Minneapolis’ newest luxury hotel features Tavola, a new farm-to-table Italian restaurant

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (August 2018) – The Elliot Park Hotel, a new 168-unit luxury hotel at 5th Avenue at 9^th Street in downtown Minneapolis, will open on Thursday, September 20, 2018.  Set to become a distinct downtown destination, the completion of the eight-story hotel is the final component of a comprehensive, mixed-use block development that also features Kraus-Anderson’s new home office, a 17-story HQ residential tower and Finnegan’s microbrewery.

Built by Kraus-Anderson (KA) and developed by Wilkinson Corporation, the upscale hotel is a member of the Marriott Autograph Collection®, featuring a unique design, inherent craft and a direct connection to the community.  Hotel amenities include a fireside lounge, event space, meeting rooms and a fitness center.  Coury Hospitality will operate the hotel.

The Elliot Park Hotel also introduces Tavola, a farm-to-table Italian restaurant designed to be inviting to both locals and hotel guests as a gathering place.  Tavola will feature pizzas, pastas and steaks, and a wide variety of wines and craft cocktails.

Hotel valet service and the highly visible restaurant both have dedicated entrances off 5th Avenue.

Designed by ESG Architects, the hotel https://elliotparkhotel.com/ is created to fit into the fabric of the existing historic Elliot Park neighborhood.  The property is a key part of a full block urban redevelopment that builds on the City of Minneapolis’ East Town vision to transform Portland Avenue and Fifth Avenue into widened vibrant, pedestrian oriented streetscapes, connecting Elliot Park to the new Commons Park and the Mill District.

“It’s been extraordinarily rewarding to see the vision of our hotel and the entire KA Block become reality,” said Mike Harral, vice president of development for Wilkinson.  “This development has been a huge success for Wilkinson, thanks in large part to the long list of partners that have been involved with the design and construction.  We are very excited to join the Marriott Autograph Collection and to begin operations on September 20th.”

A Grand Opening celebration is planned for October 3, 2018.

[Click here for Renderings and Animation of the hotel’s exterior, lobby, Tavola bar]

About Kraus-Anderson

Established in 1897, Kraus-Anderson® Construction Company is one of the nation’s premier commercial general contractors and construction managers. Kraus-Anderson, an Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and has regional offices in Madison, Wis., Bismarck, N.D., and Duluth, Bemidji and Rochester Minn.

The county has released draft revisions to its recycling ordinance, which includes a requirement for businesses that generate large quantities of food waste to implement food waste recycling by January 1, 2020.

You may have already received information about the proposed requirements via a letter from Hennepin County or communications from the Minneapolis Regional Chamber.  I am also sharing this information to make sure you are aware that this proposed requirement will potentially affect businesses in the entire county including restaurants.

What you need to know:

Requirements would apply to certain businesses that generate large quantities of food waste, such as, restaurants, hotels, grocers, residential care facilities, shopping centers, and office buildings with dining services that generate one ton of trash or more per week or contract for weekly collection of eight or more cubic yards of trash.

To be in compliance with the proposed requirements, businesses must:

• Have food waste recycling service in place;
• Provide food waste collection containers back-of-house and properly label them;
• Separate food waste from trash in back-of-house operations; and
• Provide education and train employees annually.

The draft revisions to the ordinance also include requirements for businesses to improve conventional recycling. The draft revisions incorporate the state recycling requirements and add service level standards and labeling requirements.

Here’s what you should do:

• Review the summary of the proposed requirements and/or the full text of draft ordinance revisions.
• If you have comments, provide feedback August 17 via a survey or by email to environment@hennepin.us.
• Stay informed about the process by signing up to receive county notifications with updates.
• Get a jump start on food recycling by taking advantage of free resources available, including a site visit from county staff to help you determine how to set it up within your operations, help with training, order free signs and stickers to label recycling containers, or apply for a grant to help purchase recycling containers, start hauling services, and purchase start-up supplies.

Next steps include reviewing the public comments, making final edits to the recycling ordinance, and submitting the final draft ordinance to the county board in September. The board will hold a public hearing in early fall to receive testimony from the public.  After the public hearing, additional edits may be made to the ordinance before the final version is submitted to the board.  Board deliberation and potential approval of the ordinance revisions is anticipated to be in late October 2018.

Ward 3 Council Member Steve Fletcher is seeking to learn more about the businesses that operate in our community. If you are a business owner or manager, please take a few minutes to complete the survey via the link below.

https://bit.ly/2mGP4JA

Thank you to everyone who attended the joint business forum on June 21, at the new FINNovation Lab / Impact Hub located within the new Kraus Anderson headquarters block.  Between ETBP and minneapolis downtown council members, we had over 90 people at this event.

Thank you to our great line up of guest speakers, including Council Member Lisa Goodman, Jacquie Berglund from Finngans, Mary Rick from the FINNovation Lab / Impact Hub and John Campobasso from Kraus Anderson.

A BIG thank you to our two sponsors Kraus Anderson and parameters.

PDF of June 21 Presentation

On July 1, 2018, the minimum wage in Minneapolis is going up to $10.25 for small employers and $11.25 for large employers.

The Minneapolis minimum wage ordinance defines small businesses as 100 or fewer employees and large businesses as more than 100 employees.