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> --- Bob Spaulding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm told downtown Minneapolis' Target store is
> doing better than
> > anticipated. In the top 5 in the country in
> midday sales, in the top
> > 25% of all Target stores in sales figures. So one
> coming to St. Paul
> > may not be all that surprising.
> >
> > Bob Spaulding
> > Downtown
> >
> >
> >
> > St. Paul, Target talking about downtown store
> >
>
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2005/03/28/story1.html?
>
> > page=1
> >
> > Top St. Paul officials are in serious
> conversations with Target
> > Corporation about the possibility of luring a
> Target store downtown.
> >
> > St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly and Susan Kimberly,
> the city's director of
> > planning and economic development (PED), are
> spearheading the effort.
> >
> > Their vision is a store similar to the one on
> Nicollet Mall in
> > downtown Minneapolis. And despite some real estate
> insiders who think
> > the idea is improbable, Target is open to the
> idea.
> >
> > "We're certainly very interested in downtown St.
> Paul," said Paula
> > Thornton-Greear, a spokeswoman for Target. "It's
> too premature to
> > predict that Target would be coming there, too
> premature to speculate
> > on an opening date, but we're still very
> interested in the area."
> >
> > The talks have been ongoing for more than a
> year, city sources said,
> > but recently have heated up and fueled speculation
> in the real estate
> > community that a decision from Target is near.
> >
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