Saturday, April 20, 2013
The City of Minneapolis is suing CenterPoint Energy, the newspaper reported.
The City of Minneapolis has filed suit with CenterPoint Energy over the March 17, 2011 gas explosion near the Cub Foods store at the corner of 60th Street and Nicollet Avenue South, the Star Tribune reported. Related: According to the Star Tribune: The city of Minneapolis filed a lawsuit last month against CenterPoint Energy claiming the Texas-based natural gas company was negligent in maintaining and repairing the pipe running under 60th Street and Nicollet Avenue S. The city is seeking compensation for damages to its infrastructure caused by the blast. ... The city’s claim states: “CenterPoint failed to use reasonable and ordinary care in designing, constructing, maintaining and repairing the gas pipe running under 60th Street in …
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Monday, December 17, 2012
One of Richfield Patch's Top 10 Stories of the Year.
Richfield Patch covered a lot of different stories, topics and events throughout 2012, but there were a few that stood out as the most interesting, important or possibly infamous to our readers. The following is the No. 3 story of the year. *** After being involved in a lawsuit with the city and a dispute with Menards, the Burger King owned by Dolphin Fast Food Inc. on 78th Street East closed its doors late in the summer. While Dolphin Fast Food Inc. didn't return Richfield Patch's calls, its decision to close the restaurant was likely the result of the Menards revamp, which will be a two-story superstore when finished. Thousands tuned in to Patch as the story developed, making this story our No. 3 Story of the Year. *** See all other …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The fast food joint claims the city’s decision was favored toward Menards and detrimental to the survival of the business.
After Menards received its final city approvals for the total reconstruction of its Richfield store at the end of 2011, the home improvement store’s eastern neighbor, Burger King, has sued the city. According to Richfield Community Development Director John Stark, Burger King alleges that the city gave “custom” approvals to Menards that wouldn’t have been available to all and the resulting new superstore would be detrimental to the business. Burger King representatives attempted to stop the city’s approvals at a Dec. 13, 2011 Richfield City Council public hearing to approve the store plat—which immediately followed the approval of a conditional use permit. Reps also presented a proposal to move the restaurant to the northwest corner of the…
Dan Mc
8:49 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I used to work for Menards & I think that eventually they will buy the property. The one driving force behind all business decisions is money. Eventually the property owners will realize that Menards is the only entity that will buy that property. If Menards can get a good deal on it (which eventually, they will) They'll probably put up some cold storage or lumber buildings there. Menards has … more ›