Format
Full
City
Minneapolis
State/Province
MN
Country
USA
Metro Area
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Project Type
Multifamily Rental
Location Type
Other Central City
Land Uses
Multifamily Rental Housing
Keywords
Green building
Healthy place features
Living building challenge
Mixed-income housing
Sustainable development
Site Size
2.3
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2001
Date Opened
2015
The Rose is a 90-unit mixed-income apartment project, part of a multiphase redevelopment project that includes 47 affordable units and 43 market-rate units in a two building configuration. The Rose is also an example of an ambitious effort to build sustainably, and the developer has set out to meet many of the stringent sustainability standards of the Living Building Challenge within three to five years of opening. Unlike many sustainable buildings, the Rose kept overall construction costs generally in line with comparable affordable housing projects. The Rose succeeds at balancing the aspirational requirements of green building with the need to be cost-efficient and replicable across the affordable housing industry.
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Format
Full
City
Minneapolis
State/Province
MN
Country
USA
Metro Area
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Project Type
Multifamily Rental
Location Type
Other Central City
Land Uses
Multifamily Rental Housing
Keywords
Green building
Healthy place features
Living building challenge
Mixed-income housing
Sustainable development
Site Size
2.3
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2001
Date Opened
2015
Website
www.aeonmn.org/properties/rose/
Project address
1920 & 1928 Portland Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Developer
Aeon
901 Third Street North, Suite 150
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
www.aeonmn.org
Codeveloper
Hope Community
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Owner
Franklin Portland Gateway Phase IV Limited Partnership
Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.aeonmn.org
Architect
Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle Ltd.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.msrdesign.com
Contractor
Weis Builders
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commissioning agent
Questions and Solutions Engineering
Chaska, Minnesota
Consultants
University of Minnesota Center for Sustainable Building Research
Minneapolis, Minnesota
PLACE
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Interviewees
James Lehnhoff, director of housing
development, Aeon
Gina Ciganik, vice president–housing
development, Aeon
Rhys MacPherson, project manager, MSR
Paul Mellblom, principal, MSR