MINNEAPOLIS-Rising land costs, which already account for about 25% of a single-family home's price, is leading to higher-density multifamily housing, says this year's president of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities.

ST. PAUL, MN-The city also will convert a $3-million loan into a grant after tax increment financing money shrinks. The $170-million mixed-use development is adding 600 housing units to the city's riverfront.

ST. PAUL, MN-The Jackson Village project, developed by RS Eden and the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, advances research improving energy efficiency and the health of the living environments for multifamily housing.

ST. PAUL, MN-Reshaping it into a bobblehead of Gov. Jesse Venture or Prince are among the suggestions for the vacant building on the Mississippi River near the $170-million Upper Landing urban village project.

MINNEAPOLIS-The firm will light the major buildings by connecting them to an optical fiber ring, which will also provide off-site data storage for the tenants there. Funding is obtained in spite of a tough equity market for those in the industry.

MINNEAPOLIS-Led by architecture and design firm Bauknight Associates, four Twin Cities firms are working on the improvements, which focus on the church's 80-plus-year-old sanctuary. Financing was done through a capital campaign.

EDINA, MN-The stores provide fresh meal pick-up or delivery service to homes in their areas. Out of 90 locations in four states, 10 of them are in Minnesota, with an 11th expected to open later this month.

ST. PAUL, MN-Hammel Green Abrahamson of Minneapolis is doing the design of the $32-million expansion and facelift at Como Zoo and Conservatory, while Graus Construction of Hastings built the 7,500-sf animal support building.