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Downtown is not a museum. Rather, it is organic, growing and changing with evolving cultures of business and society.

If there is one buyer of all these properties, then there may be a new and uncertain dynamic impacting the future of St. Paul.

The largest private property owner in downtown St. Paul has put 10 of its office buildings up for sale, raising deep questions about the future of some of the city’s most storied commercial buildings, including some 1800s-era Lowertown structures neighboring Mears Park. Some civic leaders have expressed optimism that new owners could bring fresh vision, overdue upkeep and investment. However, ...

All 10 properties, most of them downtown office buildings, are available together through brokerage CBRE.

Some see a silver lining in Madison Equities' exit from the downtown office sector.