MINNEAPOLIS-A pricetag that soared to more than $40 million and lack of a benefactor prompts the decision to let backers of three other amphitheater proposals run the race to erect the first such structure in the Twin Cities.

MINNEAPOLIS-The food retailer and distributor has recently remodeled 90% of its 119-store chain in Illinois, Wisconsin and South Dakota in addition to Minnesota. It recently bought a store in Sioux Falls, SD.

MINNEAPOLIS-The university saved $125,000 through central planning for preventive maintenance work. The software also provides "dramatic improvements in our business processes," according to a school official.

ST. PAUL, MN-One of the nation's largest wholesalers pays $8 million for the 392,000-sf plant on Shepherd Road. Montreal-based Quebecor had excess capacity after its $1.4-billion acquisition of Color World.

MINNEAPOLIS-The architecture firm's 12th office is part of a global strategy. Ellerbe Becket presently has 800 employees.

MINNETONKA, MN-The 167-room hotel in what the hotel chain considers an underserved market will be connected to a major business park under development as well as an underground railway providing service to Oslo.

MINNEAPOLIS-The two chambers once fought over the Mall of America, which city officials feared would severely hurt its downtown retail sector. Now, both sides say they have mutual interests in the state legislature.

MINNEAPOLIS-With the first collaboration in a