The massive plan to turn 48 acres of riverfront land into housing, businesses and an outdoor performance venue was approved Friday. The Minneapolis City Council voted to approve a massive plan to turn 48 acres of riverfront land into housing, businesses and an outdoor performance venue. The project — the Upper Harbor Terminal — is city officials’ No. 1 construction priority right now. The plan lays out preliminary designs for the land between the Mississippi River and Interstate 94 in north Minneapolis that once served as a barge shipping terminal. Federal authorities closed the terminal to avoid the spread of invasive carp in 2014, and the city of Minneapolis has been studying what to do with the T-shaped piece of property since.

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