The project expects to benefit from state plans for a mixed-use, transit-oriented development nearby on nearly 26 acres of underused, state-owned parking lots.

While "right-sizing" usually means laying off people six levels below the executives who decide they are dispensable, in this case it means knocking down two of the RenCen's four 39-story towers, ...

Local real estate brokers say these closures could create unique opportunities to rethink Burnsville Center and Maplewood Mall.