Development Blogs

Coffee and burritos, minus the parking lot. Lakeville is adding two 7 Brew drive-thrus and a second Chipotle with a Chipotlane. Here's where they're going.

Burnsville said yes to Big Hits at the Gateway, a big driving-range-and-pickleball complex. But it's built on an old dump, the state is suing over the cleanup, and no ground has broken. Here's the real status.

A 160-acre chunk of Rosemount farmland could turn into one of the biggest industrial parks in the south metro — up to 2.8 million square feet of it.

A homegrown Minnesota strength-and-boxing gym wants to open in Apple Valley. Here's what Los Campeones is really about, and when the city votes.

Apple Valley's turning into a play-and-eat hub — pickleball, an indoor-outdoor game spot, a new Moe's, and more. Here's what's building, approved, and just opened.

No more hauling old paint and batteries across the county — Lakeville's getting its own household hazardous waste drop-off, and construction's already started.

Lakeville just greenlit a wave of new spots — coffee, tacos, a pet clinic, two cannabis shops, and a 215,000-square-foot power company HQ. Here's the whole list.

Apple Valley wants its rebuilt Community Center to earn five times what it does now, and just hired a firm to figure out how.

Hastings might be about to hit the brakes on data centers while the city figures out what they'd actually mean for us.

Over 100 signatures, a packed room, and a unanimous no — the Tower Street apartment fight was the big story of the night.