In person Frogtown / Rondo public community meeting on Sears Redevelopment project and current community issues

The large property near the State Capitol could be reused for multiple purposes, according to owner Asian Media Access. A plan to renovate St. Paul’s 60-year-old former Sears building for several different purposes — including an event center, sports complex and virtual theme park — is the latest development in a flurry of transactions involving…

The old Sears property near the Minnesota State Capitol could house an events center, charter school, and food court, among other ideas, according to its new owner, Asian Media Access. The old Sears property near the Minnesota State Capitol could house an events center, charter school, and food court, among other ideas, according to its…

The plan is to redevelop the site into a community hub space where people play, work and live. ST PAUL, Minnesota — The former Sears building has been vacant for nearly five years. Now plans are underway to redevelop the site into a community hub space. This summer, Asian Media Access (AMA) bought the property…

New life is coming this weekend to the old Sears store parking lot near the State Capitol in St. Paul. More than 40 food and merchandise vendors gathered outside the closed retail store for an event called St. Paul Marketplace. The building has been vacant since 2019. The organization Asian Media Access purchased the building…

St. Paul’s long-vacant Sears store has traded hands again, the second time in one month. Almost immediately after buying the 425 Rice St. property near the Capitol for $7 million in early May, a limited liability company called Pacifica St. Paul sold it to Asian Media Access, Inc. for $8.2 million at the end of…

A sports and digital arts-focused charter school that would come complete with an adjoining community sports complex. A wellness center. A “3D theme park” geared toward entrepreneurs. A hotel and parking ramp. And an international designation as the cornerstone of a “World Cultural Heritage” corridor. All of that could, in theory, take root on St….