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<br /> RAMSEY CITY COUNCIL
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<br /> �': i t' �,, n, APPROVES FINAL PLAT
<br /> by Danielle Anderson
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<br /> - ,_� - -- '` -' .+� Ramsey Town Center LLC plans to kick
<br /> ;:;: , : , at t I off its Ramsey Town Center project with•-,S..1%.-4„,.7
<br /> - ,; ` . , i _ an official ground-breaking on Oct.24.How-
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<br /> , "(r e 1 ever, the transit-oriented development
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<br /> L' 4 '� t �.. planned for a 322-acre site along Highway 10
<br /> , 4 ' cleared some major hurdles last month.
<br /> , � ,� �°` On Sept. 16, the Ramsey City Council
<br /> : , 4" .� sT � �� - entered into a development agreement with
<br /> project developer Ramsey Town Center LLC.
<br /> COURTESY OF DULUTH ECONOMIC DEVELOP AUTHORITY A week later,the council voted to approve the
<br /> pring on 200,000 square foot, three-story addition to the ma'- ampus of St. final plat for the development.
<br /> Now that the approvals are in place, both
<br /> .The buildin• ill be built to accommodate future growth,as it w' •e expandable to city and developer are ready to get down to
<br /> what assistant community development
<br /> • • director Pat Trudgeon calls the"nitty-gritty."
<br /> lose 4 • • nS10 • "During the summer months, we've been
<br /> focused on just getting the final plat and
<br /> luthrs do -- ' development agreement behind us," Trud-
<br /> o " geon says. 'Mow it's the nitty-gritty stuff
<br /> getting the actual infrastructure and utilities
<br /> in place and getting the area ready for new
<br /> Even though the lean economy ■ . The expansion will add a new, developments."
<br /> y
<br /> led to some recent downs• g, 200,000 square foot,three-story build One Town Center building project that is
<br /> Duluth's healthcare industry •• about -t between East First and Superior moving forward is a PACT (Parents Allied
<br /> to get even bigger. That's b' ause St. st .. s—adjacent to the current cam with Children and Teachers)charter school.
<br /> Mary's/Duluth Clinic (S■ 0C) Health pus. - building will be engineered The 71,350 square foot school will house 560
<br />• Systems, which op- . es the major to acco odate even more growth in students in grades K-12.
<br /> downtown hospit, and medical cen- the future, .. it will be expandable to Trudgeon expects that additional buildings
<br /> ter, is embar on a $75 million seven floors. will be under construction next spring.Those
<br /> major expan •.n that will include new The city of D h is also involved buildings will still have to go trough the
<br /> centers 19 ancer treatment, digestive in the overall downt. project,as the approval process.
<br /> diseases,diagnostics,neuro-muscular Beginning this fall,the city of Ramsey will
<br /> skeletal diseases, among others. DULUTH be installing Sunwood Drive.Trudgeon says
<br /> to page 16 that the east-west thoroughfare should be
<br /> completed by next summer. Meanwhile,the
<br /> • developers will begin mass grading the whole
<br /> ac • Sot' carver' COU 1 5 site,preparing for the water system and cre-
<br /> ating some additional roads.
<br /> Ramsey Town Center LLC is planning an
<br /> City officials 42 in Savage.There • major develop- aggressive three-to five-year build out of the
<br /> ' say that the ers are hard at w. putting the finish- massive project,which will include a mix of
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<br /> ` community is ing touches • eir respective retail live, work and play options for residents in
<br /> ` �"i f on track to centers. A, er hot spot has emerged all stages of life.
<br /> " ff eft 1R match the 2002 where my Road 18 and Highway The plan calls for more than 2,000 hous-
<br /> �: t mbers this 169 Ir -tin Shakopee.That's where the ing units,ranging from live/work lofts, sin-
<br /> , lt l' y- . Jordan has s", d phase of Southbridge Crossing gle-family and multifamily homes, senior
<br /> ir issu.. about 87 currently under construction. housing and rental units.The 400,000 square
<br /> reside •al per This area review focusing on Scott foot retail component will offer a mix of
<br /> I'' mits ea • •r and Carver counties is the seventh part neighborhood-oriented shops, services,
<br /> over t ast of the Minnesota Real Estate Journal's restaurants and entertainment venues as well
<br /> Ii ', three ye. s. (MREJ) eight-part Twin Cities Devel- as some with a regional draw.The office com-
<br /> M- while opment Series. Throughout the year, ponent will likely be a mix of medical,
<br /> I 0'.rver County, MREJ has highlighted new and on- research and development, and financial
<br /> nt: °� atertown offi- •oing projects across the metro users.
<br /> (. cials are brac- .,-a.This year's line-up included South- Transportation is a major theme of the
<br /> ing for future ern %akota County in the Feb. 17 issue, development,according to the Ramsey Town
<br /> tNpr activity iIn the Wash •_ton County in the April 14 Center LLC.The area offers easy access to
<br /> last ye r or so, issue, 'oka County in the May 12 Highway 10 and is positioned along the pro-
<br /> the co munity issue, No 'west Hennepin County in posed Northstar Commuter Rail Corridor.
<br /> annill ,00 acres for future evelop- the June 23 1 ue and Hennepin County Options for residents,workers and visitors to
<br /> ment in the August .: issue. The final area the area include buses,vehicles,bicycles and
<br /> The rise in residential over the last review, schedul- for Nov. 24, will walking.
<br /> several years alsq appears to be purring unearth developme. activity in R am- Elness Swenson Graham Architects Inc.
<br /> retail development in some co mum- sey County. '. l and Close Landscape Architecture are the
<br /> ties. One retail hot spot is the i tersec- master plan architects and architectural
<br /> tion of Highway 13 and Coun y Road CITY PROFILES designers of Ramsey Town Center.
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