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EDSR INFORMATION #2 10-12-1998 4 ia,c w Itl4iltllliullinililillilltitli((tillilitlltillllilll iilitltll A AaasmAaA)aa4,6•.11.4.1.4 A.iaammlaaaaaa adYaaaaaamaaAAA aaaaaaa3„DIGIT r.43 MINNESOTA cM4nyXL:'lkurttve3yret[i„�1[ INFORMAI10 PO t30X 41 Pik Rtrer,MN 5,6K:00490 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 19 ©1998 Law Bulletin Publishing Co. September 21, 1998 Woods,Riverplace and Park 1Lnoti,also a, { m ty+ have been proposed and would include of 11 4r Cr 4''�l;' N o a' a total of 86 single-family residences. ro that � � a ��^. r filt OILr�TONctions • t.`a ing to p ... N _ WRIGHT as \o!� sse, �i' gtpn 0 "libENI ' , '.. s Y O'ter o r*, ` 97j tf� - • Park Heights Population 10,46$ •1' 16. `'`„'.t { Major access routes:County Roads tat , C.',r ,:, 31 and 50 and State Trunk High= c� .444.0;--_,.:11-...-,, ¢ ��� } ways 3 and 50. � �t e roa»+ a t. 0 ^+ AttillpWWFT Community development director. or: tit? ' .W,•r+r,. �, / Dave Olson. o se� s ,� C O T T , • �"CINIILa. Farmington Some of the biggest news for future 4 111111L A -..4011111144 ( oraPrimadevelopment in Farmington came in r MA � Februarywhen the Metropolitan Coun- m l E S tl�U R R ia , �� l3 o D H U cil approved an 800-acre extension of ors le peg m ! the MUSA. Most of the land,which lies ~g, the _I.E T N ` ' '' h. in the northerly part of town, will be rector. c� c developed as residential, but a portion ty hasjo tr, will be designated for commercial annu- '' r 1 development, says Dave Olson, the ace to As far as o ther prospective occupants retail and 40 acres of business park city's community development director. of the area, Carlberg says Andover is development. Until recently, Farmington, which is Immu- located immediately east of Lakeville, tt,” he talking with a number of companies. Steinman says plans are sketchy at was mostlya rural community. Howev- ent of However, formal marketing of the land this point, other than that the develop- er,duringtepast severalyears the cit iustri- has not yet begun, as the city needs to ers hope to attract two big-box retailers. has experienced a significantal amount of complete grading and soil corrections, Further retail development in the city P which should be done by November, includes the expansion of the Elk River commercial, industrial and residential t per- Carlberg says. In spring, the city plans Mall movie theater. Marcus Theatres development. n of a to begin installing streets and other Corp. is planning to expand the theater Most of the industrial development )cared occurs in the city-owned, 80-acre Farm- nfrastructure. from eight to 18 screens. in the The city recently approved develop ington Industrial Park, located west of ment of a 78-room Country Inns and downtown and north of County Road other Suites hotel, to be developed by Sand 50. The park is about three-fourths of the Elk River developed, Olson says. Available lots Cos. of St. Cloud. range in size from two to 14 acres. and Population: 16,200. Also, along the Highway 169 com- lution mercial corridor, a new Norwest Bank tax increment financing is available for :ss of Major access routes: is under construction,as is a Hollywood businesses moving into the park. fixed- Highways 10 and 169. Video with approximately 20,000 Several industrial projects are in the Economic development director- )0,000 feet of in-line retail. planning stages, but Olson says it is too X0,000 Paul Steinman. p Elk River Ford Chrysler is building preliminary to discuss any plans in light an 18,000 square foot expansion to its detail. facility, and Furniture and Things is City officials are considering adding ail has constructing a 42,000 square foot about another 80 acres to the park and tdove expansion to its 100,000 square foot they are talking with property owners, building. but no purchase agreements have been IIIW ''` Elk River One office project is under way—an signed, Olson says. city. A large housing development and a 8,600 square foot building being devel In downtown activity, a developer is onard working with the city to convert the old sizable retail/commercial project are oped for Coldwell Banker. The facility s Exchange Bank building into commer among the developments proposed or is scheduled for completion this fall. based under way in Elk River. On the industrial scene, Sportech is cial and retail space. :o cre- Economic Development Director building an 11,000 square foot The developer, which Olson says he ar,the Paul Steinman says the city has granted office/manufacturing building in cannot name at this time, plans to Ar- devel- restore the 7,000 square foot, two-story initial site approval to Homer Tompkins Mon Industrial Park. terest- for the development of Trott Brook Elsewhere, Dave Decker is develop building, which was constructed in Farms, which calls for 600 single-fami- ing a 25,000 square foot light industri- 1880. The city restored the building's to to a ly and townhome units. al, multitenant facility that currently is exterior and the developer would veno "116 The developer plans a five- to seven- 85 percent leased, according to Stein- ionvate the interior and lease out the space, called s. year buildout of the site, located one man. Decker also is planning a 35,000 Olson lAlso downtown, a new 7,000 square mile east of Highway 169 and Main square foot expansion at the site, locat- atures foot Eagle Club facility recently was Street. Steinman says the city has not ed along Highway 10. and is built, and the city is in the process of end of yet guaranteed Tompkins the extension Adjacent to Decker's development, built,constructing a new municipal parking of utilities to the site, which formerly Ink Wizards recently completed a 5,000 tat the lot at a cost of$220,000. was farmland and has never been devel- square foot manufacturing facility. tionalAs for other public projects, aw Tony oped. Metal Craft Machine plans to begin $22 million middle school is under way neral "It's a nice, rolling landscape that construction this fall on a 12,000 square and scheduled to open in fall 1999. makes a great location for housing," foot expansion to its manufacturing Steinman says. facility. Also, Dakota County is reconstructing LLC Near the intersection of Highway 169 Morrell Transfer is building a 45,000 and extending Pilot Knob Road (Conn- for a Coupfora and Main Street,Associate Developers square foot industrial building. ty Road 31), which will provide another rlberg and Amcon Corp. have proposed a Elk River has a number of housing ON THE FRINGE to next page development that includes 68 acres of projects under way, including Orono