HRSR INFORMATION 03-01-2004 NEW BRIGHTON ,
ilioppirig center rehab. stalls
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BY ALLEN POWELL II anchor store, Lunds. The proj ,4 F
Pioneer Press ect has experienced a variety of t
delays,Black said aQng S
The redevelopment of a 30 Originally,plans called for a * s
year-old retail center in New hotel and senior housing corn
Brighton is being delayed again plex to "anchor" the shopping �
as developers try to iron out center,but a decline in the hotel y
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problems with some tenants market ended those plans in J , ��,p�
and neighbors. 2002,he said l i" .
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Kraus Anderson Construe- Instead, Kraus Anderson Brighton ? pj on e-G✓
tion Cos.had an agreement with submitted plans to add a med Village '-
the city to redevelop the ical office building, a Snyder's 1
Brighton Village retail center drugstore and 31,000 square feet RAMSEY V r c55
this spring, but disagreements of new retail space to the site.
over a driveway shared with a The city is assisting the rede CotinfijR0IJ
Se.Paul
gas station and the Chapter 11 velopment by using"pay as you
filing by Snyder's Drug Stores go" tax-increment financing to x.
have pushed back'construction help Kraus-Anderson pay for PIONEER PRESS
indefinitely, said David Black, some of the pre-development or if it should be closed. The
the city's assistant community costs, as well as rerouting a developer also has not heard
development director. local road,Black said from Snyder's corporate office ..-
"There is no time frame at Kraus-Anderson would pay about its plans since the compa-
this point,"Black said."It's pos- all initial fees, and the city ny's reorganization. r.-7.I
sible that they have an impasse would reimburse them from tax Black said the possibility „ .
evi,'
and they can't do the project.I increment money it collects that no redevelopment could frR..
hope that's not the case.” after construction is complete. take place is "disappointing.
The city has been working Black said the dispute But he said the city is confident
wi raus-Anderson to devel- between Kraus-Anderson and that plans eventually will pro- t=!
center near Sil- the gas station is about
whether ceed because Kraus-Anderson
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hopping cen g
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ultimately tion firm
should owns the land and ultun y
ve��ake Road and Palmer the
construe
Drive since 2000 after the shop- charge the station's owners a will have to deal with the prob-
ping center lost its original fee to use a common driveway, lems associated with it.
RAMSEY COUNTY BRIEFING
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