Spring 2023 Hometown Messenger

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ‘What’s going there?’ City Council paves way for new construction, playground improvements We all want an answer to the burning question, “What’s going there?” when we see or hear about construction projects around the city Here’s a rundown of some of the latest projects to receive City Council approval:

THE BLAKELY APARTMENT BUILDING FROM ROERS COMPANIES In December, City Council approved the construction of a 205 unit market rate apartment building at 1600 Windermere Way called The Blakely Roers Companies anticipates construction on the four-level building with a sublevel parking garage to start this spring, with an opening of November/December 2024 The brick, concrete block, metal and paneled building is expected to provide a host of amenities, including two outdoor pickleball courts, an outdoor swimming pool, firepit patio area, outdoor movie area, dog run/park, and a clubhouse and fitness center

HUBER PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT At a December City Council meeting, city staff presented three playground concepts from St Croix Recreation to replace the aging wood playground at Huber Park The city underwent extensive public outreach activities to gather preferences for what possible users were looking for in a new playground City Council approved the concept from Burke and approved a con tract with St Croix for $700,000 for demolition and installation of the new playground, along with a contract with Pass Fence for a new steel fence Demolition and installation should begin in May 2023 and take approximately three months

NEW PLAYGROUND COMING TO QUARRY LAKE PARK

The City Council approved a contract in February with St Croix Recreation for a new Berliner playground to be located adja cent to the new restroom facilities at Quarry Lake Park The playground was part of the master plan for Quarry Lake Park, and the public had requested a more challenging playground for children to use The playground includes a large climbing structure unlike any others in the city Construction should be completed early this summer

CANTERBURY PARK HORSE BARN REDEVELOPMENT

OPUS GROUP RIVER VALLEY BUSINESS PARK Last year, City Council approved a rezoning and preliminary and final plat submitted by the Opus Group for 56 acres of property located at 2175 Colburn Drive to create two lots The two lots will be the original residential homestead, and the remaining 50 acres are being developed as a business park with two sin gle-story office and industrial buildings of 150,000 and 300,000 square feet Opus currently has no tenants but will be market ing the site once the walls go up this summer

Last fall, City Council approved Canterbury Park’s PUD application to redevelop the horse barn area at 1100 Canterbury Road in anticipation of the construction of infrastructure for the Amphi theater Additional barns will be demolished later as the devel opment south of the Amphitheater occurs Canterbury intends to remodel its existing barns and dorms as well as constructing new dorms, barns, and supporting facility buildings and recon figuring the practice track

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