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Chef · #31 Posted **Nov 25, 2014, 7:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by mhays

Wierd geometries get very expensive, and the expense typically doesn't translate to higher rents.

Further, the public doesn't like "futuristic, stylish stuff" stuff anywhere near as much as Dwell readers do.

In Minneapolis, futuristic apartment architecture is being driven by the fact that vacancies are low but rents for regular apartments are still well below construction costs. Very few people here are willing to pay $1200 a month for a regular 1br, but a luxury 1br for $1500 to $2000 is more likely to rent. Developers here know they have to swing for the fences if they want their buildings to fill. Very little is being built for the middle class right now, while everybody is falling all over themselves to try to build the most high end building in the city. It will be interesting to see how this ends.

Some of the more recent competitors in the high end sweepstakes. Locally, the biggest complaint about these buildings is that they are boring and cookie cutter:

Vue

mplsmay201303 by afsmps, on Flickr

mplsmay201304 by afsmps, on Flickr

Dock Street Flats

mplsmay201430 by afsmps, on Flickr

mplsmay201429 by afsmps, on Flickr

Brunsfield Place

mplsmay201420 by afsmps, on Flickr

mplsmay201423 by afsmps, on Flickr

Third North

mplsmay201419 by afsmps, on Flickr

The Nic on Fifth

mplssept201432 by afsmps, on Flickr

222 Hennepin

mplsmay201405 by afsmps, on Flickr

mplsmay201408 by afsmps, on Flickr

Flux

mplssept201244 by afsmps, on Flickr

The Walkway

mplsjuly201431 by afsmps, on Flickr