What to do with the Kmart site? Minneapolis wants your ideas

The Metropolis of Minneapolis desires the general public’s concepts on the way it will redevelop the previous website of Kmart at Nicollet Avenue and Lake Avenue.

The Minneapolis Metropolis Council authorized a framework for future plans of the positioning, which spans round 10 acres, late final 12 months.

The venture will join Nicollet Avenue south of Lake avenue and north of the Midtown Greenway, reestablishing a avenue grid after many years during which Nicollet Avenue was minimize off by the shop.

The town purchased the shop in March 2020, and had been planning on pulling it down that 12 months till the riots of that summer time noticed it pressured into motion as a short lived put up workplace. Demolition is now scheduled to begin this fall.

The redevelopment venture will “reconnect neighborhoods, reestablish the road grid and set the stage for brand spanking new growth on land at the moment residence to single-story retail buildings and floor parking tons,” the town says.

As a way to collect public suggestions for the venture, the town has opened a survey by Nov. 30.

The survey asks residents about how they at the moment get to the world, for what causes, and what their future objectives for the world. 

Residents may take part in a “Stroll Bike Roll Audit” at Lake Avenue and Blaisdell Avenue on Oct. 6. to tour the world and ask metropolis workers and representatives from Our Streets Minneapolis questions.