Places

Excelsior and Grand

ST LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA

St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a 45,000-population suburban municipality bordering Minneapolis, acquired strip commercial buildings that had seen better days. Also acquired were 17 single-family houses, with the intention of establishing a mixed-use center on the 16-acre site, situated between a major thoroughfare (Excelsior Boulevard) and a 30-acre municipal park.