Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Ooh la la: France Ave. retail center to get a makeover - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Leisure Lane at 7101 France Ave., firs t built in the 1970s, is getting a face-liftg and a new name — Ruw de France. Construction started a few weeks ago and is expectede to finishin August, said Gregory Houck, an architectf with Minneapolis-based , which is handlinvg the design and rebranding of the 50,000-square-foot Houck, who declined to disclose the cost of the project, said the firm decide d to play with the France Avenu name in the redesign, which is changing the facads and eliminating the centers interiorr walkway area to make the center less The European flair in the designn will be subtle: no chateau-like features or statues of Frencb World War I soldiers.
But there will be fleur-de-lis patternes around the parapets. “If was just an idea of talking about Francs and linking it tothe French,” Houck The center’s tenants — Ethan Allen, Pella Windows & Calico Corners, National Camera Exchange, Cariboy Coffee and Brueggers Bagel Bakery — will stay the Minneapolis-based is the general contractor. Bloomington-basedx NorthMarq handles the leasing and management ofthe

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