Park2012Small Area Planplanning
University District Zoning and Planning Regulatory ReviewCedar Riverside, Como, Marcy Holmes, Prospect Park, and University2010 UnderwaySmall Area Planplanning

South Sector Activities

Project NameNeighborhoodCompletedProject Type
Children’s Hospital ExpansionPhillips2011Non-Residentialnon-residential
Children’s Village (see Franklin-Portland Gateway)Phillips   
Franklin-Portland GatewayLongfellowUnderwayMixed-usemixed-use
Hiawatha LRT Neighborhood Station Area UnderwayRezoning Studyplanning
Hope Community (see Franklin-Portland Gateway)    
(The) Jourdain (see Franklin-Portland Gateway)    
Minneapolis Lifesciences CorridorElliot Park, Ventura Village, Phillips West, and Midtown PhillipsOngoingRedevelopment Areaplanning
Minnehaha Avenue Apartments (Vantage Flats)MinnehahaUnderwayResidentialresidential
(The) Wellstone (see Franklin-Portland Gateway)    

Southwest Sector Activities

Project NameNeighborhoodCompletedProject Type
Linden Hills Small Area PlanLinden HillsUnderwaySmall Area Planplanning
Nicollet Avenue Reconstruction UnderwayRoad Reconstructionplanning

Key: residential Residential non-residential Non-Residential mixed-use Mixed-Use planning Planning

Online information from the City of Minneapolis at www.MinneapolisMN.gov/cped

Last updated Feb. 12, 2013