Katy Read

6 days ago | startribune.com | Katy Read

Its Art Deco design and access to restaurants and shops in the Midtown Global Market are unique amenities, though the surrounding Phillips neighborhood has weathered challenges. The Minnesota Star Tribune Four years ago, when Gregory Gestner moved back to his home state from New York City, he checked out a condominium in the Midtown Exchange Building in Minneapolis. "As soon as I walked in, I saw down the hallway this wall of windows," he said.

1 week ago | startribune.com | Katy Read

The home, built in 1906, is a prime example of decorative dark wood features that were popular at the turn of the 20th century, and that look might be making a comeback. The Minnesota Star Tribune In an era where the monochromatic "Millennial gray" color scheme has conquered so many homes' interior design, the dark and elaborately carved wood decor in this Minneapolis house feels boldly different.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Katy Read

By Katy Read The three-bedroom, 4,355-square-foot house sits on almost an acre of land. It has a lot of brick and wood, natural materials that characterized McGuire's style. Those materials also "shaped ceilings to give some volume and bring natural light deeper into the house," said a colleague of McGuire's, Minneapolis architect Rosemary McMonigal. "I consider Mike the most influential architect in the St. Croix Valley," McMonigal said.

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Katy Read

By Katy Read She isn't sure whether the wood-burning fireplaces are currently working, but thinks they could be made functional. Either way, she said, they retain decorative value. "They're gorgeous," she said. For Sally French, beauty was the home's most important trait. "The house was her ultimate work of art," Edie French said. "It holds so many stories of profound human connection and experience."

4 weeks ago | startribune.com | Katy Read

The Shoppes at Knollwood, a 60-year-old major outdoor retail center in St. Louis Park, is for sale, and its listing contained a surprise: It may be losing its Kohl's. The Kohl's currently occupies 48,000 square feet of space. But the listing by commercial brokerage CBRE shows that space vacant.