Spring 2021 Hometown Messenger

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT New residential developments coming to Shakopee This winter, the City Council approved plats for four new residential developments in Shakopee. WHISPERINGWATERS

Hentges Industrial Park to revitalize industrial area A new industrial park could soon provide space for additional businesses looking to locate in Shakopee. Cretex Industrial Park, LLC plans to redevelop approximately 63 acres of industrial property east of 70th Street and west of Stagecoach Road. The proposed preliminary plat of Hentges Industrial Park will create multiple lots. The project will revitalize an under-utilized industrial area. A worldwide development group plans to build a 505,000-square-foot industrial building on the western edge of the site that will bring additional jobs to the community. As part of the redevelopment plan, the city is also planning a new road, Hentges Way, to provide access to the site with a new roundabout on Stagecoach Road south of County Highway 101. The City Council is anticipated to consider the project at its March 16 meeting.

KRB Development VIII LLC is planning to build 134 single-family houses on 59 acres south of County Highway 16 (Eagle Creek Boulevard) and east of Pike Lake Road. The project also includes trails along both the Prior Lake Outlet Channel and Eagle Creek Boulevard. Grading should begin this spring. JEFFERSON COURT The vacant parcel of land across from Sweeney Elementary will soon be eight new single-family homes. Link Construction plans to build one-story homes on 3.23 acres north of New Creation Church. The homes will be similar in style to houses in South Parkview 5th Addition, located north of Tahpah Park. SUMMERLAND PLACE

The site plan for Whispering Waters call for 134 single- family residential lots south of Eagle Creek Boulevard. Homes would range from $400,000 to $650,000 with a variety of house styles.

Summergate Development plans to build a mixed-used development on the approximately 117 acres north of 17th Avenue, east of Balinese Street, south of Highway 169 and west of Canterbury Road. The project could include of 71 villa homes, 126 single-family homes, 114 townhome units and 300 apartment units. WINDERMERE D.R. Horton, Inc.-Minnesota plans to expand the Windermere development with an additional 126 single-family lots north of Astoria Drive and west of Attenborough Street. The Windermere South Fourth Addition neighborhood will also include a linear park/greenway. A final plat has

been submitted and grading is anticipated this spring. WEST SHAKOPEE GATEWAY TOWNHOMES

In February, the City Council approved the sale of 3.6 acres near Vierling Drive and Lincoln Street to an affiliate of Trident Development. Trident plans to build 32 townhomes later this year. Learn more about these projects at www.ShakopeeMN.gov/currentdevelopment .

Council studies rental housing inspection program To ensure all Shakopee residents have safe housing, the Shakopee City Council is studying the need for a citywide rental housing inspection program. An inspection program could address unsafe and unsanitary rental housing conditions in the city through mandatory inspections. “Renters make up about 20 percent of Shakopee’s residents and that number is continuing to grow," said Senior Planner PeggySue Imihy. "The goal is to develop a program that gives the city some authority to address resident concerns about the conditions of their housing without being cumbersome or overly difficult on property owners." City staff have been examining similar programs in other metro communities to ensure the program is consistent with what renters and landlords see across the region. In February, the council directed staff to focus adopting a property maintenance ordinance in addition to the possibility of tenant protections ordinances.

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