9 story building a possibility for Downtown site

There's been a prime vacant site sitting on Washington Avenue that will soon see a new development rise... The question is what developer will exactly get to develop the site.

The City of Minneapolis a few months ago put out a call for development proposals for the site that sits at 800 Washington Avenue South near the Guthrie Theater. It's located directly next to the ALoft Hotel and the new(ish) American Academy for Neurology.

Proposals were due yesterday at 4:00pm however one proposal already has made the headlines.

Above: Pinstripes location in Edina (Pinstripes)

The Journal broke the news a few days ago that Sherman Associates is planning a new hotel development on site. Since then multiple news sources have spoke about the development, none stating the plans put fourth by other developers.

Sherman Associate's plans include a 9 story building with 140 rooms along with a Pinstripes on the first two floors of the building.

Pinstripes is a venue that features a bistro with Italian/American cuisine along with a bowling alley, bocce ball courts, and often an out door patio and fire pit. Currently the company has a one Minnesota location in Edina. Pinstripes currently has seven locations altogether, that includes a recently opened location in Downtown Chicago, and has plans for an additional five more locations in the next two years.

What hotel concept would call the building home is yet to be announced. We'll have more information on this project along with the other development proposals for the site by early next week.