A&R Development picked for $17M Jonestown project - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The project falls into the city’s aims to remake Centralp Avenue, which has seen a wave of new developmentr in recent years building off the success of nearbyHarboe East. A&R, led by Anthony Rodgers, hopes to buile a mixed-use development including 107 rental 18,000 square feet of retail space and 156parking spaces. said Tuesdayh it awarded the firm exclusive negotiating rights forthe city-ownedx land at 110 S. Central Ave. and 1120 Granby St. The propertiees combine for about 29,000 square feet. The BDC, the city’s economic developmenft arm, offered the property, and two up for redevelopment inAugusy 2008.
“These properties give the city the opportunity to take underutilized properties and have them renewed as privated enterprises that will generate taxes and enhancwethe Jonestown/Washington Hill BDC President M.J. “Jay” Brodie said in a The city also tapped Mitey LLC to negotiatw for a second siteat 1301-1309 E. Lombardd St. Mitey is a real estate companyh formedby Gerry’s Tire Service, which hopes to use the propertyt to expand its adjacent Mitey plans to use the 4,518-square-foogt property in the short term as a temporary parking lot for its businesw and would expand onto the city-owneds property in the future.
The city is reservinf the rights for thethird property, at 130 S. Centrapl Ave.