BROOKINGS The initial development plan for the Brookings Marketplace was OKd at the May 6 meeting of the Brookings Planning Commission along with plans for two new apartment complexes with 117 and 84 units respectively.
The next stop in the approval process for all three projects is the Brookings City Council, said Community Development Director Mike Struck, who expects that to occur sometime in June.
Brookings Marketplace
The developer, Minneapolis-based Ryan Companies, detailed plans for four pads at the development, which is just east of Interstate 29s interchange with Sixth Street on the north side of the street:
- Lot 1: This is being proposed as a grocery store and is 2.83 acres in size. Aldi could go in here, but nothing is 100% confirmed or set in stone as of yet.
- Lot 2: This is a proposed gas station/convenience store and occupies 2.48 acres.
- Lot 3: The largest lot of the four at 3.79 acres, its proposed to be a medium box retail establishment.
- Lot 4: This lot is being designed for a potential retail drive-through establishment, and occupies 1.94 acres.
While the Brookings Marketplace land totals 26.2 acres, Ryan Companies initially plans to focus on 13.97 acres, with an option on the remaining acres for future development. Furthermore, Ryan is proposing to extend LeFevre Drive north of Sixth Street to enable access to the land, along with a future connection between 32nd Avenue and LeFevre Drive. In time, its possible LeFevre Drive would be further extended north to link up with Capital Street.
Planning Commission members voted 8-0, with one abstention, to support the overall proposal.
Apartment complexes
The 117-unit apartment complex would be located along Sixth Street between 12th and 13th avenues essentially, just east across the street from Lofts at Park Hill, in what is now a bare piece of land, its former housing having been moved or demolished last summer.
The complex would be more than apartments its four-story, mixed-used building would include three commercial suites.
This project cleared the Planning Commission on an 8-1 vote.
Next up is the proposed 84-unit, five-story apartment complex known as Campanile Flats. This project is set to be built north of Bankstar Financial, east of Campanile Avenue and south of Seventh Street. The project includes 615 Campanile Ave., which would serve as additional parking for complex residents.
The 1.18-acre site currently has structures on it, which will be demolished. Five lots will be affected in addition to the previously mentioned 615 Campanile Ave.
Contact Mondell Keck at [email protected].
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