Trader Joe's Update III

More news of Trader Joe's: the local St. Paul newspaper reported that Trader Joe's is thinking about moving into some new developments at 2700 University Avenue - just a bit west of the 280/94 intersection. More here.

"The store would be part of '2700 on the Avenue,' a Wellington Management project with four floors of condominiums and a grocery store in an emerging St. Paul neighborhood.

Wellington is in ongoing talks with Riverside Market, an independent Minneapolis grocery store that recently closed. But Tanya Bell, Wellington's acquisitions and development director, confirmed that Trader Joe's is part of the picture and that the company is interested in the project. [...]The University Avenue area, near the intersection of Interstate 94 and Minnesota 280, is home to a boom in high-density housing near the Minneapolis-St. Paul border. The projects are all within walking distance of 2700 W. University Ave.

Construction of more than 400 lofts and apartments are planned on the site of the historic Johnson Bros. Liquor Co. warehouses. More than 250 luxury rental apartments and town homes were built at 808 Berry Place, and more than 200 town homes and condos have been built as part of the Emerald Gardens project."

And, as you read here first, sports fans, further confirmation of Trader Joe's opening in St. Louis Park in April. We're the only one with the secret to the exact projected date...