An eyesore in south Minneapolis is about to get a makeover. The city just unveiled new drawings of a plan to reopen Nicollet Avenue. For decades, a Kmart store and parking lot blocked the road. The plan incorporates housing,

The plan, unveiled Tuesday during a public event at Whittier International Elementary School, will redevelop the former home of Kmart along Lake Street and reconnect Nicollet Avenue, which was closed off in 1977 when the Kmart was constructed.

Nearly 50 years after a Kmart store closed off Nicollet Avenue at Lake Street, the City of Minneapolis unveiled its plan to redevelop the site and reconnect the thoroughfare.