Fuji Ya
The following article by Nicole Norfleet was published in the December 14, 2011 issue of the Star Tribune:
A PARK WHERE FUJI-YA ONCE STOOD?
For more than two decades, failed developments and legal squabbles have left a key tract overlooking St. Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis in limbo.
COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WATERWORKS/FUJI-YA SITE
The following notice has been distributed by the MPRB:
PRELIMINARY DESIGN VISIONING AND COMMUNITY MEETING FOR WATERWORKS SITE (FORMERLY FUJI-YA)
For the past several years, the former Fuji Ya has been caught up in litigation. Now, with the litigation over, there is an effort to give it a new life. The following article by Nick Halter was published in the July 4, 2011 issue of the Downtown Journal.
WHAT WILL BECOME OF OLD FUJI YA SITE?
Fuji Ya Initiative Announced at Minneapolis Park Board Meeting
HEADS-UP FOR THE OCTOBER 20, 2010 PARK BOARD MEETING
5:00 P.M. REGULAR BOARD MEETING. Committee meetings to follow. The meetings will be held in the boardroom at Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, just north of Broadway Pizza.
5:30 P.M. OPEN TIME. Speakers need to sign up before 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
This meeting is the last meeting that David Fisher will be attending as Superintendent. His four month stint as interim superintendent ends on October 31. We are grateful that he accepted the invitation to come to Minneapolis to fill this position.
FUJI YA LITIGATION NOT OVER YET
Park Watch has just learned that on December 21 Columbia Development filed an appeal of the November 12 ruling which had been in favor of the Park Board regarding the Columbia/Wave condo development on the Fuji Ya site.
Fuji Ya Dispute Resolved
No Condos To Be Built
The latest illustration of the Wave, a condo project proposed for Downtown's riverfront.The developer and the Park Board are in a legal dispute over the deal. By Michelle Bruch
Developers behind the Wave condo project proposed for the riverfront have sued the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board for breach of contract. Downtown Journal
By Dan Haugen
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has authorized hiring a consulting firm to study possible impacts from a proposed hydroelectric plant at St. Anthony Falls.
Though Omni can now seek permits, critics said the Minneapolis riverfront project will never materialize. By Terry Collins, Star Tribune
A developer's vision of a luxury condo tower on the historic Minneapolis riverfront is running into a wave of opposition.
The City Council said last week that no environmental impact study was necessary for the project, dubbed the Wave. But key council members and opponents said it would damage riverside mill ruins and obstruct views of the river and historic structures. Star Tribune
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By Michelle Bruch
Developers facing mounting opposition
Developers of the Wave condominium project now have three weeks before their option to purchase the riverfront site expires.
In the past two years, the development has changed hands and undergone an archaeological dig, a redesign and an environmental review. Now the project may halt altogether if the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board decides not to extend the purchase option. Downtown Journal
Richard Moe
The St. Anthony Falls area is unarguably the most historic section of Minneapolis. As a great natural wonder, the falls drew the attention of the earliest explorers and served as an important gathering place long before white settlers arrived. Star Tribune
Shown here in this video clip at the February 15 Zoning & Planning discussion, which concluded the Wave project did not need an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), is Council Member Lisa Goodman taking a stand against the too-tall, too-large Wave riverfront condo development.
The board members will meet informally to discuss possibly extending the purchase agreement for the former Fuji-Ya site.
By Neal St. Anthony
The proposed Wave development on the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis has ballooned since receiving approval. Read more Star Tribune
The Wave project on the MPRB's Fuji-Ya site wends its way through the city departments. Read more in the Downtown Journal: The Wave
The St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board is a little-known organization with representatives from all levels of
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to receive public comment on th
In an article titled "Breaking the Wave? Park Board delays completing sale for riverfront condo" writer Sarah McKenzie describes how the Park Board has delayed sale of the Fuji Ya property after earlier approving a contract for its sale and spending money on the lobbying effort to get a special state law passed to allow the sale to go forward.
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