'Iconic' tower proposed for northeast Minneapolis

August 18, 2015 at 3:34PM
Proposed 28-story mixed use building with 6,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space fronting along Hennepin Avenue E and 260 dwelling units, 333 Hennepin Av. ] Credit Cuningham Group
Proposed 28-story mixed use building with 6,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space fronting along Hennepin Avenue E and 260 dwelling units, 333 Hennepin Av. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The latest plans for a 28-story apartment tower in northeast Minneapolis will be presented Tuesday night for the third and final meeting of a Nicollet Island-East Bank Neighborhood Association task force. Mortenson, which is developing the site in cooperation with U.S. Bank, will also seek feedback from the Minneapolis City Council's Committee of the Whole on Thursday.

Renderings by the Cuningham Group for what's being called 333 Hennepin show a glass-and-metal 22-story apartment tower that will sit atop a wider six-story base with more apartments, parking, retail and resident amenities.

Several large sections of glass will wrap the corner of the building and "reflect the movement of the nearby river and iconic feel of a grain elevator," according to the developer. The site currently has a U.S. Bank branch.

Here are more renderings of the project.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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