The past 50 years have seen waves of handwringing over the future of the Saintly City’s central business district, and the latest appears to be cresting right now.

Town Square’s unwelcoming exterior surely contributed to noted urban sociologist William Whyte‘s famous assessment that downtown St. Paul is the “blank wall capital of the world.” ...

The 24,000-square-foot Town Square Park in downtown St. Paul, seen in a Jan. 25, 2000 photo, was built as part of the two-block Town Square development in the late 1970s.

As public and private leaders debate strategies to push downtown St. Paul through a post-pandemic transformation, the old Town Square Park space remains left out of conversations, largely ...

Macy’s has closed and Lawson might leave, but the Saints ballpark, light rail, and residential projects are underway. The CBD looks ready to reinvent itself.

Axios reported Madison Equities did not inform BOMA of 610,000 square feet of vacant office space, making downtown St. Paul’s vacancy rate 31.5%, not 22.5% published in BOMA’s annual report.

Roughly 10,000 people live in downtown St. Paul, ... Spencer cited the Park Square Court building at 400 N. Sibley St. and the Empire Building at 360 N. Robert St. as good candidates for housing ...

For many, the loss of one of downtown St. Paul’s key skyway arteries is an inconvenience. But for Tommy Sar, who lives in an adjacent apartment and uses a wheelchair, it’s untenable. Earlier ...

Many major American regions are trying to save their downtown. In the Twin Cities, we have a double dilemma. And despite the problems facing downtown Minneapolis these days, St. Paul’s core is ...

Among the recent departures were Paul A. Hartquist Jewelers and B’s Barbershop, both of whom could measure their time downtown in decades. Both plan to reopen shortly within the Town Square complex.

Built in 1980, Town Square is a mixed-use block in downtown St. Paul that features two towers: UBS Plaza and Bremer Tower. The largest tenants in the complex include the Minnesota Attorney General ...

Downtown St. Paul comes alive with excitement on nights when 18,000 Minnesota Wild ... Spencer cited the Park Square Court building at 400 N. Sibley St. and the Empire Building at 360 N. Robert St ...