The Carlyle

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Structure in general

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Facts

• The height of 468'-8" includes 28'-0" spires.
• The tower features views of the Mississippi River, just two blocks to the north, and the downtown Minneapolis skyline to the south.
• It stands just one block from the 3rd Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, overlooking St. Anthony Falls.
• This project was given a conditional use permit by the Minneapolis Planning Commission on August 19, 2003. The Minneapolis Historic Preservation Commission approved the design on October 22, 2003.
• The first proposal would have reskinned the adjacent lowrise Bridge Place I and converted it into resident parking. Instead this building was demolished and replaced with entirely new construction.
• The building survived an appeal in front of the city's Zoning & Planning Committee on November 13, 2003 and was granted final approval by the City Council on November 21, 2003.
• The main entrance is set back from 3rd Avenue and off of a small driveway. The main parking entrance is off of 2nd Street, and the loading dock is off of 1st Street.
• Originally known as Bridge Place, the name was changed to The Carlyle when marketing began in February 2004.
• The eastern end of the Janney, Semple, Hill & Company Warehouse formerly occupied the northern end of this site.
• Demolition of the existing HUD Building took place in May and June 2004. This was to have been followed in the mid-1980's by Bridge Place II, but those plans never materialized; the Carlyle was constructed on the entire lot.
• A sales office at 100 3rd Avenue South opened on June 26, 2004.
• Reports indicate that more than 60% of the available units were reserved by prospective buyers during the opening weekend.
• The sales trailer was moved off-site to a parking lot across 3rd Avenue, along 2nd Street South in early September.
• With more than 80% of units reserved by mid-August 2004, a ceremonial groundbreaking took place on September 29, 2004.
• The Carlyle is the tallest residential building in Minneapolis, and the tallest in the city north of 4th Street.
• This may not be the city's tallest residential tower for long, as The Nicollet proposal was announced in late summer 2004.
• The first facade panels were installed in mid-December 2005.
• Upon completion, the Carlyle became the tallest newly-constructed residential building in the Midwest outside of Chicago.
• The structure was topped out in a ceremony held on August 17, 2006, and the six spires were added on November 1-2, 2006, surpassing Minnesota's previous tallest residential building, the Jackson Tower in St. Paul.
• Despite overtaking the Jackson Tower in total height, this building's highest residential floor is 10'-2" lower than in the Jackson Tower.