A-Mill Artist Lofts — Local services in Minneapolis

The lengths that management will go to to avoid responsibility is absolutely astounding and unbelievable. I used to think that I understood basic logic and reason before moving in here. They don’t apply here.

Management will defend inconsiderate residents who constantly violate their lease over great long term and courteous residents. They will add/delete rules as they see fit and they completely ignore the lease. The property manager and the district manager tell us conflicting things.

Management’s style of communication can be patronizing, and it often times seems like they are gaslighting you to get you off of their backs, so they can get away with not solving issues. Instead of telling our neighbors that it’s against the lease to play loud amplified music in their apartment, the property manger told us something along the lines of “You get what you get here at the A-Mill” (I might be paraphrasing, but it was almost these exact same words). Wow, if that’s not shirking responsibility, I don’t know what is.

Note that these are not live/work spaces and that there are specific rooms for residents to check out for music rehearsal yet according to management there are 20 makeshift recording studios here that are apparently fine by management. I’m a drummer/composer, and would never dream of subjecting my neighbors to that! I use the practice spaces. Imagine trying to sleep next to a recording studio... You can’t! I’ve been trying to sleep for the past 6 months since our recording studio party neighbors moved in next door.

Management also says that they need several complaints on the same night for the noise to be actionable. We have confirmed with one resident that they heard the noise and contacted management on several of the same nights that we did. Management’s excuse is that the other tenant didn’t sound like they were complaining, but just informing them of the noise. Really?! It’s one excuse after another with them.

I absolutely do not recommend moving here unless you have no sense of neighborly respect.

If you are normal, and decide to move here: Welcome to the twilight zone.

A few tips. Don’t park in the first few spaces on the bottom floor of the parking garage, my car was dented repeatedly when I was parking there. Absolutely do not move under the Clubroom that’s on the 7th floor. Buy really good ear plugs and a white noise machine, and be prepared to deal with some emotionally immature and unstable “adults”. I also hear that Warehouse 2 reeks of pot. Stay firm and strong with management and don’t get gaslit by them or inconsiderate residents. Be prepared for a bumpy ride if you decide to stand up to inconsiderate residents. They don’t seem to like those of us who want the rules of the lease enforced.

Don’t believe me? See Jason Garver’s review.

I will also attach an image of my old review, so you can view it in Google Maps. It had 8 likes, so obviously I’m not alone.

It’s sad, because I wouldn’t be surprised if management ends up driving away all of the decent tenants in the near future.

Good luck!

Update: It’s not “kindness” to wake up your neighbors with your “process” when there are practice rooms right downstairs. I like how it’s completely ignored that my roommate and I are both drummers. We don’t wake up our neighbors, because we use the spaces provided for loud music. No one should have to “adjust” to sleepless nights. The whole “resilience” and “dedication” thing has nothing to do with what I wrote. It’s a superficial distraction from the problem at hand, since all residents have had access to the arts amenities the entire time and there is no need to make loud music in our apartments. Again, these are NOT live/work spaces. The neighbor’s noise is often times 15-20 decibels over ambient, that’s not an artist “process” that anyone should expect to “hear” in this building. It’s not a bohemian art commune, they are apartments where mostly working adults live and TRY to sleep while they do art on the side. Management and the residents still need to follow the lease and city...

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