MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - In September 2023 , the city of Minneapolis approved a purchase agreement for the sale of the Roof Depot site.
The sale was dependent on funding promised by state legislators, but after that funding fell apart at the State Capitol, the land in south Minneapolis has sat in limbo ever since.
Now, an extended deadline is approaching on Sept. 15.
Roof Depot in limbo
What we know:
The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute would like to buy the land.
At a press conference on Monday, EPNI’s interim executive director said the city of Minneapolis and Mayor Jacob Frey have stalled negotiations.
Without previously promised state funding, EPNI has since revised its offer to buy the land, reducing the purchase price to $10.2 million.
But stakeholders say the city has n