East Franklin Avenue
In the seven blocks GNDC has developed on East Franklin Avenue in the south side Phillips neighborhood, nearly 50 businesses employ more than 500 people. Commercial and residential developments continue to emerge and flourish along the East Franklin corridor.

GNDC’s efforts have improved systems for residents of the Phillips neighborhood, bringing in a grocery store, drug store, medical clinic, financial institution, and employers such as Franklin Street Bakery. This kind of basic neighborhood infrastructure, taken for granted in more affluent areas, is vital in all neighborhoods — yet often neglected or allowed to decay in economically stressed parts of town.

In the Phillips neighborhood GNDC properties include Ancient Traders Market — home to ALDI Foods, Maria’s Cafe, Native American Community Clinic, the flagship Community Safety Center created with the MPD, and many others. This successful model is now the subject of case studies on neighborhood revitalization.

West Broadway Avenue
Broadway Plaza is a transformative north Minneapolis project that will create 225 new jobs, house 15 businesses, improve health and educational opportunities, decrease crime, and contribute a sense of hopefulness and optimism to the Hawthorne neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods of north Minneapolis. Broadway Plaza is located on approximately four acres at West Broadway and Aldrich Avenue North, close to Interstate 94 and downtown Minneapolis.

This major project will house:

Full-service health and fitness center

Restaurant and other retail businesses

State-of-the-art Safety Center

Ample parking

Landscaped public plaza

GNDC’s current focus is on conducting predevelopment activities — architectural, financial, legal, logistical and community readiness — critical to the success of a project of this magnitude and complexity.