Andre Eggert

Marlene Ronstedt is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in German and English publications including WIRED Germany. Currently, she is working for Neufund as a blockchain reporter. André Eggert is a partner at the law firm of LACORE LLP and the legal architect of Neufund.org, a platform for primary offerings of tokenized equity. Among the handful of blockchain-friendly jurisdictions around the globe, Malta stands out with perhaps the most forward-thinking regulatory agenda.

Thousands of units have come online in the downtowns, Uptown, near the University of Minnesota and throughout the suburbs — and construction cranes are everywhere. There has been talk for months of an apartment bubble or glut. Despite that, it’s getting harder to find an apartment.The Twin Cities metro area’s vacancy rate dropped from an already low 2.8 percent at the beginning of the year to 2.4 percent during the second quarter, according to a report by Marquette Advisors.

When Nordstrom Rack opened on Nicollet Mall in September, it filled a major gap in an otherwise lackluster retail presence at the street level of what remains downtown Minneapolis’ main street.The company had been searching for years to find the right spot downtown, according to Meliz Andiroglu, a Nordstrom spokeswoman, and eventually settled on the IDS Crystal Court for its proximity to retail competitors and entertainment and restaurant options.