HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 02-06 Big Housing Development Proposed for Maplewood DISPTACH Big Housing Development
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A 615-unit housing de- stages over the next five His plan also includes proposed adjoining golf
velopment on 118 acres years. space for a nine-hole course should be public.
has been proposed in He owns the proposed golf course. T h e development
Maplewood. site, immediately east of The bulk of Peterson's would be handled by Ma-
Donald R. Peterson, the Beaver Lake Mobile property, some 81 acres, ple Green Co., 2516 S.
South St. Paul, seeks a Home Park. is zoned for heavy indus- Lyndale Ave., Minneap-
special use permit to Peterson has indicated try. ohs, according to Peter-
proceed with the project to the village that the The remaining 37 son.
under the village 's homes, including single acres has been designat- The company has a
planned unit develop- family residences, town- ed farm residential. similar development
went provisions in five houses, apartments and But under a planned known as Edenvalc in
condominiums, will at- unit development, no re- Eden Prairie.he said.
tract about 1,800 people. zoning would be re-
He estimated the total quired.
construction costs at Prior to taking action
$15.650,000. on Peterson's request,
The development can the Village Council must I
be easily staged, Peter- hold a public hearing. At
son stated in his applica- that time, implications
tion for a special use of the project proposal
per mit, to coordinate would be discussed.
construction with availa- Peterson identified the
bility of utilities and "critical public deci-
roads. sions" connected with
He said the first stage, his proposal as possible
which could be sched- vacating of Geranium
uled to start later this and Magnolia Streets,
year, calls for single realignment of M a r y-
f a mil y homes near land Avenue, a determi-
Ferndale Avenue. n a t ion of the future
Later stages, he said, alignment of Ferndale
include townhouses west and whether or not the
of Ferndale, apartments
along Maryland Avenue
and single family homes
near Marylake Road.