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By Jim Broede "We're1 e
notusing land
Staff Writer any more intensely," he
A shopping center de- asserted, "than we are in
velopment across from other suburbs."
the new Maplewood, Mall
was approved Thursday He went on to describe
by a 4-1 vote of the Maple • the proposed 408,000
wood City Council. square feet of parkin
•
space as about 6,000 feet
Known as Maplewood more than that required •
Plaza, the facility, park- in local ordinances.
ing lots and landscaping .
will sprawl over about'14 Some 11 per cent of the
acres on the east side of land area also has been '
White Bear Avenue. set aside for landscaping,
•
Maplewood also has he pointed out.
'plans to construct a new "We feel the landscap-
east-west street, Woodlyn ing is quite fancy," he
Avenue, through the corn- added. "We are not hold
plex. . •ina down the cost."
David Parkhill, a
spokesman for Maplewood
Plaza, told of plans for a
101,406 square foot L-
shaped building on the
'land. south of Woodlyn,
with a Super Valu grocery
as the major tenant.
To the north of Wood-
lyn, the plans call for
three buildings totaling
32,725 square feet.
The council, with Mayor
Robert Bruton dissenting,
okayed the building pro-
posals only.
The developer was ad-
vised to meet with the
planning commission and
the community design re-
view board to resolve
problems with the ameni-
ties, including the parking; •
lots and landscaping.
The council's action
went against the advice of
City Manager Michael
Miller and the planning
commission, both recom-
mending denial of the
project, at least for the
time-being.
Miller contended that
the development proposal
was too intense and that it
"departs from'good site •
planning practices."
But Parkhill, in re-
marks to the council, took
issue with the manager.