Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Client: Juxtaposition Arts

Status: Completed in 2023

Area: 12,607 SF

Team: TEN x TEN, 4RM+ULA, Element Commercial Real Estate, Emanuelson-Podas, Mattson Macdonald Young, Watson-Forsberg, Solution Blue, Inc., TRI-Construction, Margolis Company

Slideshow Photos: Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO)

Awards: 2024 CoStar Impact Award for Redevelopment of the Year for Minneapolis/St. Paul, 2024 Minnesota Real Estate Journal Award Winner in Education + Daycare, Finance + Commerce Top Project of 2023

For over two decades, Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA) has been an integral presence the North Minneapolis community, engaging and empowering young urban creatives by utilizing education initiatives such as entrepreneurship, social and environmental justice work, and arts and design education access. Now, their fully funded captial campaign has allowed the organization to build a new home for their teen-staffed art and design center, gallery, retail shop, and artists’ studio space.

The project sits at a central point on the West Broadway corridor, near Sammy’s Avenue Eatery and the Hawthorne Crossing parking lot that hosts the West Broadway Farmer’s market and other pop-up events. The JXTA Campus creates a central gathering place that centers community, employment, art and recreation at a key intersection. There are a variety of community assets within a mile from the campus, including job centers, bike and regional trails, parks, schools, and retail spaces.

The new three-story building includes classrooms, art galleries, and various labs for ceramics, contemporary art, printing, textiles, environmental studies, and graphics. The new campus also has several outdoor spaces that are accessible to the community, including a commons that can be used as an active learning environment with seating and soft spaces, an entry plaza, and a “parkable” plaza that can also be used as an active community and learning space. The original skateable plaza, completed in 2018, also received seating and public art during this campus expansion.