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Created: July 14, 2021 06:43 PM With the Duluth School Board's Tuesday night sign-off on a purchase agreement, Saturday Properties is beginning to put together a master plan for the former Central High School site.  Saturday Properties is based in the Twin Cities. The firm is also redeveloping Historic Old Central High School downtown. According to Development Director Mark Laverty, they are planning mixed-use housing off of Central Entrance. He said staff will work with the Duluth School Board to find uses that best serve the community. The Central High School football field Kyle ...

'Unbelievable views': Duluth Central High to be sold for $7.4M Saturday Properties plans a mix of housing units on the 55-acre property.  July 14, 2021 — 3:05pm Text size Copy shortlink: DULUTH – The former Duluth Central High School, which last graduated a class in 2011, is finally set to be sold for $7.4 million, about half its original asking price from a decade ago. St. Louis Park's Saturday Properties, operating as Saturday Central Heights, entered into a purchasing agreement Tuesday for the front 55 acres of 800 E. Centra...

Duluth School Board approves sale of Central High School for $7.4 million Saturday Properties is purchasing Central High School, at 800 Central Entrance, to build mixed housing. Project manager Mark Laverty said final plans for the space are still being developed. 11:15 am, Jul. 14, 2021 × Central High School, located at 800 Central Entrance, has finally been sold, 10 years after the school closed for good. The high school building will be demolished for $2 million by the district. The secondary technical center, shown left of the track, will remain with the hope of r...

To date, the tax credits have been used to bring forward at least 10 other projects in Duluth. Heidi Swank, executive director of Rethos, a St. Paul-based nonprofit dedicated to the preservation and reuse of old buildings, said she had hoped for a longer extension but expressed thanks for the additional year lawmakers granted the program. If not for the focus on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Swank expressed confidence the credit program would have garnered enough support to gain a longer extension. "Our plan will be to really spend time with legislators over the interim, educating the...

The Historic Tax Credit in Minnesota is set to sunset on June 30th. Supporters say they want it included in the budget bill, to keep preservation projects going.