Urban Excellence
Urban Excellence provides short-term rental properties in Minneapolis that create places of retreat and reflection for tomorrow’s leaders — and offers alternative wealth-building strategies for historically underrepresented owners and investors of land and buildings.
Book Our Properties
Our short term rental properties are centrally located on the outskirts of downtown Minneapolis near Theodore Wirth Park and Golf Course and the Loppet Trailhead Center and 10 minutes to the historic arts district in North East Minneapolis. Urban Excellence provides affordable rates slightly below the cost of a downtown hotel with similar accommodations boasting a private entrance, full kitchen, small private patio, high end furnishings and chic modern decor, and guaranteed exclusivity.
Our Model
Urban Excellence acts as the developer — from designing a project to final completion — and unites a diverse group of local tradesmen to create unique urban spaces in Minneapolis and beyond. An expert in urban development and municipal housing policy, Dr. Brittany Lewis created this innovative business model in direct response to the barriers she faced as a Black queer homeowner and developer.
Our Founder
Dr. Brittany Lewis is a well-respected community engaged qualitative scholar, thought leader, author, and professor known for bringing those most often locked out of local decision-making processes to the action research table for over 10 years.