Timeline
Rezone, 23 months from site control to close. Current phase: Rezoning and site plan.
1. Site control3 mo
Complete- Gate
- Purchase agreement executed with entitlement contingency
- Owner
- Counsel
2. Feasibility2 mo
Complete- Gate
- Untrended yield on cost clears the screen at the proposed count
- Owner
- Sponsor
3. Neighborhood and city pre-application2 mo
Complete- Gate
- Staff report favorable
- Owner
- Sponsor
4. Rezoning and site plan6 mo
Current phase- Gate
- Council approval recorded
- Owner
- City
5. Appeal period1 mo
Ahead- Gate
- Expired without challenge
- Owner
- Counsel
6. Design to permit set4 mo
Ahead- Gate
- Building permit application filed
- Owner
- Architect
7. Permitting3 mo
Ahead- Gate
- Building permit issued
- Owner
- City
8. Financing and closing2 mo
Ahead- Gate
- Loan and equity close the same day as land
- Owner
- Sponsor
Today's zoning does not carry the count. The public path governs the clock. Months are the phase's illustrative default.
Tasks for Entitlement
2 of 5 closed. Stage entered Sep 4. Sample team.
- Submit the applicationDue Sep 18
Development leadGates the stage
- Neighborhood meetingDue Oct 19
Development lead
- Staff report reviewDue Nov 18
Legal
- Planning commission hearingDue Dec 3
Development leadGates the stage
- City council approvalDue Jan 2
Development leadGates the stage
Gate review: leaving Entitlement
0 of 1 partner has decided. Moving forward without approval shows a warning. Sample partners. Decisions are never edited; a change is a new entry.
- Sample Dana OrtizPendingNot yet decided
- Name
- Sample site: Willow Bend Residences
- Stage
- Entitlement
- Units
- 230
- Strategy
- Ground-up
- Zoning path
- Rezone
- Estimated total development cost
- $63,500,000
- Waiting on
- Planning commission hearing
- Gate due
- Feb 2027
- Gate owner
- Counsel
- Days in stage
- 64
- Note
- Rezone required: the long timeline template governs. Neighborhood meeting held, letters filed.
- Working surface
- None yet
- Location
- Southeast Minneapolis, Prospect Park (neighborhood centroid 44.973, -93.217)
- Drawing state
- Illustrative massing
- Drawing required at the feasibility gate
- Illustrative massing. Architect set: not uploaded · Architect
- Typology
- 5-over-2 podium, 7 stories, about 46 units per residential floor (from the rule)
- Shows the unit count at a stated typology, not what fits on the site. Site acreage, zoning height and parking ratio not yet entered.
Illustrative massing, not an architect's drawing
Unit count at 5-over-2 podium (by rule), not site fit.
Developer notes
Sample sponsor · Sep 10, 2026
Neighborhood meeting held. Questions were traffic on the frontage road and the height step-down at the rear lot line. Minutes filed with the application.
Sample counsel · Oct 17, 2026
Staff report came back favorable with two conditions: the rear step-down and a pedestrian connection to the trail.
Sample counsel · Oct 30, 2026
On the February commission agenda. Missing it pushes the council vote back by a full cycle, and the purchase agreement extension payment with it.
Documents
- Sample purchase agreement, entitlement contingencyPurchase agreement · Jun 10, 2026
- Sample Phase I environmentalEnvironmental · Jul 26, 2026
- Sample neighborhood meeting minutesEntitlement · Sep 11, 2026
- Sample rezoning applicationEntitlement · Sep 28, 2026
- Sample staff reportEntitlement · Oct 17, 2026
Names only. Sample records carry no files.
Change log
- Oct 18, 2026Sample sponsorOwnerSponsor changed to Counsel
- Oct 18, 2026Sample counselGateStaff report favorable changed to Planning commission hearing
- Sep 4, 2026Sample counselGateUntrended yield clears the screen changed to Staff report favorable
- Sep 4, 2026Sample counselStageFeasibility changed to Entitlement
- Jul 12, 2026Sample sponsorStageSourcing changed to Feasibility
- May 31, 2026Sample sponsorStageNot tracked changed to Sourcing