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Nova Classical Academy )" width="718" />(Courtesy of Nova Classical Academy ) Off West Seventh Street , a charter school and an apartment developer have bumped heads over building heights. By a vote of 6-0, the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday declined to side with Nova Classical Academy in a dispute over the height of a proposed apartment building at 763 Kay Ave. Chase Real Estate , which has opened two apartment buildings in the new Victoria Park neighborhood , has proposed a third building of four floors and 50 units. Nova, a K-12 charter school, recently appealed a decision of the planning commission, which allowed changes to the Victoria Park Master Plan to accommodate the proposed building height of up to 49.5 feet. The master plan had previously envisioned the site to someday host 13 townhomes with a maximum height of 40 feet. The Chase proposal , recently amended, calls for 50 apartments with a maximum building height of 45 feet. The structure heigh...

A Broadway landmark was reduced to a pile of bricks and steel beams by a wrecking crew Aug . 15. An excavator equipped with a metal claw began knocking down the building at 700 Broadway, which became a structural hazard once fire gutted it Aug. 6. The intersection of Broadway and West Seventh Street was blocked to car traffic and walkers, but several dozen people stood on both streets to watch the action on the building, which also was known as the Thistle Block or the Thistle Building. The excavator claw ripped into the building starting just after 1:30 p.m. >>PHOTOS: Demo begins on 700 Broadway Advertisement “It’s devastating,” said Marco Calo, 35, a resident who lost many personal belongings in the fire. Calo said his losses included copies of his resume and paperwork for scheduled job interviews , leaving him without directions for finding work. Using his cell phone, Calo streamed the demolition live via Facebook, communicating with family and friends. “Have ...

The commercial real estate landscape in Fort Worth is thriving despite some blips in retail due to the changing behavior of shoppers and growing competition. But a bright spot in the Fort Worth retail market is the opening of several new upscale stores in the Clearfork development, including a Tesla auto showroom . Experts offered some insight and predictions on the local commercial real estate market , painting a largely rosy picture of the current landscape at a Business for Breakfast Series session on Aug. 23 sponsored by the Fort Worth Business Press . One of the biggest challenges is the retail industry and it’s a national as well as local situation arising from being “over-stored,” said Steve Coslik, chairman and CEO of the Woodmont Co., the Fort Worth- based property management company that manages about 20 million square feet of retail shopping centers , enclosed shopping malls and outlet centers in 22 states. “Retailers are going through a terrifying challenge righ...