Tom Anderson
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I love the floorplan content but after seeing that election post I have SO many follow up questions. It's like announcing "Danny DeVito is the tallest man I've ever met. I will not be taking any questions." And walking away from the mic
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I love the floorplan content but after seeing that election post I have SO many follow up questions. It's like announcing "Danny DeVito is the tallest man I've ever met. I will not be taking any questions." And walking away from the mic
Gotta make her stand and read her book report in front of the entire c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ assembled electorate
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Gotta make her stand and read her book report in front of the entire c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ assembled electorate
On (2): amenities are a pretty negligible cost driver.
It's a question of whether a dev wants to build $350k/unit with bare bones finishes and no amenities that need $1700/mo to pencil or build $355k/unit with "hyper-luxury" amenities and nice countertops that need $1710/mo to pencil. Easy choice
It's a question of whether a dev wants to build $350k/unit with bare bones finishes and no amenities that need $1700/mo to pencil or build $355k/unit with "hyper-luxury" amenities and nice countertops that need $1710/mo to pencil. Easy choice
September 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
On (2): amenities are a pretty negligible cost driver.
It's a question of whether a dev wants to build $350k/unit with bare bones finishes and no amenities that need $1700/mo to pencil or build $355k/unit with "hyper-luxury" amenities and nice countertops that need $1710/mo to pencil. Easy choice
It's a question of whether a dev wants to build $350k/unit with bare bones finishes and no amenities that need $1700/mo to pencil or build $355k/unit with "hyper-luxury" amenities and nice countertops that need $1710/mo to pencil. Easy choice
Also probably doesn't help to take the legs out from under a burgeoning $1T+ green industrial policy and start randomly imprisoning tourists and business travelers either.
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"Among those detained were South Korean employees on business travel....
"The raid could raise concerns for South Korean companies that are sending personnel to the US and hiring locally."
It comes weeks after Hyundai pledged $26 billion in US investments.
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"The raid could raise concerns for South Korean companies that are sending personnel to the US and hiring locally."
It comes weeks after Hyundai pledged $26 billion in US investments.
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Hundreds Arrested in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Site in Georgia
South Korea said it had expressed concerns to the U.S. about the raid and that it was trying to secure the release of its citizens.
www.wsj.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Also probably doesn't help to take the legs out from under a burgeoning $1T+ green industrial policy and start randomly imprisoning tourists and business travelers either.
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"One more gable can fix us"
September 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"One more gable can fix us"
Pair that long-term non-cyclical investment with a bunch of work for apprenticeship programs in partnership w/ local community colleges and trades and you've got a hell of a 1-2 punch.
Not sure on the market for 10,000+ 400k homes in MKE though, especially given where the vacant properties are.
Not sure on the market for 10,000+ 400k homes in MKE though, especially given where the vacant properties are.
September 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Pair that long-term non-cyclical investment with a bunch of work for apprenticeship programs in partnership w/ local community colleges and trades and you've got a hell of a 1-2 punch.
Not sure on the market for 10,000+ 400k homes in MKE though, especially given where the vacant properties are.
Not sure on the market for 10,000+ 400k homes in MKE though, especially given where the vacant properties are.
Love to do all my design exclusively in the Minesweeper color palette
August 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Love to do all my design exclusively in the Minesweeper color palette
That's brutal. Every time I'm frustrated with inadequate MSP bike policy and bike infrastructure, I remember how much worse it was when I lived in Milwaukee (and really most other places too). We've all got a long way to go.
August 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
That's brutal. Every time I'm frustrated with inadequate MSP bike policy and bike infrastructure, I remember how much worse it was when I lived in Milwaukee (and really most other places too). We've all got a long way to go.
Not a fan of design mandates, but I do kind of think anybody who puts Juliet balconies in single-aspect units without cross ventilation and opening onto busy arterials should lose their license and probably face significant jail time
August 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Not a fan of design mandates, but I do kind of think anybody who puts Juliet balconies in single-aspect units without cross ventilation and opening onto busy arterials should lose their license and probably face significant jail time
Being unable to come to a consensus on the question of "should we highlight the fact that our opponent is probably a pedophile and is definitely doing an obvious cover up?" is beyond failing the test. It's like getting your own name wrong on the first page of the SAT.
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Being unable to come to a consensus on the question of "should we highlight the fact that our opponent is probably a pedophile and is definitely doing an obvious cover up?" is beyond failing the test. It's like getting your own name wrong on the first page of the SAT.
Fwiw, coming from an affordable housing underwriter: I think that's fine. No site DT is going to displace some vulnerable community, and it really is important to keep DT alive. There's value there without any aff hsg.
Where it hurts is if (when 😞) arena subsidy cuts into other uses (like aff hsg)
Where it hurts is if (when 😞) arena subsidy cuts into other uses (like aff hsg)
July 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Fwiw, coming from an affordable housing underwriter: I think that's fine. No site DT is going to displace some vulnerable community, and it really is important to keep DT alive. There's value there without any aff hsg.
Where it hurts is if (when 😞) arena subsidy cuts into other uses (like aff hsg)
Where it hurts is if (when 😞) arena subsidy cuts into other uses (like aff hsg)
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Plus the giant floor plates of office buildings mean long, narrow units to reach from elevator to the exterior walls for windows. Which can be fine for 1br and studios, but you won't get any 2-4 br units which are the affordable unit types we need most.
Plus the giant floor plates of office buildings mean long, narrow units to reach from elevator to the exterior walls for windows. Which can be fine for 1br and studios, but you won't get any 2-4 br units which are the affordable unit types we need most.
July 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Plus the giant floor plates of office buildings mean long, narrow units to reach from elevator to the exterior walls for windows. Which can be fine for 1br and studios, but you won't get any 2-4 br units which are the affordable unit types we need most.
Plus the giant floor plates of office buildings mean long, narrow units to reach from elevator to the exterior walls for windows. Which can be fine for 1br and studios, but you won't get any 2-4 br units which are the affordable unit types we need most.
Affordable housing is generally not a good match for office to residential conversion IMO.
It's very expensive to convert, so even market rate usually needs subsidies to pencil and you'd get fewer affordable units/$ that way than building almost anything else almost anywhere else.
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It's very expensive to convert, so even market rate usually needs subsidies to pencil and you'd get fewer affordable units/$ that way than building almost anything else almost anywhere else.
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July 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Affordable housing is generally not a good match for office to residential conversion IMO.
It's very expensive to convert, so even market rate usually needs subsidies to pencil and you'd get fewer affordable units/$ that way than building almost anything else almost anywhere else.
1/2
It's very expensive to convert, so even market rate usually needs subsidies to pencil and you'd get fewer affordable units/$ that way than building almost anything else almost anywhere else.
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Limit driving in general*
July 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Limit driving in general*
I take light rail and want to limitso that's my priority.
My ideal world would remove the I-394 spur into downtown, freeing up multiple blocks to combine with the current arena footprint. Then fitting an arena + "Wolves/Twins district"and housing into the giant dick-shaped combined parcel.
My ideal world would remove the I-394 spur into downtown, freeing up multiple blocks to combine with the current arena footprint. Then fitting an arena + "Wolves/Twins district"and housing into the giant dick-shaped combined parcel.
July 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I take light rail and want to limitso that's my priority.
My ideal world would remove the I-394 spur into downtown, freeing up multiple blocks to combine with the current arena footprint. Then fitting an arena + "Wolves/Twins district"and housing into the giant dick-shaped combined parcel.
My ideal world would remove the I-394 spur into downtown, freeing up multiple blocks to combine with the current arena footprint. Then fitting an arena + "Wolves/Twins district"and housing into the giant dick-shaped combined parcel.
Not by itself and IDK how politically viable that would be.
I did see an article somewhere speculating about the warehouses just NE of the market btwn Border and Royalston. If they assembled enough parcels you could have room for an arena + entertainment, next to a new light rail stop.
I did see an article somewhere speculating about the warehouses just NE of the market btwn Border and Royalston. If they assembled enough parcels you could have room for an arena + entertainment, next to a new light rail stop.
July 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Not by itself and IDK how politically viable that would be.
I did see an article somewhere speculating about the warehouses just NE of the market btwn Border and Royalston. If they assembled enough parcels you could have room for an arena + entertainment, next to a new light rail stop.
I did see an article somewhere speculating about the warehouses just NE of the market btwn Border and Royalston. If they assembled enough parcels you could have room for an arena + entertainment, next to a new light rail stop.
Graco HQ in NE near Boom Island. Great area for mixed use development, but I don't like it for an arena.
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Graco's leaving Minneapolis, creating a huge riverfront redevelopment opportunity
The closure of the campus will free up 40 acres on the Mississippi Riverfront.
www.axios.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Graco HQ in NE near Boom Island. Great area for mixed use development, but I don't like it for an arena.
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Yep, no argument from me on that. Just saying I'm not sure a stadium makes that worse and even if it did it won't change the mind of those in power (especially if it's still Frey).
July 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Yep, no argument from me on that. Just saying I'm not sure a stadium makes that worse and even if it did it won't change the mind of those in power (especially if it's still Frey).
I'd add that "further cutting off the north side community" is probably not going to be a major concern for A-Lore or even City Hall.
Plus I'm not sure a stadium complex could do a better job of cutting off North than the existing ~12 lanes of I-94 and 6 lanes of Olson Memorial Hwy if it tried...
Plus I'm not sure a stadium complex could do a better job of cutting off North than the existing ~12 lanes of I-94 and 6 lanes of Olson Memorial Hwy if it tried...
July 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'd add that "further cutting off the north side community" is probably not going to be a major concern for A-Lore or even City Hall.
Plus I'm not sure a stadium complex could do a better job of cutting off North than the existing ~12 lanes of I-94 and 6 lanes of Olson Memorial Hwy if it tried...
Plus I'm not sure a stadium complex could do a better job of cutting off North than the existing ~12 lanes of I-94 and 6 lanes of Olson Memorial Hwy if it tried...
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I think the City Center option is intriguing.
But the short answer to your Q is that whatever the future site is probably has a relatively tall (and recently empty) office building on it right now. Lots of ghost towers in the skyline that have lost >90% of their value
I think the City Center option is intriguing.
But the short answer to your Q is that whatever the future site is probably has a relatively tall (and recently empty) office building on it right now. Lots of ghost towers in the skyline that have lost >90% of their value
July 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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I think the City Center option is intriguing.
But the short answer to your Q is that whatever the future site is probably has a relatively tall (and recently empty) office building on it right now. Lots of ghost towers in the skyline that have lost >90% of their value
I think the City Center option is intriguing.
But the short answer to your Q is that whatever the future site is probably has a relatively tall (and recently empty) office building on it right now. Lots of ghost towers in the skyline that have lost >90% of their value
Agree that the buyout is a non-factor, but:
MPLS might not be quite as desperate as SP, but with empty office towers and dntwn property values cratering there'll be plenty of support at City hall for a new stadium package.
I think being more desirable than SP and almost as desperate keeps em here
MPLS might not be quite as desperate as SP, but with empty office towers and dntwn property values cratering there'll be plenty of support at City hall for a new stadium package.
I think being more desirable than SP and almost as desperate keeps em here
July 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Agree that the buyout is a non-factor, but:
MPLS might not be quite as desperate as SP, but with empty office towers and dntwn property values cratering there'll be plenty of support at City hall for a new stadium package.
I think being more desirable than SP and almost as desperate keeps em here
MPLS might not be quite as desperate as SP, but with empty office towers and dntwn property values cratering there'll be plenty of support at City hall for a new stadium package.
I think being more desirable than SP and almost as desperate keeps em here
We've found our common ground here 🤝
July 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We've found our common ground here 🤝
I doubt the NYT ed board agrees with Rufo that trans ppl should be cynically used as a wedge to drive cultural reaction on all fronts until we become an isolationist, Jim Crow Christian society of patriarchs and trad wives.
But also, like, what would they be doing differently if they DID agree? 🤷♂️
But also, like, what would they be doing differently if they DID agree? 🤷♂️
July 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I doubt the NYT ed board agrees with Rufo that trans ppl should be cynically used as a wedge to drive cultural reaction on all fronts until we become an isolationist, Jim Crow Christian society of patriarchs and trad wives.
But also, like, what would they be doing differently if they DID agree? 🤷♂️
But also, like, what would they be doing differently if they DID agree? 🤷♂️
NYT et al* , damnit
July 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NYT et al* , damnit