Minnetonka Area - General Topics

[Anondson]

The Doran project is well into the concrete work, and the 1980s office next door has been bought by Buhl for a mixed use project on 7 acres.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... ments.html

Upgrade the office and build 215 units on the parking lot.

So much activity happening at the Opus station yet nothing at the Shady Oak station. It seems the combo of LRT+Highway is vastly more attractive than LRT plus walking distance to Downtown Hopkins. At least to financing and builders.

[Trademark]

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ ... -capacity/

A NIMBY Reposne - hometownsource.com/sun_sailor/free/letter-keep-church-land-low-density/article_05127346-cafd-11ec-ab57-67ef479a5fab.html

[DanPatchToget]

That proposal is nowhere near high density, and I highly doubt an increase in traffic from that proposal would be noticeable. Classic example of NIMBYism where they say they support something unless it's near their property.

[thespeedmccool]

What an awful headline.

"... as [Minnetonka] reaches max capacity"

Who wrote this, a farmer?

[jonnyengel]

"According to a Concept Plan submitted to the city, a parking lot and open space could become two, six-unit townhome buildings, while two single-family homes could be constructed on vacant lots on Elm Lane."

NIMBY yard signs for 14 units on vacant land???

[alexschief]

What an awful headline.

"... as [Minnetonka] reaches max capacity"

Who wrote this, a farmer?

I wouldn't have chosen that headline, but if you read the first three sentences, it's clear that what they mean is that Minnetonka has an extremely low vacancy rate and that more housing is needed.

[Anondson]

New proposal for 10701 Bren Rd E, shaved down from the earlier 13 story proposal.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... -opus.html

[Anondson]

I was nearby and drove through the Opus park and past the station.

It’s a remarkable make over of the station area. 3 apartments under construction within a block walk from the station. 1 other across the road is basically complete and people moving in. Then another finished a year ago that’s about a block away from the station.

Plus one more known proposal across the street from the station.

There is so much more even yet that could see redevelopment in Opus.

[DanPatchToget]

Luxury apartments proposed to replace a low-density office building near Wayzata Boulevard & Ridgedale Drive.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... e=facebook

[Anondson]

Right by their recent development.

[MinneapBliss]

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ ... sing-plan/

[Anondson]

The saga of low density affordable housing takes a new turn.

https://finance-commerce.com/2024/05/mi ... d-to-site/

Minnetonka city council approved this. But only because the church was forced to sell off the church playground to this development. Adding this extra land finally met the arbitrary low density math, so the 10 units were approved by the city council.

- Total units didn’t change.
- The church sold off its playground which will be demolished.
- By lumping the land of the playground into the 10 unit affordable housing proposal, the math now fits the performative fiction of low density. And everyone who was clutching pearls over traffic and character can sleep at night now.

Now the church gets to go out and ask for new funding and grants to rebuild a new church playground.

Money well spent out in Minnetonka?

[angrysuburbanite]

This whole saga is so hilarious. I just saw the "Save historic minnetonka mills" signs for the first time last week and was curious, and discovering that they were complaining about "high density housing" (this isn't even that dense...) on an empty lot and calling it "historic" is just so, so funny yet at the same time depressing. NIMBYs opposing projects under the guise of environmental concerns or historic preservation are so frustrating and need to be stopped.

in case you want some rage-reading, this was the change.org petition. These comments on here... https://www.change.org/p/no-rezoning-of ... onka-mills

[Tom H.]

Obviously that church playground was generating an unacceptable amount of traffic - good riddance! /s

[Anondson]

The Opus station area site directly across from the station is moving ever slowly forward. The land sale has gone through.

https://finance-commerce.com/2024/08/ap ... -for-5-8m/

[DanPatchToget]

Has there been any interest in redeveloping the site directly east of the station?

[Anondson]

In my memory there was once a change in owner like in the last 5-8 years.

[MinneapBliss]

26 townhome units proposed at the Marsh Run location.

https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazo ... mation.pdf

[Anondson]

A Boston Scientific site near the Opus station up for sale until they consolidate HQ.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... state.html

[Tom H.]

Strib article for the Boston Scientific move

I wonder what the chances are of this getting redeveloped as housing, given the LRT proximity. The article mentions that there is laboratory space and "the highest-class office space", so it may make more sense as a re-use instead of a redevelopment. Anybody know what this is zoned for?