Demolition of Big Top Liquors — at long last — paves way for redeveloping riot-scarred Midway
Teardown is the first step in a multi-million dollar "United Villages at Midway" project for the 32-acre site over the next decade.
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Teardown is the first step in a multi-million dollar "United Villages at Midway" project for the 32-acre site over the next decade.
The owner has plans to redevelop the site, but the city says it's currently a hazard.
Building permit signals new possible use for shuttered building that closed in 2019.
After riots, St. Paul's Midway works to turn blight to bright A 4-mile stretch of University Avenue in St. Paul has a slate of housing and retail projects aimed at recovery. January 16, 2021 — 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink: Four nights after George Floyd died in the custody of Minneapolis police, four men were caught on camera breaking into the Enterprise Rent-A-Car building in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood. They set it on fire. "It was a total loss," said building owner Paul Gonyea, founder of Gonyea Commercial Properties. "...