By Rose Gold Reviews on April 3, 2026 Verified by Google

Excellent building. Excellent location. I called and spoke to Joanne about a possible unit. She was transparent friendly and knowledgeable

By Jeremy Cady on October 20, 2022 Verified by Google

Lived here for a year. I would’ve loved to leave a decent review but can’t for the following reasons:

1. I had two bikes stolen from the property and when I asked management for the security footage to give to the police for the report, I heard nothing. The room from which the bikes were stolen was a locked room only accessible to tenants and employees. I’m guessing it was someone in the building (maybe and employee) and they didn’t want the trouble so they didn’t provide the footage. Sad because my bikes were in clear view of the camera in the bike room.

2. Constant pot smoking on the ground floor. It wreaked of pot smoke. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t care what you do in your free time but there are no smoking ordinances in Minneapolis for a reason. No one ever enforced the ordinance.

3. I came into the lobby on two different occasions to find people who did not live in the building chilling on the couch with their feet on the furniture smoking cigarettes. I reported it twice. Nothing was done.

4. Found a homeless person in the stairwell on one occasion with all of his belongings. When I asked him if he lived there he said no and that he was “waiting for a friend”. I notified management. Nothing was done.

5. When you move out, they expect YOU to clean the apartment yourself. I’ve never encountered that with a lease. In my experience you’re expected to leave the place in good condition but the deep cleaning was the responsibility of the property. When they found a spec of dirt on a surface and a crumb in the stove they sent me a notification that they were keeping the bulk of my security deposit. My daughter and I cleaned that place for three hours. They only backed off because I threatened to leave this post and let all my family and friends know how terrible this property is. They gave me a portion of my security deposit back but still kept some because they claimed I didn’t sufficiently clean the apartment.

DO NOT MOVE INTO THIS PLACE. The building is not secure and management doesn’t do anything about it. Unsafe.

By A Goddess on September 18, 2022 Verified by Google

Bad place to live. Too pricey, tiny apartments, homeless/addicts roam the area and bad management.

Update: This place is a squatters/homeless person's haven. I have been seeing the same people hovering around and living in this building after I heard they got evicted. by the way the tenants lived in apt 509 and had been sneaking in the building for a while until their key fob apparently got deactivated. anyways, they are back in the building, except instead of going to the 5th floor they went to the fourth floor. I don't think you can get an apartment with a place after being evicted from it, so management should probably check this out. Not to mention a few homeless guys have came and went as well. One of which I think left with people's packages and garbage. It looked like they rummaged through the garbage room. Hope the owner sees this review because management doesn't do anything.

By ChampNueve on July 14, 2022 Verified by Google

I absolutely recommend Blaise Apartments. I have been living here for a year now as a first time renter and have had a great experience so far. The building itself is brand new and has very nice amenities for the price. I think a big deal for me has been the company that manages the building, NorthBay. From day 1 they have been a great team to work with. They are always very responsive and accommodating to any question I have in regards to my apartment, the property, and payments. The apartment is in a very centralized and popular area so you have everything within walking distance whether it's a grocery store, coffee shop, restaurant, art museum, shops... they are literally minutes away!

By Ivy T on May 23, 2022 Verified by Google

Don't do it. I can't believe there isn't more bad reviews for this company. Please do your research before signing a lease here. Northbay does have a very poor rating...1 star actually. They do not do a walk through with you for the apartment but will try to charge for anything after you leave. They do not fix anything so you are own your own as it will take maintenance days to go to the location and management has never even step foot in the building. They raise the rent for sure and these tiny apartments are not worth it. Also management is impossible to get a hold of by phone and email. So, if you move here expect little help. Plus, this building has an issues with squatters... old tenants sneak back into apartments they should have left. Management does nothing so it makes it easy for them. I have known other people who stayed here and they all leave after there lease is up. This place is overpriced, has poor management, bad area and tiny apartments. If your going to pay anywhere from 1000-1325 get a townhome or an apartment in a nicer area.