United Properties Submits New Design for 30 Story (At Least) Nicollet Mall Tower
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 6:23AM
United Properties and partner Greystar submitted a new design yesterday for a mixed-use project on the city-owned site in downtown Minneapolis known as the Nicollet Hotel Block.
The project is on the agenda of the City Council's Community Development and Regulatory Services committee scheduled to meet Jan. 5:
- Purchase price: $10.4 million.
- A mixed use tower with at least 30 stories to include a hotel, residential, commercial and/or office uses with a façade, a portion of which includes a mullion pattern reflecting the topography of the Mississippi River.
- Active street-level retail space.
- All parking shall be underground.
- A design to accommodate a skyway crossing Third Street South to connect the Tower to the Hennepin County Central Library (the “Third Street Skyway Bridge”).
- A public plaza including a staircase connecting the plaza to the skyway level and lobby, interactive feature, sidewalk café seating, and an activated year round common space.
- Public artwork in the plaza area mutually acceptable to the City and Developer.
- LEED certification or equivalent for building shell and core and incorporation
of sustainable design features.
