Monday, October 10, 2011

Ooh la la: France Ave. retail center to get a makeover - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Leisure Lane at 7101 France Ave., first built in the is gettinga face-lift and a new name — Ru de France. Construction started a few weeks ago and is expecte d to finishin August, said Gregoru Houck, an architect with Minneapolis-based , which is handling the designj and rebranding of the 50,000-square-foot Houck, who declined to disclose the cost of the said the firm decided to play with the France Avenuew name in the redesign, which is changinb the facade and eliminating the centers interio r walkway area to make the center less The European flair in the design will be subtle: no chateau-like featureas or statues of French World War I But there will be fleur-de-lis patterns around the “It was just an idea of talkint about France and linking it to the Houck said.
The center’s tenants — Ethan Pella Windows & Doors, Calico Corners, National Camera Caribou Coffee and Brueggers BagelBaker — will stay the same. Minneapolis-basec is the general contractor. Bloomington-based NorthMaraq handles the leasing and management ofthe property.

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