A Common Thread: Revitalization of the Delmar Grain Elevator Site

Over the past decade, this part of the city has been subject to close scrutiny from the planning and design communities in Minneapolis

Arising from this scrutiny have been many proposals intended to improve the area and bring it into the fabric of the city. The University has proposed and begun the construction of a new biomedical research campus. The Metropolitan Council has begun construction on the Central Corridor LRT. The City of Minneapolis has commissioned the SEMI Master Plan, which proposes wetland remediation and a Grand Rounds connection over the railyards that define the northern edge of the site. Numerous studies at the University have grappled with potential reuses of the grain elevators on the site.

What is missing from these proposals is an all-encompassing vision - something that ties together the disparate proposals for this site into a meaningful whole.

Ultimately, the individual proposals are only as good as they relate to one another and build upon mutual strengths. The aim of this project is to leverage the strengths of the existing proposals for this area into a cohesive vision for its future