Availability of the Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) Update
United Properties, in partnership with Port of Minneapolis, LLC (First Avenue Productions and the Minnesota Orchestra), Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, and the City of Minneapolis, is proposing to redevelop the 53-acre Upper Harbor Terminal site, which was formerly used as a barge shipping terminal. The proposed development would include residential, hospitality, retail/service, office/employment, light industrial, community performing arts center (includes an outdoor amphitheater), and recreational land uses.
The Upper Harbor Terminal Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) study area encompasses an area totaling approximately 53 acres in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The AUAR study area consists of 10 parcels, nine which are owned by the City of Minneapolis and one owned by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB). United Properties, in partnership with Port of Minneapolis, LLC (First Avenue Productions and the Minnesota Orchestra), MPRB, and the City of Minneapolis, is proposing to redevelop the 53-acre Upper Harbor Terminal site, which was formerly used as a barge shipping terminal. The proposed development would include residential, hospitality, retail/service, office/employment, light industrial, community performing arts center (includes an outdoor amphitheater), and recreational land uses.
Copies of the AUAR UPDATE will be available for review at the Public Service Building located at 505 Fourth Avenue South, Room 320. Notice will be published in the EQB Monitor on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Written comments on the AUAR UPDATE must be submitted within the 10-day comment period, which ends at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. It is anticipated that the BHZ Committee at its regular meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, or at a subsequent meeting, will receive a report and recommendation from City staff. The City Council will act on the recommendation of this Committee at its regular meeting on Wednesday, June18, 2025, or at a subsequent meeting.
View the Upper Harbor Terminal AUAR Update
Copies of this EAW can also be provided to individuals by email. For further information or to submit comments on the EAW, contact Hilary Dvorak, Principal City Planner.