ST. LOUIS PARK, MN-Called Excelsior & Grand, the project will consist of 625 rental housing units, 35 condominiums, 77,000 sf of retail space and 45,000 sf of office space, creating a Downtown in a suburb where none existed.

TOPEKA, KS-The first building will house a First Union bank branch, which will take 8,685 sf under a seven-year lease, while a second building just west of Westridge Mall is expected to be built later.

DULUTH, MN-Bill Bennett, a 21-year veteran of the firm, succeeds Harvey Harvala as

ST. PAUL, MN-Ten of the deals are in Minnesota,

SILVER BAY, MN-The plant could help revive the economy of Minnesota's Iron Range by turning taconite into pure iron nuggets and selling them to steel mills. The state's 21st Century Minerals Fund is expected to invest $50 million.

MINNEAPOLIS-The project involves three historic

SAVAGE, MN-The Savage Life Time Fitness Recreation and Aquatics Center will be the 13th in Minnesota for Life Time and 26th overall. It will include the largest outdoor pool currently operated by the Eden Prairie, MN-based company.

BLOOMINGTON, MN-Shefali Gori has worked for Trammell Crow, as well as several Twin Cities architectural firms. She joins construction management division as a space planner in the design group.