MINNEAPOLIS-CSM will have the franchise rights for the extended stay corporate housing division of Marriott for the Twin Cities area.

ST. PAUL-The city has lost out on a variety of conventions because it doesn't have a large enough hotel or enough rooms, according to preliminary studies.

ST. PAUL-The North Oaks real estate developer says the council is more cooperative and accountable, but says he doesn't have time for the job.

MINNEAPOLIS-"Apartments are still the darling of investors," says a Colliers Turley Martin Tucker report, with cap rates for newer projects in the low 7% range.

MINNEAPOLIS-Safe Harbor Properties Exchange will be a conduit for 1031 Exchanges and tenancy-in-common investment opportunities.

MINNEAPOLIS-Some 1,180 units were added as four major developments opened and four others underwent major expansions, according to a CTMT report.

BROOKLYN CENTER, MN-The closing in suburban Minneapolis is one of 19 superstores to be closed around the country.

SAVAGE, MN-The deal with Chief, a projector and flat-panel display maker, will fill out the 132,000-sf office and warehouse project.