More Development Near Campus [Archive]

Bison bison

03-31-2011, 04:16 PM

I was shocked to see the progress as I drove by campus yesterday.

These should do very well.

I think the price of gas is going to help developments like this. Hopefully it will also lead to higher graduation rates as students will be able to spend more time studying and less time driving.

bisonmike2

03-31-2011, 04:19 PM

wow, those are nice.

BadlandsBison

03-31-2011, 04:24 PM

Me and my roomates sent in an application to the T lofts. Our current sieve could use some more insulation.

mebisonII

03-31-2011, 04:35 PM

Wow, nice looking places and each bedroom gets a private bathroom, too, even in the 4-beds. Are these managed through NDSU res-life, or are they totally independent? Any idea what the cost runs?

NDSUstudent

03-31-2011, 04:55 PM

Wow, nice looking places and each bedroom gets a private bathroom, too, even in the 4-beds. Are these managed through NDSU res-life, or are they totally independent? Any idea what the cost runs?

I think it is a similar to the apartments by stop-n-go on 19th.

duluthbison

03-31-2011, 05:00 PM

Wow, nice looking places and each bedroom gets a private bathroom, too, even in the 4-beds. Are these managed through NDSU res-life, or are they totally independent? Any idea what the cost runs?

ResLife has no part in this project.

I'm still wondering where everyone is going to park.

Twentysix

03-31-2011, 05:07 PM

ResLife has no part in this project.

I'm still wondering where everyone is going to park.

Just a guess, T-LOT. a yearly pass is what 120 bucks?

roadwarrior

03-31-2011, 05:19 PM

ResLife has no part in this project.

I'm still wondering where everyone is going to park.

I think they have underground parking, although most likely not enough for everyone. They have an agreement with NDSU to use the T lot, with permit of course.

roadwarrior

03-31-2011, 05:21 PM

Two new projects downtown also. One brand new, one not.

http://www.downtownwarehouselofts.com/photos.html

duluthbison

03-31-2011, 05:31 PM

Just a guess, T-LOT. a yearly pass is what 120 bucks?

Thats what I was thinking, but the only problem is that T-Lot is set up for commuter students. Now that we have Bison Block and T-Lofts selling permits for their residents to part there, there will be less spots for students who travel to campus every day to park.

bisonmike2

03-31-2011, 05:34 PM

Two new projects downtown also. One brand new, one not.

http://www.downtownwarehouselofts.com/photos.html

My companies web policy just smack this link down as being categorized as "adult". What kind of link are you posting here Roads? :)

chuckles

03-31-2011, 10:57 PM

Thats what I was thinking, but the only problem is that T-Lot is set up for commuter students. Now that we have Bison Block and T-Lofts selling permits for their residents to part there, there will be less spots for students who travel to campus every day to park.

How full does T-lot currently get? Usually there were ample spots on the south/souteast end still open. With the cheaper permit and free bus from teh dome, I wonder why some commuter students still park (and pay for) T

BisBison

03-31-2011, 11:24 PM

Actually its 5 stories. Quite a difference from the buildings that used to be on those lots!

HEY! I used to live in one of those buildings. It was a pit then and worse lately.

BadlandsBison

03-31-2011, 11:28 PM

How full does T-lot currently get? Usually there were ample spots on the south/souteast end still open. With the cheaper permit and free bus from teh dome, I wonder why some commuter students still park (and pay for) T

I remember a couple days where there were no spots in T-lot. It was during winter with some snow piles sitting around. I think it very possible that Tlot could be full on a daily basis with those apartments filled up.

duluthbison

04-01-2011, 12:40 AM

Maybe if this development company stands to benefit from TLot, maybe they will pay to re-surface the parking lot!

rockybison

04-01-2011, 01:37 PM

Is 1426 12th Ave still the lone holdout of the slums? It was the hockey(but) house from 84-87. Many a good time there. I was in high school til around 86 (thats to rile some posters) and learned how to live at that place. Micks was the first of many bars I was banned from (kicked out at 17 is that legal) For reasons that were debatable

OrygunBison

04-01-2011, 05:27 PM

Perhaps the best sign that your neighborhood is healthy is if there are parking problems.

roadwarrior

04-01-2011, 05:42 PM

Is 1426 12th Ave still the lone holdout of the slums?

If that is the house between Bison Block I and Bison Block II, it will be coming down soon!

Bison bison

04-01-2011, 05:47 PM

What's going there, Road?

tony

04-01-2011, 05:50 PM

If that is the house between Bison Block I and Bison Block II, it will be coming down soon!

OH NOES! Can somebody get a photo of it so I can send it to the guys who used to live there with me? Only good thing about that place was the porch facing campus.

Bison55

04-01-2011, 05:56 PM

Spoiled kids these days! :)

Just kidding, good to see progress in housing around campus!

coldspot

04-01-2011, 05:58 PM

How full does T-lot currently get? Usually there were ample spots on the south/souteast end still open. With the cheaper permit and free bus from teh dome, I wonder why some commuter students still park (and pay for) T

the western portion of T-lot is full 90% of the time, and with all the construction going on with the apartments more people are parking in the eastern portion of the lot behind the bison block building. before they blocked off parts of T lot for the construction not that many people parked behind the bison block building, made for some good parking spots when it was -30.

roadwarrior

04-01-2011, 06:17 PM

What's going there, Road?

They are going to connect the two buildings into one long Bison Block.

Bison bison

04-01-2011, 06:20 PM

Why didn't they just do that to begin with!

:)

rockybison

04-01-2011, 08:04 PM

cuz 1426 has heart and resistance

TheBisonator

04-01-2011, 08:17 PM

the western portion of T-lot is full 90% of the time, and with all the construction going on with the apartments more people are parking in the eastern portion of the lot behind the bison block building. before they blocked off parts of T lot for the construction not that many people parked behind the bison block building, made for some good parking spots when it was -30.

One thing they failed to ever do was construct customer parking for Jimmy John's/Sandellas (before Sandella's closed). I remember my days at NDSU when I was slave to my automobile and stopping off at JJ's at Bison Block and worrying I'll get a ticket for parking cause all parking places were taken for building tenants and JJ's drivers.

BisBison

04-02-2011, 06:34 AM

Why didn't they just do that to begin with!

:)

They tried, but the owner wouldn't sell for anything approaching market value. Then the city came in and condemned the house and put them in the special assessment district for the 12th ave overpass. The next thing you know they wanted to sell. Go figure.

tony

04-02-2011, 10:51 PM

cuz 1426 has heart and resistance

I think that building has two addresses (it's a side-by-side duplex) so it must be 1428 that surrendered.

duluthbison

04-21-2011, 07:43 AM

Forum posted some floor plans of this place...looks pretty sweet. Each 4 person apartment has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms along with a large living room and kitchen.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/316794/

http://www.inforum.com/media/full/jpg/2011/04/20/0421lofts1.jpg

Studio's look pretty sweet too.

http://www.inforum.com/media/full/jpg/2011/04/20/0421lofts2.jpg

duluthbison

04-21-2011, 05:07 PM

OH NOES! Can somebody get a photo of it so I can send it to the guys who used to live there with me? Only good thing about that place was the porch facing campus.

I got one from the back, it looks pretty sad right now.

http://i53.tinypic.com/8ygsg2.jpg

tony

04-21-2011, 06:09 PM

I got one from the back, it looks pretty sad right now.

http://i53.tinypic.com/8ygsg2.jpg

Thanks! It looks better from the back than from the street. Used to be kind of garage/shed back there too.

rockybison

04-21-2011, 11:55 PM

In 1986 when my brother lived there, I spent one evening resting right there in the grass. 1426 12th Ave N should be a historical residence. Royalty stayed there, I think it was the sugarbeet queen from Grafton. As tony stated, 1428 gave up. Once these historic homes are gone, well, we will probably be better off

North Side

04-22-2011, 02:36 AM

As a student who parks in T lot everyday I am concerned about losing out on parking spaces because of those new apartments, bad enough right now its hard to find a spot with construction. However I am glad the housing around campus has really taking a HUGE upgrade (bison block,LLC, apartments by railroad tracks) since I came here in 2007. Not to mention the 12th Ave make over makes coming to NDSU look more state of the art. I cant wait til that house between bison block is destroyed! Another bison block is going in there right?

ndsubison1

04-22-2011, 02:39 AM

lets have a kegger in that house

TbonZach

04-22-2011, 02:39 AM

....I cant wait til that house between bison block is destroyed! Another bison block is going in there right?

More like a bison half block. :rimshot:

BadlandsBison

04-22-2011, 03:22 AM

coldspot

04-22-2011, 03:33 AM

NDSU can always level some more residential and build a parking lot.

this. that stupid pay to park lot in the middle of campus between the engineering building, sudro and loftsgard hall would be a good place for a ramp.

TbonZach

04-22-2011, 03:40 AM

this. that stupid pay to park lot in the middle of campus between the engineering building, sudro and loftsgard hall would be a good place for a ramp.

Good luck getting any money from the legislature.

coldspot

04-22-2011, 03:47 AM

Good luck getting any money from the legislature.

TAB should be able to finance it with all the money he's making off of the popcorn market.

TbonZach

04-22-2011, 03:58 AM

TAB should be able to finance it with all the money he's making off of the popcorn market.

Personally I'd like him to finance the rest of the SHAC project before the parking ramp. :biggrin:

TransAmBison

04-22-2011, 04:24 PM

TAB should be able to finance it with all the money he's making off of the popcorn market.
Sorry...TAB is going on a much needed trip to Key West next winter...without kids...and is going to drink his popcorn fortune away... :cheers:

BISON1434er

04-23-2011, 02:38 AM

The development around campus is a good thing and a money maker for the owners.

I was a resident at Da Mint, 1434 12th Ave, the last 2 years of its long history at NDSU. I thought of the houses between T-Lot and Campus as a peninsula surrounded NDSU. The area was somewhat looked down up school and government officials, the properties offered freedom from University Policy, and had ample parking for parties. In summer of 2007, the 3 houses east of 1426/1428 duplex were torn down for the construction of Bison Block 1.

At that point the remaining 3 houses were then isolated island. There was no shortage of social gatherings at the houses during the 07-08 school year since everyone knew the end of the historic residences was near. In May of 2008, these 3 houses were torn down to make way for Bison Block 2.

Several good memories from those 2 years.

sambini

04-23-2011, 01:36 PM

Great to see the developement up there+++ Stop by the Spicey Pie once in a while for a taco grinder its ++++++++++++

BadlandsBison

04-23-2011, 11:30 PM

I give those houses on the east side of University 10 more years...

Hammersmith

04-23-2011, 11:38 PM

I give those houses on the east side of University 10 more years...

A big chunk of them are already owned by the NDSU Development Foundation.

BadlandsBison

04-23-2011, 11:40 PM

A big chunk of them are already owned by the NDSU Development Foundation.

And I've heard they aren't the most lenient of landlords.

Bison bison

04-24-2011, 01:59 AM

I give those houses on the east side of University 10 more years...

I wonder how they are going to provide adequate parking.

BISON1434er

04-24-2011, 02:58 AM

They will just push parking to the Fargodome for commuting students. Its sucks during the winter walking from up there though. In winter, I would sometimes drive to the North end of campus even though I lived on 12th ave if I had it warmed up anyway. Parking penalties and enforcement was increased in 2007, and that set parking straight on campus. It took about 5 tickets before I figured it out though. I believe they also increased enforcement in the residential areas around campus as well that year.

duluthbison

06-02-2011, 03:36 AM

Well Tony's old house between the bison block buildings, has been torn down.

TbonZach

06-02-2011, 05:48 AM

Well Tony's old house between the bison block buildings, has been torn down.

By a company or by Monday's winds?

North Side

06-02-2011, 02:57 PM

By a company or by Monday's winds?
Pretty sure that was done my a company. I saw it down like last week. Aren't they just building another Bison Block is its place?

rockybison

06-02-2011, 07:38 PM

Drove by 1426 12 ave on Sunday and it was gone. Bowed my head in remembrace. Sad day for 3 minutes. Lapped beers at the basin today in sunshine, life goes on. Geez its fun here. Will they make it to July 4, staybtuned

rockybison

06-05-2011, 10:14 PM

abasin open til 24th. looking good

Facts

06-15-2011, 12:59 PM

Noticed recently that they're doing some serious renovations to the engineering/tri-college building on campus. Good to see another building getting updated.

Answer Guy

07-18-2011, 08:40 PM

I believe this new development is right on 12th Avenue North.

http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx89/NDACAnswerGuy/epic-fail-photos-childrens-entertainment-area-fail.jpg

roadwarrior

07-01-2013, 05:39 PM

Second phase of T-Lofts is under way. The two small brick apartment buildings on the north side of 11th Ave are being torn down to make way for the new.

BadlandsBison

07-01-2013, 07:01 PM

Second phase of T-Lofts is under way. The two small brick apartment buildings on the north side of 11th Ave are being torn down to make way for the new.

Do you know if NDSU owns that property?

roadwarrior

07-01-2013, 07:39 PM

Do you know if NDSU owns that property?

No they don't. Probably Roers.

ndsubison1

07-01-2013, 08:31 PM

Second phase of T-Lofts is under way. The two small brick apartment buildings on the north side of 11th Ave are being torn down to make way for the new.

Checked out a room in one of those apartments once, as soon as I stepped in the building all I could smell was smoke and Indian food. Good riddance

BadlandsBison

07-01-2013, 08:49 PM

Checked out a room in one of those apartments once, as soon as I stepped in the building all I could smell was smoke and Indian food. Good riddance

Take it easy! My Soviet differential equations professor lived there, and even an ex gf. She made good macaroni, but no Indian food ;)

IBleedYellow

07-01-2013, 08:53 PM

The new T Lofts were great for the two years I lived there.

That expansion project is really loud for those that work different shifts, though. Today they were tearing off the bricks with an excavator.

Can't wait to be in my own home in the next two weeks.

Galaxy S4

TbonZach

07-01-2013, 09:39 PM

Take it easy! My Soviet differential equations professor lived there, and even an ex gf. She made good macaroni, but no Indian food ;)

Is that code?

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