HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 12-26 Maplewood Calls Hearing on Shopping Center Plan DISPATCH Maplewood Calls Hearing
On Shopping Center Plan
A shopping center with approved by the village hearing before the vil- Gerald Mogren, a
174,000 square feet of council and due to open lage council Jan.25. planning commissioner
store space has been in September,1974. Preliminary plans in Maplewood, has been
proposed for the north- Maplew.od Plaza still submitted to the village listed as owner of the
east corner of White faces a major hurdle, re- include construction of tract.
Bear and Lydia avenues "zoning of the 16-acre an L -s hoped building But the d e v el o p e r
in Maplewood. site, that would contain a would be Maplewood
The facility, planned The land is farnbresi- 60,000-square-foot d e- Plaza, Inc., 8030 S. Ce-
by Maplewood Plaza dent i a 1 now, but the partment store, a 40.- dar Ave.,Minneapolis.
Inc., would be.across the ` company seeks a shop- f 3-square-foot f o o d The plans were sub-
road from a sprawling ping center zone. store and additional re- mitted by architect
$30-million diversified The request will be tail stores totaling 48,000 Gary MacKenzie.
shopping center already considered at a public square feet.
Other separate build-
ings would contain a
savings and loan, a res-
taurant and an auto ser-
v i c e and accessories
businesses, basad on the
plans.
All of the strc.•'Aures
would .be inter-(onnect-
ed by enclosed walk-
ways.
Provisions also have
been made for 1,155 off-
street parking spaces.