Postby smallbizowner » December 15th, 2020, 6:26 pm
120 units replacing the gas station and 2 duplexes, 54 units across the street at MN46, Lowa 46 phase 1 has 148 units, Lowa phase 2 another 144 units, 80ish units in the Shale, Portico at the Falls another 30ish. Where's the traffic and cars supposed to go? Both 46th and Hiawatha are truck routes and 46th sees heavy bus use. Westbound 46th frequently backs up because of trains.
And how many years will it be before the commercial spaces in this area get stable tenants? No parking on 46th and every street spot on Snelling is usually taken by a Lowa46 tenant. The space Venn Brewing is in (right next to the lrt station) sat vacant for over five years and Im guessing the spaces in Lowa facing 46th will be vacant for years to come.
The crime before George Floyd and Covid was bad in this area and now it's to the point where cars are getting stolen in the Cub parking lot midday. This intersection has always been a panhandler magnet; long turn signals, center medians, green space, liquor store, public bathroom at the gas station (now being rebuilt). Rampant shoplifting at Walgreens and Cub.
This is one of the more "pedestrian hostile" areas in the city. How is there anything good about this kind of density? Is there something I'm missing here?
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smallbizowner on December 15th, 2020, 6:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.