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Tag: Real estate

Mayor: St. Paul Macy’s building sale falls apart

Curtis Gilbert January 3, 2014, 12:15 PM Jan 3, 2014

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman says a deal to redevelop the downtown St. Paul Macy’s building has fallen apart. In an interview Friday morning, Coleman blamed what he sees as the company’s overly ambitious time table for closing the sale. “The challenge has been Macy’s has given a very compressed window for anybody that wants Read more →

Twin Cities realtor ad spoof goes viral

Curtis Gilbert December 17, 2013, 11:08 AM Dec 17, 2013

If you walked by this Minneapolis bus stop a couple months ago, you might not have noticed something amiss — unless Lynn Morgan’s 5 o’clock shadow caught your eye. The spoof was part of a series by Phil Jones, an artist who found an amusing muse in the advertisements real estate agents place on benches. Read more →