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Artspace Hastings Lofts2nd Street East & Tyler Street, Hastings, Minnesota
Project Summary
Hastings is an old Mississippi River town
with a picturesque downtown full of historic
buildings. When the City of Hastings decided to
seek proposals for redeveloping one of them,
the Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council asked
Artspace to get involved.
Artspace conducted an Arts Market Survey that
identified a market for artist live/work space, and
when the Dakota County Community Development
Agency heard about that, it invited Artspace to
apply for Low Income Housing Tax Credits to help
finance a project.
Artspace is now planning a new mixed-use facility
on the E. Second Street, downtown Hastings’ main
street, that will include 37 affordable live/work
units for artists and their families, 2,500 square
feet of ground floor retail space, a 1,700-square-
foot gallery, and an outdoor courtyard. The three-
story structure, though entirely new, will be of
the same scale as nearby historic buildings with
their large windows and narrow storefronts. It
will significantly expand downtown Hasting’s
residential population, and it will bring a long-
vacant site back onto the tax rolls.
Project Details
Owner/Developer // Artspace Projects
Type of development // Mixed-use
Live/work units // 37
Type of units // studio, one-, two-, and three-bedrooms
Affordability // units range from 30% to 60% of
area median income
Commercial/Community space // 4,200 sq. ft.
Total project cost // $11.7 million
Photo by Ali Plevell
The Nation’s Partner in Artist-Led
Community Transformation
Artspace is the nation’s leader in artist-led community
transformation, with more than 35 projects in operation across
the country and another dozen in development, representing a
unique, $582 million investment in America’s arts infrastructure.
Through its Consulting division, Artspace has brought its hard-
earned expertise to more than 300 cultural planning efforts
from coast-to-coast. With headquarters in Minneapolis and
offices in Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and
Washington D.C., Artspace is America’s leading developer of arts
facilities. To date we have completed more than 1,300 affordable
live/work units for artists and their families as well as more than
a million square feet of non-residential space for artists and arts
organizations. www.artspace.org
Project Goals> To engage Hastings' artistic community in
supporting the economic vitality and livability of downtown Hastings
> To provide affordable space where artists and arts organizations can pursue their work
> Provide affordable housing> Connect to and enhance the burgeoning arts
establishments in downtown Hastings> Develop a long vacant site that is surrounded by
current and future city investments.
Project TimingConstruction is expected to begin in summer 2016, and the Artspace Hastings Lofts will be in operation by the summer of 2017.
Artspace Contact:For more information or to support this project, please contact:
Heidi Zimmer // Vice President, Property Development // [email protected] Carlson St. Clair // Project Manager [email protected] up for property updates, view floor plans, rent and income limits at artspace.org/hastings
Photo by Jim Denham
Photo by Ali Plevell
