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The Official City Newsletter for Arden Hills Residents June 2017 Lexington Station Phase 2 ready for developmentIn the fall of 2014, Lexington Station, a new retail develop- ment by the Roberts Management Group, opened with nine diverse businesses, which have been a welcome addition to the Arden Hills community. That was Phase 1 of the overall plan. Now Roberts is ready to begin Phase 2, and the City Council considered Planning Case 17-008 for a Master Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment and Fi- nal Planned Unit Development at 3771 and 3833 Lexington Avenue North and 1120 Red Fox Road at the April 24 meeting. Nick Roberts was at the meeting to answer Council’s questions. The original plan called for renovation of the existing building on Red Fox Road, but the developer has amended the plan to call for demolition of that structure and construction of a new one. The building of approximately 17,000 square feet will have 12 tenant bays, with the two on the ends slightly larger. It is expected to house a mix of retailers, restaurants, medical of- fices, and junior box type tenants. It will be positioned closer to the western property boundary, and an additional 155 parking stalls will be constructed for a total of 230 spaces shared by the first two phases. A drive-up window has also been added on the south side of the building. The appearance of the new building will be consistent with that of the first phase build- ing on Lexington, designed to suggest a classic train station. Twenty-five trees will be added as well as landscaped “islands” in the parking lot. A free-standing monument sign will be placed on Red Fox Road just west of the main entrance. The timeline calls for demolition and site preparation to begin in June. Grading and parking lot work will also take place in 2017, which will bring some needed parking relief to the tenants in Phase 1. Construction of the Phase 2 building will begin in 2018 with tenancy projected for late summer or early fall of next year. Following discussion and the addition of one condition to the 16 set by the Planning Commission, the City Council unanimous- ly approved the PUDs, which also included some changes to Phase 3, tentatively scheduled to occur between 2021 and 2023. Nick Roberts thanked the Council and City staff for their contributions and told them that it is a goal of his team “to be incredibly conscientious of doing right by the communities we’re a part of.” Mayor Grant said that the new development will be a great asset to the City, as Phase 1 has been, and that he has received many posi- tive comments from residents to that effect. An artist’s rendering of Phases 1 and 2 of Lexington Station