Posts by Michael Hudson
Sustainability meets affordability in St. Paul with LEED
In St. Paul, Minnesota, LEED-certified affordable housing has become the norm, not the exception. In the first few months of 2025, at least three projects have received certification, including two apartment buildings and the state’s first LEED Platinum single family home. Two other large mixed-use developments, each covering more than 100 acres, are currently under way,…
Read More$92M affordable housing project to break ground in Woodbury
A long-planned $92 million affordable housing project is on the cusp of construction in Woodbury. The project, developed by Broadway Street Development, will bring 237 new apartments to a site at 580 Manning Ave. S., which is near a new Amazon light industrial facility and the city of Woodbury’s Prairie Ridge Park. The units will be…
Read MoreBroadway Street Development wins Best Affordable Project – Minneapolis and Best Mixed-Use Project at the Minnesota Real Estate Journal Awards
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Read MoreSt. Paul: Balsam on Broadway opens in Lowertown, one of several housing developments for downtown
After opening 128 units of affordable housing in St. Paul’s Lowertown neighborhood, developers Mike Hudson and Willy Boulay followed that up by moving in. The co-founders of Broadway Street Development now keep their offices at the Balsam on Broadway, a six-story, $70 million residential building that welcomed its first tenants in December. Read More on Pioneer…
Read MoreBroadway Street Development wraps work on The Balsam on Broadway mixed-use development in St. Paul
Broadway Street Development has completed The Balsam on Broadway, a six-story mixed-use development at 540 Broadway St. in St. Paul, Minnesota, adjacent to the city’s Lowertown neighborhood. Read More on RE Journals
Read MoreBroadway Street Development Makes Largest Real Estate Developers in the Twin Cities List
Ranked by Metro square feet broken ground on, 2022-2024 Broadway Street Development ranks 21st. Read More on Business Journal
Read MoreIt’s not easy building affordable apartments in the Twin Cities. These developers got it done.
Willy Boulay and Mike Hudson have a grand vision for building affordable apartments for people with below-median incomes that are as nice as market-rate properties. Read More on Star Tribune
Read MoreBroadway Street Development finds success in NE Minneapolis
A $71 million project that’s bringing 160 new affordable dwellings to the Bottineau neighborhood of Minneapolis is nearly fully occupied, a milestone reached about five months after the project’s completion, according to the project’s developer. Read More on Finance & Commerce
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