MINNEAPOLIS-Once threatened by contraction, the team has another year under the dome. A settlement is expected to help clear the way for negotiations for a new ballpark, as well as a possible sale of the Twins.

EAGAN, MN-Mary Jo Copeland's $30-million, 200-bed Gift of Mary will consist of 20 5,000 sf houses and is being designed by Cuningham Group. She considered seven other suburbs, two of them turning her down.

PLYMOUTH, MN-The biotech company also plans to spend about $10 million in improving its 74,000-sf facility here. However, it reveals it has bought 29 acres in Brooklyn Park.

MINNEAPOLIS-About a half dozen sites in Near North neighborhood will benefit from the $200,000 brownfields pilot assessment grant. The program focuses on previously low-priority orphan sites.

MINNEAPOLIS-KKE Architects wins the other Principal's Award from the Twin Cities chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute. The school gets recognition for its architectural drafting and estimating program.

MINNEAPOLIS-Gov. Jesse Ventura's veto of a $24-million state appropriation for the 225,000-sf complex prompts Guthrie Theater officials to put construction plans on hold.

MINNEAPOLIS-The real estate and financial company says its earnings were $287,000 compared to a loss of $500,000 the year before. Realco aims to become a "profitable boutique investment banking and asset management firm.

ALBERT LEA, MN-The new 380,000-sf pork processing plant would replace one that burned down here a year ago. However, bondholders are calling in subordinated debt as an insurance claim is taking longer than expected to settle.