Some places in the US are turning empty malls into apartments. It helps with the housing crisis and also brings back retail. It makes perfect sense for Minnesota.
The Duluth Inn has served as a motel for visitors and tourists who have taken advantage of the downtown location, but now the building will be repurposed to help out citizens instead.
If you have always wanted to live in a Historic mansion, now is your chance with newly renovated loft apartments in a home once built for the Congdon Family.
Steve O'Neil spent his life in Duluth working for Duluth's most vulnerable families. His legacy will continue, as the new apartments and emergency shelter bearing his name. They will not only help those families, but will also help fulfill Duluth's vision of becoming a city that welcomes the stranger, feeds the hungry, and houses the homeless.
For those of you that rent apartments, this may not come as much of a shock. Data released by the Minnesota Housing Partnership shows that Minnesota ranks last in affordability for 2-bedroom apartment rentals in the 12-state Midwestern region.