West Lake Station and West Lake Quarter Construction Well Underway

Abbott and Chowen avenues are expected to remain dead end streets well into 2023 to allow for work on the West Lake Station and the West Lake Quarter apartment buildings before being re-connected by a new 31st Street. Although passenger service is not planned to begin on the light rail line until 2027, construction of the station platform and structure is moving along. When complete, the line, known as the Green Line, will provide service from our neighborhood to Target Field, downtown Minneapolis and St Paul, with service to the airport and Mall of America requiring a transfer to the Blue Line. To the west the line will extend to Eden Prairie.

The 7-story, 98-unit apartment building at West Lake Quarter along Abbott Avenue, is now open for occupancy. Known as the Mezz, it takes its name from being a mezzanine between another 7-story building, now under construction and called the Gateway, and a planned 26-story Landmark tower. The Gateway will have 152 units and is expected to open in the spring of 2024. The start date for work on the tower remains uncertain, but when West Lake Quarter is completed it will also include a fourth apartment building adjacent to West Lake Station bringing the apartment count to 856 units (and 769 parking stalls) according to plans approved by the Minneapolis Planning Commission. The fourth building is intended to include apartments to enable the developer to meet its affordable housing requirement.

Construction activity is limited by the City to 7AM to 6PM Monday through Friday. For questions or complaints about light rail construction activity, you can call the 24-hour hotline at 612-373-3933.