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Home My WebLink About1980 07-01 Motel, office building proposed in Maplewood DISPATCH Motel, office building proposed in Maplewood A developer hopes to bring in He told the Dispatch that he a restaurant, motel and office hopes some construction will be building on County Road D, east underway in a year. of the Maplewood Mall. KEN MAHAL of L.K. Mahal and Associates, told the Maplewood City Council recently he was trying to inter- est an economy motel chain in locating on land north of County Road D at about Ariel Street. Mahal is representing land- owners Lorraine F. Becker and Don, Rose, Richard and Thelma Yurek and Anna, Ed and Helen Dorle. The developer needed and received a change in the city's land use plan. The City Council approved altering the designated use from medium density resi- dential development to limited commercial. The motel could have from 105 to 150 units, Mahal predict- ed. The office building might have 26,000 to 27,000 square feet of office space. "WE LIKE the area and think it has a potential," said Mahal. "We're out aggressively trying to find quality operators to come into these(developments)." He said he is not sure when de- velopment will begin. It is de- pendent upon the financial pic- ture.