SHOREVIEW, MN-Shoreview Village Mall's owner hires Minneapolis artist Aldo Moroni to paint murals at the 20-year-old retail center and anchors it with a health food store, gift shop and pharmacy.

SHOREVIEW, MN-Shoreview Village Mall's owner hires Minneapolis artist Aldo Moroni to paint murals at the 20-year-old retail center and anchors it with a health food store, gift shop and pharmacy.

MINNEAPOLIS-The 364-store women's clothing retailer is able to self-fund expansion, which included 82 new stores for the fiscal year ended March 2, thanks to its hefty 19.5% operating margin.

MINNEAPOLIS-Greater Minneapolis Convention & Visitors Association officials say the new facility will enable the city to land more conventions. Meeting and ballroom space has been doubled to more than 1 million sf.

MINNEAPOLIS-Diane Bump, founder and principal of Diversified Commercial Brokers in Bloomington, MN, is named "Minnesota Commercial Realtor of the Year" by the Minnesota Association of Commercial Realtors.

BLOOMINGTON, MN-The 263-room Thunderbird Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in this Twin Cities suburb, is undergoing a major renovation. It reopens later this month under the Howard Johnson flag.

MINNEAPOLIS-Minneapolis/St. Paul prime office rents were up 0.4% to $26.85 per sf in the fourth quarter. It is one of 14 US markets to see an increase in rents, according to a Grubb & Ellis survey, while the other 18 US markets it surveys saw decreases.

ST. PAUL, MN-Plans are for up to a 19,000-sf, two-story retail and office building with underground parking. That means demolition for three buildings @Home Apartments bought for $2.2 million.