Blogs: Development

Burnsville's newest smoothie shop opens Saturday, Aug. 1 with $3.99 smoothies all day, free swag, and a shot at a $150 gift card.

A developer wants 27 townhomes on a wooded parcel by LeMay Lake, and the neighbors showed up in force to say no.

A wind-tunnel testing campus with 200 high-tech jobs is coming to the old UMore Park land next to Meta, and Rosemount just said yes.

Lakeville is trying to get ahead of the data center boom — and the biggest 'campus' projects would be banned outright.

Your tax dollars are busy. Apple Valley is rebuilding two big parks, adding to the Community Center, and expanding its schools. Here's the whole list.

The Cedar Avenue Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh is becoming a Pump & Pantry, Minnesota's only store in a 21-store deal. Your Fuel Saver still works, and they're hiring July 27.

Burnsville's got a ton in the works, from a new Kwik Trip and a bigger Chick-fil-A to an entertainment venue and a wave of cannabis shops. Here's the whole list by status.

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.