Minneapolis, USA 2025-2026
18 Unit Infill Development
Pre-Development & Architectural Design
Collaboration with Lander Group
Eighteen compact units occupy a small infill site at 3805 29th Avenue South, replacing a single existing house at the corner of E 38th St and 29th Ave S in South Minneapolis. The project answers a gap in the market: ownership condos priced in the $200,000s, a price point that has effectively disappeared from Minneapolis. The units range from 350 to 800 square feet across a three-storey building with two small ground-floor commercial spaces fronting the street, totaling around 1,200 square feet, and just over 10,000 square feet of gross floor area.
The building sits steps from the 38th Street transit station, allowing a life with less car dependency. The Minneapolis 2040 plan encourages development of multifamily housing on transit routes, providing people the opportunity to live without a car. The plan also allows greater density along specified commercial and transit corridors as a deliberate effort to increase overall housing supply. Parking is tucked entirely at the rear, hidden from the street and reached only from the alley, so the building meets the sidewalk as active frontage rather than a curb cut.
The apartments are based on the “Tiny” module developed with Lander Group for infill sites across Minneapolis. Each runs along a long glazed side that stretches the perceived space well beyond its footprint. Functional and considered, but genuinely cozy. A bedroom with a mirrored sliding door separates quietly from the living areas without sacrificing openness. Dedicated laundry sits built into a cabinet, the bathroom offers a walk-in shower, and the kitchen, complete with an island, flows directly into the living room. In most living rooms, windows on two sides bring in light from more than one direction, making the compact plan feel anything but small.
The new building creates an active, pedestrian-focused frontage along both E 38th St and 29th Ave S. Particular attention has been given to massing and architectural style so the building sits in harmony with the scale and character of its surroundings, emphasizing human scale, street presence, and neighborhood integration.