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Grandbridge closes two multi-family loans in Twin Cities area

August 26, 2010 Tony Carlson, Dick Riley and Dave Rasmussen in the Minneapolis office of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital recently originated and closed two first mortgage multi-family loans totaling more than $4.7 million for first-time Grandbridge clients. Secured by 108 market rate apartment units, both refinance transactions were funded through a Fannie Mae Small Loan Program lender. Read more...

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CBRE arranges $26.8M acquisition financing for apartment property

August 24, 2010 CB Richard Ellis’ Chicago Capital Markets Debt & Equity Finance group secured a long-term fixed-rate first mortgage totaling $26.8 million to finance the acquisition of Valley Creek Apartments, located at 1707 Century Circle, Woodbury, Minn. Read more...

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Bucking the retail odds in Minnesota

August 24, 2010 New retail development is nearly at a standstill throughout most of Minnesota. St. Paul-based Paster Enterprises, though, is bucking this trend. Read more...

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CorTrust Bank to join Commerce Hill Development in Minnesota

August 23, 2010 Minneapolis-based JMW Development, LLC this summer announced that CorTrust Bank has signed to join the 40-acre Commerce Hill development in Woodbury, Minn. Located on Woodbury Drive between Commerce Drive and Tamarack Road, Commerce Hill will be anchored by a 177,000-square-foot SuperTarget. Read more...

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Marcus & Millichap handles sale of former steakhouse in Minnesota

August 20, 2010 Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services recently facilitated the sale of the former Timberlodge Steakhouse in Maple Grove, Minn. The 8,686-square-foot asset commanded a sales price of $2.8 million, corresponding to more than $328 a square foot. Read more...

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Minneapolis’ Kraus-Anderson helps rebuild Minnesota school devastated by tornado

August 20, 2010 Minneapolis-based Kraus-Anderson Construction Company has been selected by the Wadena-Deer Creek School District in Wadena, Minn., to rebuild the high school that was destroyed by a tornado on June 17, 2010. Funding for the reconstruction will be approximately $30 million. Read more...

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Minneapolis-based FICO: Credit scores reaching new lows

August 10, 2010 If you work in the commercial real estate business you know just how frustratingly slow this economic recovery is. In fact, it doesn't feel like a recovery at all. Read more...

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Marcus & Millichap arranges sale of 24-unit multi-family property in Minnesota

August 04, 2010 Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services recently arranged the sale of the Garden Lane Apartments, a 24-unit multi-family community in Shakopee, Minn. The sales price of $1.4 million represents $60,521 per unit. Read more...

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Cushman report: Office vacancies on the rise in Twin Cities

August 04, 2010 Cushman & Wakefield's midyear 2010 statistics show that the Minneapolis/St. Paul CBD office vacancy rate rose to 19.5 percent. That's above the national average of 14.8 percent and up from 19.3 percent at the end of the previous quarter. Read more...

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Kraus-Anderson to build large solar panel plant in Minnesota

August 04, 2010 Bemidji, Minn.-based Kraus-Anderson Construction Company will soon begin construction on a 25,000-square-foot photovoltaic solar panel plant for Mountain Iron Economic Development Authority in Mountain Iron, Minn. The $3.6 million project also includes solar panel equipment. Read more...

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