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,

Work is expected to begin this year on a multi-year plan to reconnect Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis. On Tuesday, the City of Minneapolis unveiled its vision for the former Kmart site.

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.

The city is calling it the “New Nicollet” redevelopment project to reconnect the area to downtown, which used to be the site of Kmart before it was demolished last year.

Minneapolis provided the first look at what is to become of the former Kmart site on Nicollet Avenue and Lake Street. “New Nicollet” will again serve as a commercial and cultural crossroad, but it will be a while before any of it comes to fruition.

Minneapolis city officials unveiled a draft framework Tuesday which includes a mix of residential and commercial development as well as a public park.

The City of Minneapolis unveiled its vision for the New Nicollet Redevelopment project in downtown Minneapolis at an open house Tuesday.  A year after its demolition, the former Kmart

After years of debate, work is expected to begin this year on a multi-year plan to reconnect Nicollet Avenue in south Minneapolis.

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