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Sean Sweeney
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Real estate developer. $200 million in award winning projects. On a mission to help create 1,000 new developers. Free real estate development newsletter 👇🏻

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The Abbott Residences are 32-units of luxury housing.

Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis.

Developer by Streeter with some help from yours truly.
January 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sweating out Christmas & Hanukkah in the sauna tonight! 🔥
December 25, 2024 at 11:50 PM
My kids’ pediatrician quit last year.

We hadn’t heard from her since.

Today, we stumbled upon her Instagram page where she’s become an online influencer!

My wife laughed & thought it was ridiculous.

I said it sounded like she wanted more flexible hours & better pay!
December 23, 2024 at 3:33 PM
My favorite thing about living in a walkable city is the quaint corner commercial nodes.

Small building with killer breakfast/coffee spot & later the other side is amazing lunch.

I am and always will be long walkable urban cities.
December 22, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Public art.

Many developers ignore it and consider it a waste of money.

But a small investment in public art helps tie a project to the community in which it is built.

It been shown time and time again to decrease tenant turnover.

A small investment goes a long way.
December 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Apartment buildings don’t ruin beautiful tree-lined streets.

They enhance them.
December 12, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Fun night at the Twin Cities Business 100 event!

Great room full of interesting people.

Honored to be selected as one of the top 100 business leaders to know in 2025!
December 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again.

Minneapolis is one of the most underrated cities in the world.

Density, transit, good design, walkability, relative affordability, fantastic arts scene, a ton of Fortune 500 companies & nice people.
November 24, 2024 at 2:01 PM
29-units of infill housing.

• Replaced a duplex on 15k/sf lot

• 14 parking spaces

• Minneapolis, MN

• Co-developed with Left Lane Ventures in 2021
November 22, 2024 at 3:15 AM
In 2021 we paid $1.1 million for this gas station and the two adjacent homes.

We tore them down.

In late 2022, we finished the Wakpada Apartments.

Named one of the best 50 projects in Minnesota that year.
November 18, 2024 at 1:15 PM
When we plan a new project, we study the competitive properties nearby.

We learn the baseline of what we need to deliver.

We then use our design sense & creativity to deliver a superior product, but at the same rent levels.

We make it easy for tenants to choose our building.
November 17, 2024 at 4:59 PM
12-unit apartment project we built with no parking and no elevator.

Walkable neighborhood.

Minneapolis, MN.
November 17, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Strip Mall Guy a fake too.

He confirmed.

@bsky.app you’d better figure out how to confirm people are real or this site is doomed quickly.
November 17, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Hate to start out this way but just FYI the Nick Huber/Sweatystartup account on here is not actually Nick Huber. I’ve confirmed with Nick.

Prolly should block.
November 17, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Glad to be here!
November 17, 2024 at 12:04 AM
I am a ground-up real estate developer based in Minneapolis.

I have been a general partner on 9 projects in the past 6 years.

I’m focused on proving good design leads to better financial results.

I am advisor for other real estate companies and consult for other developers.

Glad to be here!
November 16, 2024 at 10:37 PM
My partner and I raised $11 million in equity and took out a $33 million construction loan to build Akin.

204-units. And 2 saunas.

It was named best urban development in Minneapolis last year.
November 16, 2024 at 8:14 PM