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Counterpoint: Yes, traffic will get worse, if we prioritize road projects this way
The County Board recently voted 5-2 (with Commissioner Mike Opat joining me in voting “no”) to proceed with the reconstruction of a portion of Washington Avenue at the north end of downtown. Traffic congestion on Washington near the intersection with Interstate 35W is particularly problematic — sometimes backing up traffic considerably.

There's a free building available in Minneapolis, but you have to take it somewhere else
The building sits square in the middle of where Alatus, a Twin Cities-based developer, wants to build a 40-story condo tower at 200 Central Av. SE. Though it was once the St. Anthony Commercial Club, the 1929 building is better known for housing a Washburn-McReavy funeral home.

When I Work will move from St. Paul to Mpls. North Loop this fall
The new digs in the North Loop will look out over the bright lights of Target Field. A former Ford Model T assembly plant, the 10-story brick Ford Center was built in 1913 and renovated in 2011. Its anchor tenants are HGA Architects and Engineers and the creative agency Olson.