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McGuire Considering Purchasing Entire 24.5 Acre Midway Shopping Center
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: McGuire Considering Purchasing Entire 24.5 Acre Midway Shopping CenterFiftyFive.One has learned that Minnesota United principal owner Bill McGuire is considering purchasing the entire 24.5 acre Midway Center from current owner Rick Birdoff who is based out of New York. The sale of the property or part of the property could happen as early as Aug. 20. McGuire and his ownership group have needed…
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Minnesota United Midway Stadium Construction Finally Begins But Two Acres Remain to Be Purchased
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Midway Stadium Construction Finally Begins But Two Acres Remain to Be PurchasedAfter months of delays, an early access agreement has been struck and a permit for soil remediation and excavation for Minnesota United’s Midway stadium has finally been granted. Even though earthwork is set to begin next week, there are still delays in acquiring the two acres needed at the north end of the stadium. FiftyFive.One…
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St. Paul Port Authority Will Partner With Milwaukee-Based Irgens for Midway Center
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: St. Paul Port Authority Will Partner With Milwaukee-Based Irgens for Midway CenterThe St. Paul Port Authority voted on Tuesday to enter into a master lease agreement with both Minnesota United and Milwaukee-based commercial real estate developer Irgens to help redevelop the Midway Center into a transit-oriented mixed-use development. The redevelopment of the site, which has been talked about for years, may finally come to fruition with the…
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Minnesota United Soccer Stadium Meeting Reveals Signs of Progress
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Soccer Stadium Meeting Reveals Signs of ProgressSome very concrete plans were revealed for the first time at a recent City of St. Paul site plan meeting for the Midway soccer stadium. Demolition of the Rainbow Foods building is scheduled for mid-May with remediation of contaminated soil happening simultaneously. Actual construction could begin in September, when building permits are expected to be…
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Pride and Prejudice: A Minnesota United Stadium Story – Part II
Continue Reading: Pride and Prejudice: A Minnesota United Stadium Story – Part IIIn preparation for Minnesota United’s MLS announcement this coming Friday, FiftyFive.One is bringing you a three part series that originally appeared in its entirety in the 2015 year in review book of Minnesota United called the Complete Darkness. It’s published by FiftyFive.One’s parent company, Byline Press. There are still copies available which can be ordered…
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Pride and Prejudice: A Minnesota United Stadium Story
Continue Reading: Pride and Prejudice: A Minnesota United Stadium StoryMinnesota United’s struggle to build a stadium took them through plots and proposals that would have made Jane Austen’s head spin. In preparation for Minnesota United’s MLS announcement this coming Friday, FiftyFive.One is bringing you a three part series that originally appeared in its entirety in the 2015 year in review book of Minnesota United…
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Sources: Prime Therapeutics in Discussions with St. Paul’s Midway Center for Substantial Office Space
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Sources: Prime Therapeutics in Discussions with St. Paul’s Midway Center for Substantial Office SpaceFiftyFive.One has learned that the Midway Center ‘superblock’ is one of three locations in the running for building 400,000 to 700,000 square feet of office space for Prime Therapeutics Headquarters. The 34-acre superblock is where Minnesota United hope to build their new soccer stadium on the adjacent parcel of land known as the ‘bus barn’…
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How the Deal Got Done: A look at St. Paul’s Minnesota United Stadium Coup
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: How the Deal Got Done: A look at St. Paul’s Minnesota United Stadium CoupAt the beginning of 2015, Minneapolis looked a lock for Major League Soccer. Whether it would be in the ZygiDome or a Minnesota United stadium on the Farmer’s Market site, it was not going to St. Paul. Almost a year after MLS announced Minnesota United FC as a new franchise, Dr. Bill McGuire will be…
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Bill McGuire and RK Midway Preview Site Plan Ideas for Stadium and Midway Center
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Bill McGuire and RK Midway Preview Site Plan Ideas for Stadium and Midway CenterMembers of the City of St. Paul’s Snelling-Midway Community Advisory Council (CAC) were given a glimpse into the vision that developers have for the 34.5 acre Midway Center and bus barn site and that vision will create transformational change. Bill McGuire, owner of Minnesota United who are on track to enter Major League Soccer in…