[Mpls] Finally: Downtown gets groceries.

[David Brauer]

Terrell notes: 
> Strib: "Lunds announced plans to open two stores in 2006, one in the
> spring at 313 Central Av. SE in the larger Eastgate development and the
> other in the fall at 1201 Hennepin Av. S. in Loring Park. Lunds plans a
> 15,000- to 18,000-square-foot store at the first site and a
> 12,000-square-foot store at the second one, down from the traditional
> 20,000-square-foot store."
> 
> http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5110046.html
> 
> Comment:  Only 2 more years and I'll be walking to the grocery store
> again.

Two notes:

1. The grocery stores are unsubsidized - a sure sign of economic progress
(since discussions even a few years ago were about how big a subsidy would
be needed on the Downtown side).

2. Self-serving but I'd like her to get some recognition: reporter Sarah
McKenzie broke this story last week in Skyway News:
http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2004/11/22/news/news01.txt

David Brauer
Editor, Skyway News
Kingfield