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By JIM BROEDE Mueller told of even further
Staff Writer delays. (>
The 3M Co.'s planned new off- "This does not mean that plans
for(the development)have been
ice and research center in Lake
Elmo and Oakdale will be built abandoned,"he said."But it does
no earlier than 1985, according smean that proceed314 isnot now in a rezon-
to -
G.G.Mueller,vice president in Logon co with the charge of engineering. tog process.'
The company's proposal is for
The company once talked opti- 14 million-square feet of re-
mistically of starting construe- search labs and offices on a 563-
tion on the new facilities in 1977, acre site at the northeast corner
with initial occupancy in 1979. of Interstate 694 and Hwy.212.
But in 1976,3M spokesmen an- Eventually, the complex of
nounced revised target dates: buildings would accommodate
1979 for construction and 1981 18,000 employees, the pompany
Mr occupancy. reported.
The company also has plans to
Last week,in a letter to Oak- continue to operate the present
dale Mayor Robert C. Hanson. 3M Center in Maplewood.