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Minot Artspace Lofts

A Bit of Magic in Minot

3 Main Street South Minot, ND, 58701

Overview

Minot has been known as the “Magic City” since it first sprang up, seemingly overnight, in the late 1800s. Over the last decade, an oil boom has brought many new arrivals.

Minot is committed to engaging its arts community as a core asset in its rebuilding process, deploying creativity and sweat equity to spur complementary development. Minot Artspace Lofts — the first new building in downtown Minot in 30 years — serves as an arts anchor with 34 units of affordable live/work space where artists can create, increase their income and establish roots in the heart of Minot. 

The project is home to the Minot Area Council for the Arts and the Children's Music Academy which specializes in quality music education benefiting hundreds of young children. An artist-run cooperative gallery occupies the ground floor.

Architect: LHB Architects

Contractor: Loeffler Construction

Funders: ArtPlace America; Artspace; Bremer Bank; Ford Foundation; Minot Area Community Foundation; Otto Bremer Foundation; City of Minot; North Dakota Department of Commerce- Community Services Division; North Dakota Department of Commerce- Tourism Division; North Dakota Housing Incentive Fund; Souris Basin Planning Council; US Bank; USDA Rural Development

Financial Partners: National Equity Fund; North Dakota Housing Financing Agency; Wells Fargo Bank

est. 2013

Type of Development:

Live/Work Artist Housing

Number of Units:

34

Community Space Sq. Ft.:

1,547

Commercial Space Sq. Ft.:

3,034

Types of Units:

Efficiency, one-, and two-bedrooms

Total Project Cost:

$9.4M

Features:

Resident Gallery
Resident Community Room with Kitchen
On-site Laundry
Off-Street Parking