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A new 4-story, 108 affordable unit apartment building proposed by Project for Pride Living, designed by ESG Architects. It will also include 13,700 square feet of commercial space. The site is the former Midway Chevrolet dealership at University and Hamline Avenue.

This will be so nice to see, good riddance to that empty car dealership.

Looks like it will stretch for the entire block face? That's a long building (or pair of long buildings)....

I like it, good TOD, very urban and trendy looking.

Well, they closed on the land sale:
http://finance-commerce.com/2013/03/pro ... ealership/

A little slow-moving, but good to see it's not dead!

I just drove University from downtown St. Paul to Franklin today. West of Raymond for the most part is pretty dreary. Hopefully many more projects like this start filling in.

I just drove University from downtown St. Paul to Franklin today. West of Raymond for the most part is pretty dreary. Hopefully many more projects like this start filling in.

Do you mean east of raymond? Because west of raymond is fairly lively through westgate and then you are in stadium village.

My bad, yes east of Raymond. West is already booming.

Yeah, I give it 5 years and the corridor will have a vastly different feel. I can't wait to see this one go up!

St Paul Early Notification System Notice

1. Applicant’s Name: Project for Pride in Living Inc.
2. Project Description: ____Hamline Station_______________________
The site, which is currently a vacant parking lot, is directly adjacent to what will be the Hamline/University light rail station on the Central Corridor line. The site is across the street from a Super Target, and other retail and services are nearby along University and within the adjacent residential neighborhood. The development will consist of two 4-story buildings with underground parking. The West building will contain approximately 57 housing units and will include 13,700 sf of commercial space on the first floor. The East building will contain 51 total housing units, including 9 live/work units, a management office, and community space. The two buildings will share an outdoor plaza with space for outdoor seating. The development will include features designed to support a vibrant, walkable neighborhood such as ample indoor and outdoor bicycle parking and other amenities which encourage transit use, car-sharing and other non-traditional transportation choices.
The residential component will include a mix of studios, one, two, and three-bedroom units with rents affordable to households earning 50-60% of the area median income or less, or approximately $30-35,000 for a single person or $42-50,000 annually for a family of four. Up to 10 permanent supportive housing units serving formerly homeless or disabled persons will be set aside for households earning 30% of the area median income of less. The central location of the development site and its proximity to employment and services make it an excellent location for a combination of workforce housing and family housing serving a variety of incomes.

Construction is anticipated to begin in 2014.
3. Location of Project (street address): ________________
1319-1333 University Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55104
District Council # 4
4. Amount of Financial Assistance (TIF) Being Requested: $2,700,000.00 (approx)

5. Contact Person for Questions on Project - (can be staff person or applicant):
Name: Eduardo Barrera (651)266-6585
Email: [email protected]

F&C had an article on Tuesday saying that $2.1 million in TIF money was to be voted on on Wednesday. Anyone know if it went through?

http://finance-commerce.com/2013/06/st- ... e-station/

IMG_3845 by UrbanMSP, on Flickr

Overview of affordable housing funding from the Met Council this year, includes Hamline Station in the list of Affordable Housing Grants - Rental Projects.

http://www.metrocouncil.org/News-Events ... ng-an.aspx

And it looks like the contractor has been selected:

http://finance-commerce.com/2013/12/and ... partments/

Bonding for this project will be debated by the City Council on Feb. 5:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... t/22730478

Glad to see that there is some movement on this project. Will fill an area that has way to much underused land.

I just received my new Monitor local news paper and there a bunch of University Ave development updates. The info isn't online yet but here's what it had to say about this project:

-They are calling it the Hamline Station Project for Pride in Living (PPL) development
-moving towards a spring construction start
-St Paul Planning Commission recommended approval of a zoning change on Feb 7
-plans include 2 mixed use buildings with 108 units of housing and 13,000 sq ft of first floor commercial
-1334 Sherburne Ave needs to be rezoned to single family from traditional neighborhood use, so it can be sold to a residential neighbor

Groundbreaking planned for next Monday (Aug. 25th): http://www.ppl-inc.org/event/hamline-st ... dbreaking/

Riding by this stretch on the Green Line frequently, I have to say I'm very excited for this development! It has the potential to really spruce up this area while hopefully unleashing more projects like it along the line.

yesssssss!!!

[snip] It has the potential to really spruce up this area while hopefully unleashing more projects like it along the line.

I'm not sure the corridor needs anymore sprucing up.