The Business Journal reports the Jacksonville, Florida-based eatery has signed an agreement to add 54 locations in the metro within the next seven years. Minnesota's first Firehouse Subs restaurant opened in Maplewood last August.

Looking to rent a place in the urban center, with all the amenities, close to shopping, gyms and a good coffee shop? Get in line. Developers are scrambling to meet demand for high-end apartment complexes in the Twin Cities. In the fourth quarter of 2011, Minneapolis issued permits to build 1,900 residential units in downtown alone, KARE 11 says.

Hutchinson police are investigating the theft of wheels stolen from dozens of vehicles at Valley Sales Chevrolet in Hutchinson. A total of 60 wheel-tire sets were taken from 15 new Chevrolet trucks, SUVs and one car.

Police investigated after pulling over Donovan McNabb in a vehicle with dealer plates. Fox 9 reports McKay's Family Auto of Waite Park has a sponsorship deal with the team, and apparently loans out the cars to players and coach Leslie Frazier. The dealership has issued a statement taking responsibility for the situation.

There was a big jump in construction activity in the Twin Cities in September, the Business Journal reports, citing figures published by McGraw-Hill Construction. Nonresidential construction in the metro in September totaled $200 million, compared to just $90 million during the same month in 2011. Residential construction totaled $313 million, well above the $123 million in September 2011.

TST (Team Sport Technologies) Media finalized the deal Friday. The Pioneer Press reports the northeast Minneapolis-based company started in 2004 and is now used by more than 2,000 sports leagues across the country.

Among the finalists, Lenny Russo of Heartland Restaurant in St. Paul is up for best Midwest chef. Andrew Zimmerman, Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift are also finalists from the Twin Cities. Winners of the James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards will be announced May 4.

The Wall Street Journal profiles a 2,900-square-foot, four-bedroom Minneapolis house owned by two art and architecture experts. Check out the slideshow and video to peep inside the modern prefab home that features bamboo floors and a master suite with a "treehouse feel."