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HOPKINS WITH GUSTO!
On Hopkins Mainstreet revitalized in recent years by local visionaries- past meets present. The historic downtown of this bustling Twin Cities suburb looks and feels just like a small town.. MORE »

IGNORE THE HEADLINES !
Except this one. Sure, housing’s in a hole. But there’s a potent case for buying now, whether it’s real estate or stocks. MORE »

CITY SURVEY: What do Hopkins residents think of their city as a whole and the City services that are delivered? For the first time in almost twenty years, the City commissioned Decisions Recourses, Ltd, to conduct a community survey. Professional interviewers polled 400 residents by telephone on a variety of community issues. MORE »
Called Marketplace & Main, Beard’s plans call for 64 housing units and first-floor retail at a site that formally housed the Hopkins Honda used-car sales lot and auto-body shop. MORE »
Sun Sailor of Hopkins, MN

“Housing still goes rather quickly in Hopkins,” City Manager Rick Getschow said. “We always seem to have a little bit stronger housing market than other areas.” MORE »

Star Tribune Spotlight on Hopkins

“Hopkins is one of those places where you drive Mainstreet and you can’t believe that this still exists in the Twin Cities,” said Kersten Elverum, Hopkins housing and development coordinator. MORE »

MN Real Estate Journal Downtown Hopkins

Marketplace & Main consists of three pieces: a 44-unit condominium building with 5,500 square foot of first floor retail on the northeast corner of Mainstreet and Seventh Avenue North and two townhome clusters – one of six units on the same block as the condo building and another of seven units fronting the north side of Mainstreet between Seventh and Sixth Avenues North. The units will range in size from 750 to 1,800 square feet, with an average price of $275,000, which was around the starting price under the former plan. MORE »

Star Tribune Business: Innovative Hopkins

The imposing structure of the Northeast corner of Hwy. 169 and Excelsior Boulevard in Hopkins once served a similarly imposing task: It was a munitions plant for Alliant Techsystems, and a home to large-scale torpedo manufacturing. Today, the renovated building, still dreary from the outside, has a ultra modern interior, and is home to several light-industrial tenants and offices, including the headquarters of the company responsible for its renovation, The Beard Group. MORE »

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