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Blood-based circular RNAs for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
Abstract Detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) before the development of clinical symptoms is critical for enabling the use of new treatments. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are highly stable non-coding RNAs enriched in the brain that can cross the blood–brain barrier. Here, analyzing blood data from 1,221 individuals with AD and healthy individuals, we identified 34 circRNAs associated with AD status.
BlackBerry (2023) - IMDb
It's a Canadian comedy-drama techno-history set from 1996 to 2008 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is a fictional story inspired by the rise and fall of Research in Motion (RIM), the company that created Blackberry, the initial smartphone.
BLACKBERRY Trailer: Jay Baruchel And Glenn Howerton Star in Matt Johnson's Latest
Matt Johnson's BlackBerry is coming exclusively to theaters on May 12th from IFC Films. A standout hit at Berlin recently IFC is wasting no time getting this unbelievebly true story about the Canadian tech company Research in Motion's rise and fall from grace. A new trailer was released this morning, check it out down below. Do you feel this content is inappropriate or infringes upon your rights? Click here to report it, or see our DMCA policy.
What Becomes of the Afghans?
After twenty years of fighting, the Taliban still controls about one-fifth of the territory of Afghanistan, and it’s likely stronger than at any point since 2001. Meanwhile, the Afghan government is still mired in corruption and its security forces have proven incapable of resisting the Taliban’s advances across the country. Afghanistan is the United States’ longest war—a significant proportion of the American military was born after the 9/11 attacks.
Q&A: Hyde moves from offense to defense
It could be said that Minneapolis-based Hyde Development co-founder Paul Hyde’s career is a big detour from what he set out to be when he earned multiple law degrees in school. But it might be more accurate to say that his pursuit of learning the law set him on the path to his true calling. Hyde, who is 54 this year, started his work as a redeveloper of brownfields and other disused sites back in 1995.
CSM sells 59-building portfolio
CSM Corp’s industrial portfolio has included a number of large, newer assets, including the North Star Distribution Center at 19730 South Diamond Lake Road in Rogers. The company sold off much of its industrial real estate to New York-based Blackstone, but neither party has identified the exact properties included in a 7 million-square-foot portfolio deal the two companies inked. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson April 9, 2020 3:05 pm Minneapolis-based CSM Corp.
A-Rod bulks up on Eagan apartments
The 32-unit Crossroads of Eagan apartments at 1264 Duckwood Drive is made up entirely of three-bedroom units. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson April 8, 2020 4:52 pm Former professional baseball player Alex Rodriguez has started off 2020 by bulking up on Minnesota apartment investments through a Florida investment company he co-founded. Entities managed by Coral Gables-based Monument Capital Management added two Eagan apartment complexes to its portfolio in recent purchases.
Eden Prairie apartments sell for $25.5 million
The 143-unit Olympic Ridge apartments at 11863 Harvest Lane in Eden Prairie had been owned by the company that developed the property since 1988. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson April 7, 2020 3:53 pm Minneapolis-based Heartland Realty Investors paid $25.5 million for the 143-unit Olympic Ridge apartments.
Designers Guild Building draws $20 million
The Designers Guild Building at 401 Third St. N. in Minneapolis’ North Loop was owned by a single investor between 1979 and its sale last week to a company with ties to housing developer Dominium. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson April 6, 2020 5:10 pm Cremer family owned and managed it since 1979.
Oppidan promotes, adds new leader
By: Matt M. Johnson April 6, 2020 4:43 pm Oppidan Investment Co. has promoted two employees and has added a vice president of people and culture.
Retail landlords negotiate with tenants, banks amid outbreak
St. Louis Park-based Paster Properties leases space to about 125 retail business across its 16 Twin Cities shopping centers. That means company President Howard Paster is on the phone most of the day lately negotiating rent breaks with those tenants.
CarVal is first in at 10 West End
The 10 West End office tower being built by Ryan Cos. US Inc. has drawn its first tenant, CarVal, a former Cargill company. (Staff photo: Matt M. Johnson) By: Matt M. Johnson April 2, 2020 4:20 pm A speculative office tower currently under construction in St. Louis Park’s West End has attracted its first tenant.
Kraus-Anderson expanding Pipestone school
An 85,940-square-foot addition onto the Pipestone Area School in Pipestone will put all 1,150 of the district’s students under one roof. The project will be completed in late summer 2021. (Submitted image: ISG Architects) By: Matt M. Johnson April 1, 2020 4:17 pm $28 million project will put all students in one building.
Twin Cities hotel revenue, occupancy slide further
STR has revised its forecast for the U.S. hotel market, saying that average annual occupancy in 2020 will be 37.9%, which “will be the worst year on record for occupancy,” said Jan Freitag, STR’s senior vice president of lodging insights. (File photo: Bill Klotz) By: Matt M. Johnson April 1, 2020 4:09 pm Hotel occupancy in the metro area bottomed at 16.9%, a drop of 74.5% compared with the same time in 2019.
NAI Legacy fund buys Bird Town Flats
The 152-unit Bird Town Flats apartments in Robbinsdale recently received its certificate of occupancy and has sold to a fund managed by Minneapolis-based NAI Legacy. (Submitted image: Momentum Design Group) By: Matt M. Johnson March 31, 2020 4:08 pm A new Robbinsdale apartment building that received its certificate of occupancy this week has already sold.
Apartment construction, rent on the rise, report finds
The 372-unit Xenia apartments at 770 Xenia Ave. S. in Golden Valley has been under construction for more than a year. Golden Valley general contractor Benson-Orth is building a 710-stall parking ramp next door to the apartments. (Staff photo: Matt M. Johnson) By: Matt M. Johnson March 30, 2020 4:03 pm Apartment rent growth and absorption hit some new highs at the end of 2019.
Ryan buys, sells land for health village
The view along a proposed extension of Grove Circle North shows proposed apartments and office space on acreage Ryan Cos. US Inc. wants to develop in Maple Grove. (Submitted rendering: Ryan Cos. US Inc.) By: Matt M. Johnson March 30, 2020 3:42 pm Ryan Cos. US Inc. has pushed its Minnesota Health Village project ahead in Maple Grove.
Q&A: Architect envisions office as place where workers want to go
Like many people have started doing recently, Perkins and Will Managing Director and principal architect Tony Layne is working at home this week. It’s something he’s done at his Bloomington home before, but no so much with the rest of his family there, too. This has gotten him thinking about how office space might be viewed after the COVID-19 outbreak has passed.
Goodman buys Rayette in St. Paul for $21 million
The Rayette Lofts at 261 Fifth St. E. in St. Paul had been a parking garage and the home of the Rayette Co., manufacturer of Aqua Net hairspray, before being converted in 2014 into apartments. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson March 26, 2020 3:58 pm 10 bidders vie for historic rehab project.
February housing gains might take COVID hit
An 855-square-foot home at 2809 Glenwood Ave. in Minneapolis, on the market for $299,900, is under contract to sell after 29 days on the market. (Staff photo: Matt M. Johnson) By: Matt M. Johnson March 25, 2020 5:30 pm Showings plunge in months first 24 days.
Artemis buys as medical office investments slow
The Grove Health medical office building at 9550 Upland Lane N. in Maple Grove was fully occupied when it sold on March 13. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson March 24, 2020 3:49 pm Artemis Real Estate Partners paid $5.5 million down on the purchase of the Grove Medical building.
Distiller buys Minneapolis property near Surley Brewing
Home / News / Real Estate / Distiller buys Minneapolis property near Surley Brewing A former potato factory will be part of a 24,000-square-foot distillery and eatery to be built near Wall Cos.’ Malcolm Yards project. (Submitted illustration: Cuningham Group) By: Matt M. Johnson March 24, 2020 3:33 pm An Irish-themed distillery has paid more than $1 million for a Minneapolis site for its operations.
‘Green’ Midway industrial building draws $23 million
Tierney Brothers, an audio-visual equipment seller, is one of the tenants in the Midway Stadium Business Center at 1771 Energy Park Drive in St. Paul. The building was fully occupied when it sold earlier this month. (File photo: Bill Klotz) By: Matt M. Johnson March 23, 2020 3:48 pm Chicago-based Heitman Capital Management paid $23.8 million for the 189,746-square-foot Midway Business Center.
Q&A: Partners see promise in delayed spring home market
When Brace Helgeson and Ryan Platzke each started out as real estate agents in Eden Prairie, their perspectives on the city were influenced by where they grew up. Helgeson, 59, got to Eden Prairie in 1985, a couple decades before the 37-year-old Platzke. Helgeson grew up in St. Cloud, which reminded him of Eden Prairie at the time. In that sense, he felt right at home.
Metro hotel market sees occupancy drop
Lion Hotel Group is upping its COVID-19 vigilance at its hotels, including a Hilton Home2Suites at 2270 W. 80th St. in Bloomington and an Element by Westin Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson March 19, 2020 5:00 pm Precipitous drops on room occupancy and revenue for Twin Cities hotels indicate tough times ahead for owners and operators, but might also break the market open for investors.
Florida’s Sterling scoops up six retail centers
Silver Lake Village at 2600-2800 39th Ave. in St. Anthony accounted for almost $35 million of a $202 million portfolio deal in which Sterling Organization purchases six Minnesota shopping centers. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson March 18, 2020 4:37 pm Florida-based Sterling Organization has paid $202 million for a nine-property retail center portfolio.
$54 million apartment deal could be one of last for a while
Home / News / Real Estate / $54 million apartment deal could be one of last for a while The Felix apartments at 1311 W. 143rd St. in Burnsville have gone through a couple rounds of remodeling over the past few years as units and common spaces were updated. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson March 17, 2020 4:56 pm A sprawling Burnsville apartment complex that sold last week to a Utah investor might now be a rare deal.
Apartment, hotel projects planned west of Mall of America
The first phase of Rosa Development’s redevelopment of parking at 3700 American Blvd. E. will be a 183-unit apartment building. (Submitted illustration: BKV) By: Matt M. Johnson March 16, 2020 4:05 pm Two redevelopment projects could put about 800 apartments and 279 hotel rooms a few blocks west of the Mall of America.
Life Time Work heads downtown
Glass and 30-foot ceiling heights at the “Thirty” office project at 30 Ninth St. S. in downtown Minneapolis will accent Life Time Work coworking space on the top three floors of the building. (Submitted illustration: Shea Design) By: Matt M. Johnson March 13, 2020 3:54 pm Coworking company to anchor Abdul’s Thirty.
Gonyea-tied subdivisions move forward in 2 suburbs
(Submitted photo) By: Matt M. Johnson March 12, 2020 5:20 pm Two housing subdivisions with connections to Golden Valley-based Gonyea Homes are on their way toward construction in two fast-growing Twin Cities suburbs.
Parking sale hints at rental plans
The 16-story Ecolab University Center building, at 386 Wabasha St. N. in downtown St. Paul will get more parking with the owners’ purchase of a 170-stall parking structure nearby. (File photo: Bill Klotz) By: Matt M. Johnson March 12, 2020 5:07 pm St. Paul tower could be converted to apartments.
Burnsville apartments hinge on city grant
An 82-unit apartment complex MWF Properties wants to build across the street from the Burnsville Center regional shopping mall at 14380 Burnhaven Drive is one of the new land uses the city envisions for the area. (Submitted illustration: MWF) By: Matt M. Johnson March 11, 2020 4:50 pm The developer of a proposed Burnsville apartment building where rents will sit at the low end of market rates is asking for public money to defray some of the development costs.
Hotel capacity grows in Mankato
A central, outdoor courtyard will be created in the soon-to-be former City Center Hotel in Mankato when the pool enclosure’s roof is removed. (Submitted illustration: TKWA) By: Matt M. Johnson March 10, 2020 4:07 pm Developers aim to fill civic center convention demand.
Winona’s Main Square success spawns second phase
The apparent success of a mixed residential and retail redevelopment in downtown Winona is sparking a second phase, plus enthusiasm for a delayed future hotel project. City officials this afternoon held a press conference Monday to kick off a second phase of the Main Square project at one of downtown Winona’s central blocks.
Aid boosts Sabathani project
A three-story, slab-on-grade multifamily building will soon rise at 310 38th St. E. on the Sabathani Community Center’s campus in south Minneapolis. The project has been in the works for more than a decade. (Submitted illustration: Mobilize Design/UrbanWorks) By: Matt M. Johnson March 6, 2020 3:36 pm Funding pushes affordable senior housing toward construction.
Gallery apartments planned for Lowertown
A 142-unit apartment building planned by Burnsville-based Chase Real Estate would rise on a surface parking lot next to a Roman Catholic church in St. Paul’s Lowertown. (Submitted illustration: Chase Real Estate) By: Matt M. Johnson March 5, 2020 4:27 pm Chase Real Estate is making another bet on St. Paul, this time with an apartment brand that it had previously built only in the Twin Cities suburbs.
Hempel to develop hot St. Louis Park corner
Vacant land in the southwest quadrant of Highway 169 and Interstate 394 in St. Louis Park will be developed now that the state has sold the land after owning it for about a century. (Staff photo: Matt M. Johnson) By: Matt M. Johnson March 5, 2020 3:50 pm State owned acreage for about a century.
Coldwell Banker Burnet changes name
The longtime owners of the Oak Ridge Centre office building, at 4801 Highway 61 N. in White Bear Lake, have sold it to new investors. Among the tenants: Coldwell Banker Realty, Burnet Title and the White Bear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson March 4, 2020 5:07 pm Edina-based Coldwell Banker Burnet has changed its name to Coldwell Banker Realty in Minnesota and Wisconsin in the company’s 24 of real estate offices.
Hospital plans more upgrades
Work on a new campus utility plant at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis would likely start in 2021. The building would rise at the Chicago Avenue and 28th Street East intersection. (Submitted illustration: Allina) By: Matt M. Johnson March 4, 2020 4:15 pm $199 million Abbott Northwestern projects precede more work.
Bemidji apartments fetch $16 million
The 145-unit Cedar Pointe Estates apartments at 1811 Northern Cedar Ave. NW are the latest units that John Fankhanel has added to his portfolio. (Submitted photo: Michel Commercial) By: Matt M. Johnson March 3, 2020 3:55 pm A Bemidji apartment investor has added to his portfolio by buying one of the newest apartment complexes in the northern Minnesota city.
Twin Cities home inventory bottoms out
A 7-year-old home at 410 Rhode Island Ave. N. in Golden Valley on the market for $530,000 falls into a price category of homes that is actually seeing inventory gains. (Staff photo: Matt M. Johnson) By: Matt M. Johnson March 2, 2020 3:32 pm Twin Cities homebuyers started out 2020 closing on more purchase contracts in January even as sellers backed off on the number of properties they put on the market.
NKF hires Wright management services director
David Wright By: Matt M. Johnson February 28, 2020 5:11 pm Newmark Knight Frank has hired David Wright as the Minneapolis office’s director of management services.
Shorter Boatworks proposed in Wayzata
The latest iteration of the Boatworks redevelopment concept reduces the height of the first floor and does not include a rooftop patio as in past versions. (Submitted illustration) By: Matt M. Johnson February 28, 2020 4:24 pm Wayzata projects features condos, offices and a restaurant.
Opus to build Cherne’s Shakopee HQ
About 16 acres of land once used as a Shakopee truck stop in the northeast intersection of Highway 169 and Old Brick Yard Road will be used by Oatey subsidiary Cherne Industries for its new headquarters building. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson February 27, 2020 3:12 pm Edina-based Cherne Industries will relocate its headquarters and 117 employees into a new, 130,000-square-foot facility Opus Group plans to build in Shakopee.
Woodbury retail fetches $17 million
The 121,110-square-foot Woodbury Commons retail center is the second such Twin Cities property formerly owned by IRC Retail Centers to sell this month, according to state property sales records. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson February 26, 2020 3:06 pm A Plymouth investor that bulked up late last year on a former IRC Retail property in Big Lake has purchased more of the Illinois-based REIT’s assets.
Capital Partners pays $60 million for industrial properties
Home / News / Real Estate / Capital Partners pays $60 million for industrial properties The Raceway Business Center II at 910 Hastings Ave. in Newport is one of three new buildings in the portfolio Capital Partners and PCCP purchased. (Submitted photo: CoStar) By: Matt M. Johnson February 25, 2020 4:30 pm Prolific industrial portfolio buyer Capital Partners has picked up some of the newest space in the Twin Cities with a five-building deal approaching $60 million.
Colliers to move downtown Minneapolis offices
The 610,154-square-foot AT&T Tower at 901 Marquette Ave. in Minneapolis won an international TOBY award in buildings of its size and category. (Submitted photo) By: Matt M. Johnson February 24, 2020 5:04 pm Colliers International will move its downtown Minneapolis office from its current space at Oracle-International Centre to the AT&T Tower at 901 Marquette Ave. in May.
Bianco Properties buys West End retail
The 87,975 square foot Park Place Plaza at 1650 Park Place Blvd. in St. Louis Park’s West End is something the new owner, Bianco Properties, plans to hold long term. (Submitted photo: NKF) By: Matt M. Johnson February 24, 2020 4:50 pm A Missouri investor has paid $28.15 million for a slice of fully occupied St. Louis Park retail it wants to hold while the neighborhood around it grows.
Developer targets Eagan for luxury
The luxury Gallery apartments in Eagan will include a number of amenities, including a wine cellar. The building will feature studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments. (Submitted illustration: Chase Real Estate) By: Matt M. Johnson February 24, 2020 4:37 pm A Burnsville developer is targeting empty nesters and working professionals with a planned Eagan luxury apartment building that would include a yoga room and wine cellar among the amenities.
Q&A: Doran’s Behrendt says ‘yes’ to opportunity
When Doran Cos. President and CEO Anne Behrendt purchased a majority stake in the company last May, she set the company on a path that is both new and well worn. The Bloomington-based general contractor and commercial real estate development company has changed since it was founded 13 years ago, moving into multifamily projects after getting a start in student housing. Company founder Kelly Doran was active before that in retail development. In 2018, the company also established an office in Denver.
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