MREJ Awards 2025: Wangstad Commons

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

Congratulations to all of Minnesota RE Journal’s Real Estate Awards finalists and winners. We join our client, JO Companies, and the entire project team in celebrating Wangstad Commons with the honor of the Affordable Housing – Suburban Award.

The Minnesota Real Estate Journal hosts an annual Real Estate Awards program that showcases the top achievements and developments in the state of the past year.

Wangstad Commons

Wangstad Commons is a new 54-unit affordable housing complex in Brooklyn Center near the City’s Wangstad Park. JO Companies developed the four city-owned parcels into a 4-story, 100% affordable high-quality apartment building. Wangstad Commons was designed to change the perspective of what affordable housing looks and feels like, providing market rate level design and amenities at a lower rent. The development offers one, two, three and four-bedroom units, and one third of the units are reserved for people living with disabilities or at high risk of homelessness. The building is also SB2030 energy compliant through Minnesota’s B3 Program.

Team members included:

  • Owner: JO Companies
  • General Contractor: Doran Companies
  • Architect: Pope Design Group
  • Interior Designer: Pope Design Group
  • Property Manager: Halverson & Blaiser Group
  • MEP Engineer: Emanuelson-Podas, Inc.
  • Structural Engineer: ERA Structural Engineering
  • Civil Engineer & Landscape: WSB

Check out the rest of this year’s finalists and honorees and view event photos on Minnesota RE Journals event page.

View photos of the project on our feature page.

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