Dan Niepow

Wisconsinite turned Minnesotan. hatted and bearded 95% of the time. opinions are my own. (he/him)

[Twin Cities Business @TCBmag]

Burl Gilyard, a respected fixture in the Twin Cities media scene and former TCB staffer, died Thursday. “He was a prolific and gifted journalist whose writing was as down to earth as he was.” Those who've worked with him share their recollections. https://t.co/hHzBwfLf9J

[Twin Cities Business @TCBmag]

Yesterday, the St. Paul City Council voted 4-3 in favor of an ordinance to exempt new development from a 3% cap on rent increases, effectively weakening the city's rent control measure. https://t.co/0vylFRP6zX (via @MinnPost)

[Kyle Stokes @kystokes]

INBOX: Xcel Energy Center will have a new name starting next season.

#mnwild announced @xcelenergy will remain a major sponsor of the team, but that their naming rights to the arena — which has gone by one name since it opened — will expire

[Twin Cities Business @TCBmag]

"The dirty secret of coffee is it takes an incredible volume to be successful—a line out the door in the morning and busy inside all day. A store can look busy but not make money." From our April/May issue: Understanding coffee shop economics https://t.co/40OtmFYwQ3

[Frederick Melo, Reporter/Axolotl @FrederickMelo]

St. Paul condemns, closes Capital City Plaza parking ramp by the troubled Alliance Bank Center https://t.co/DAPvYflydZ

[Twin Cities Business @TCBmag]

Small business owners in Uptown are banding together in effort to create an Uptown Business Improvement District—much like the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District. https://t.co/gcha1FEK5o

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

After years long battle, Glen Taylor and Marc Lore-Alex Rodriguez have agreed to complete full ownership to Lore-Rodriguez, sources tell ESPN. Taylor will not appeal Minnesota arbitrators that ruled in favor of Lore-Rodriguez in February. NBA will start transfer process.

[Torey Van Oot @toreyvanoot]

Walz told reporters today he spoke with Secretary Noem about the U of M grad student detained by ICE last week, but has not yet gotten an update/the information he requested.

Said he's concerned about due process.

[Twin Cities Business @TCBmag]

DDP Restaurant Group, led by renowned chef Daniel Del Prado, told employees and customers Thursday that its four Café Ceres coffee shops, all in Minneapolis, would close April 13, citing poor economics. https://t.co/myzJrG0782

[Mpls.St.Paul Magazine @mspmag]

Moh Habib, owner of Uptown sneaker boutique Studiiyo23, has opened a sister store in Edina. https://t.co/hNFaMAxIOp

[Nick Halter @nickhaltermpls]

Peter Remes buying Uptown property is a good sign.

He's the guy who did Vandalia Tower (Lake Monster), Icehouse and The Broadway in NE, among others. Has a knack for creative re-use.

[Frederick Melo, Reporter/Axolotl @FrederickMelo]

My property taxes already went up 55% since 2019. If downtown office-commercial values keep dropping, and more of that cost burden shifts to homeowners… DAMN! I get that someone has to pay for the potholes /cops/fire/school teachers/rec centers. I wish it were less on middle income homeowners though.

[Frederick Melo, Reporter/Axolotl @FrederickMelo]

St. Paul, Wild look to state for half of $769 million renovation of downtown Xcel Center, including $50 million in improvements to RiverCentre convention facility https://t.co/enlxaRkIHv

[Businessweek @BW]

Inside the big plans of the $2 billion nonprofit that runs—and shapes—higher ed admissions https://t.co/zl4RMIkPZf

[Dan Niepow @dniep]

Health insurers made $41B the year COVID landed. Why are they raising rates now? https://t.co/75PW7VeBSo (via @StarTribune)

[Dan Niepow @dniep]

"Phone-enabled social media broke through those last walls of resistance and turned us into free particles floating in a disembodied space of memes and identities and distractions." https://t.co/DHZxhzX6DI

[Jonathan Maze @jonathanmaze]

Starbucks layoffs probably represent upwards of 10% of the corporate support staff, including the several hundred unfilled positions that are being eliminated plus the 1,100 layoffs. $SBUX

https://t.co/NMP1tBrwTl

[Twin Cities Business @TCBmag]

Anthropologie has closed its doors at Shops at West End in St. Louis Park. Hempel Real Estate, which owns the outdoor shopping center, sees opportunity. https://t.co/M4bJKxKCTi

[Frederick Melo, Reporter/Axolotl @FrederickMelo]

Honest Question: Every business and chamber of commerce luncheon I've attended for the past 10 years has bemoaned the lack of workers and stressed the need to do heavy recruitment, training, fellowships, internships, etc. for non-traditional applicants or else your company will fail. Even if you think "DEI" is silly kumbaya "pronoun police" stuff, how are companies going to fill openings with new government strings on them canceling federal contracts if they do such outreach? Where do you find the workers? Hospitals, restaurants, etc. were already freaking out about labor shortages...

[Nick Halter @nickhaltermpls]

Incredible — but not surprising — numbers from the Mpls Planning Commission annual report.

The commission approved 162 new housing units in 2024, down from 954 in 2023 and 3,458 in 2022

Not a single hotel room has been approved since 2019

https://t.co/1xPzfDe6eJ