Shakopee Snapshot: Summer 2024

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

‘What’s going there?’ Senior housing, office building to fill old Central Family Center site downtown We all want an answer to the burning question, “What’s going there?” when we learn about construction projects happening around the city. Here’s a rundown of some of the projects underway around town:

SENIOR HOUSING AND CDA OFFICE BUILDING The Scott County Community Development Agency plans to construct a three-story, 60-unit senior housing building in downtown Shakopee with an attached 17,000-square-foot one-story office building. The new housing and office building will be located on Holmes Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, on the site of the former Central Fam ily Center school building. The office portion of the development will be the new home to the CDA offices. A total of 19 new angled parking stalls will be added along Fifth Ave nue in addition to three new stalls along Sixth Avenue to accommodate building visitors. There will be an underground parking lot for residents.

DOWNTOWN LIGHTING, TREE, AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Work will begin in downtown Shakopee sometime in August on the downtown lighting, tree, and accessibility improvement project. The project improvements include replacement of the existing street light ing system, improvements to pedestrian ramps, removal of decorative pavers, and tree replacements along Fuller Street from County Road 69 to Third Avenue; Second Avenue from Fuller Street to Atwood Street; and the south side of Second Avenue adjacent to the Lewis Street Parking Plaza. This is the first phase of a multi-phase project.

HIGHVIEW PARK SECOND ADDITION The second addition to the Highview Park housing development south of County Road 78 and east and west of Zumbro Avenue is underway. Phase two of the development will include the construction of 39 sin gle-family homes and 42 twin homes. Once the development is fully built out, it is expected to be comprised of 496 single-family homes and 92 twin homes. As a requirement of the project, the developer is paying park dedication fees that will be used by the City toward the improvements at Jackson Commons Park at the corner of County Road 78 and Marystown Road.

SOUTHBRIDGE FIELDS THIRD ADDITION The third and final addition to the Southbridge Fields commercial devel opment will include the construction of a Valvoline Instant Oil Change on one lot and a future single or multi-tenant service/retail building on the adjacent lot. The businesses will be located between County Road 21 and Crossings Boulevard, parallel to County Road 18.

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