Here's the article:

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/128088343.html

Here's the scoop. CM Goodman loves it. Going to Zoning & Planning but won't go
in front of the neighborhood until next month. I'll keep you up posted on the
meeting if at all interested. In the mean time, please give opinions or
predictions.

Peace,
Brad Conley

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My dear ex husband the crabby man lives on the same block as this monstrosity.
Does anyone have a clue when the development firm breaks ground.

When we first got married we lived through two different developments being
built right next door to us. We both worked weekends, evenings or overnights
and spent the entire stretch of the project sleep deprived.

I understand more retiring boomers want condos, but how many more condo
buildings can Loring take?

Hi,

The Council just approved the zoning change and the site plan on the 13th. It's
going to be a while before any groundbreaking takes place. I would also like to
see a the Council reconsider the vote, especially since the neighborhood got
zero opportunity to present it's stance to any CMs in a formal setting besides
Schiff who sits on the Planning Commission and loves the project so it
certainly fell on deaf ears. Our own CM is pro-development so it also did no
good there. I like to think it's not over yet.

Loring Park cannot take more of this. Physically the neighborhood is not
designed for this type of development in many ways but really its the
infrastructure that will break. We are at a tipping point in that the historic
character will be lost to towers simply because the City Council wants them to
"increase tax base". You need to stabilize your tax base before can increase
it. Fix the issues like crime and low property values (etc) and then move
forward with your fancy ideas.

Get real.

Peace,
Brad

Yeah weren't they supposed to start ground breaking in March not February?

It makes my skin crawl knowing my ex husband is going to be sleeping through
the day during the construction and he's lived there for years.

What bothers me is this construction will go on for over a year and there is a
school next door.

Kids make tons of noise, its their biological design. But they can't
concentrate on learning with all that racket going on within 20 yards from
their classroom. Will there be a 36 level condo tower built next to a school
in SW Minneapolis? Nope but the demographics are clearly different.

Seriously how many more parking lots could the city tear up, and how many
"zoning changes" will it require.

Normally I am pretty efficient looking up property information on the hennepin
website, but this zoning stuff could require a trip down to the hennepin county
government center. Which I must log some time at this week anyhow.

And while Loring pond is artificial, the terrain is really a swamp with a hill
which is Loring Heights.

>From my experience watching crap housing built on swamp in Minnetonka(our
first house was a perfect example) why aren't these towers being built in
Loring Heights?

I'd really like to see how these towers stand up to time. I know the 10 Grant
and Loring Green has had some serious issues because the site wasn't meant to
support towers.

Just my two thoughts, and a third rant in support of my very crabby ex.

As of now they are conducting soil samples, not drilling for construction. Who
knows what samples will offer in the way of water levels and soil content. The
question of stability was brought up by Commissioner Cohen at the Planning
Commission meeting. (Coincidently CM Schiff voted against the Linden Hills
project because it was out of character, which doesn't apply to Loring Park I
guess.)

Loring Pond is not "artificial" in the greater sense of things. At one point it
was fed by two underground streams that always kept the water fresh and warm
and the pond never froze. These sources were cut off to make room for sewer
lines. The pond now needs to be replenished as it was this past summer when 17
million gallons of water were offered to our suffering park.

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