HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 08-04 Office-warehouse complex proposed DISPATCH •
)ispatch Tuesd• ,Aug.4, 1981
Office-warehouse
complexproposed .•
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Developer William Harrison
plans to ask the Maplewood City Maplewood
Council for a special use pernut
to build a more than $2 million
office-warehouse complex. feet of a residential neighbor-.
Last week, Harrison told the hood.
Dispatch he wants to build two Harrison said the building.
• buildings totaling 110,386 square plans are a project of Airport
feet on eight acres on the north Partnership. The architect is The
side of Highway 36, west of Design Partnership of Minneapo-
White Bear Avenue and east of lis and the contracting firm•is
Germain Street. Harrison Development Inc. of
He is scheduled to appear be- Bloomington.
fore the council at 7 p.m. Aug. If the council approves the
20. plans, then Harrison said con-
"We've done market studies struction would begin this fall
and there's a need for these and the first building would be
types of buildings to house small ready for occupant'by the spring
service businesses in Maple-
wood,"Harrison said. Depending upon the number of
"The buildings would serve occupants, there could be from
tenants such as local packaging 100 to 200 new jobs created by
firms and distributors in elec- the buildings.
tronics and data processing." The design calls for brick fac-
The area already is zoned light ings with metal fascia panels
industrial but the permit is re- and the buildings would be simi=
quired to accommodate multiple lar to two other warehouses,he
tenants,he pointed out. has built the past few years in
Geoffrey Olson, the city com- Bloomington.
munity development director, According to plans,the project
noted the project is within 200 would'be privately financed.