Restaurants are leading a commercial boom in the Minneapolis Warehouse District, thanks to the Minnesota Twins' new Target Field, the Star Tribune reports.
"The weak economy and credit freeze may have stalled some major development deals in the neighborhood, and the economic benefits from the ballpark--if they materialize--may not ripple to office and housing markets for years. But the number of new investments in restaurants, considered the front-line retail businesses, has some real estate pros calling the ballpark 'a game changer.'
"'The Warehouse District is going through a metamorphosis. It really is,' said Andrea Christenson, a retail broker at Cassidy Turley."
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