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<br />Gatewav Business Center - Arden Hills. MN
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<br />September 2001
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<br />primarily serve the office tenants, Additionally, any accessory or incidental assembly,
<br />repair, processing, manufacturing, laboratory, or storage that is necessary to conduct
<br />the permitted use will be allowed, as specified in the Planned Unit Development
<br />(PUD) zoning ordinance, as long as it does not occupy more than 60 percent of the
<br />gross floor area of any building, and provided that such use may not exceed a
<br />maximum of 50 percent of the gross square footage of the entire development.
<br />The proposed office development scenario will fall within a City-approved range of
<br />225,000 to 495,000 square feet of gross floor area, The Concept Plan (Figure 5)
<br />illustrates the proposed development with the maximum amount of square footage
<br />and with the most intense land use (office), The ultimate size of the development and
<br />type of commercial uses will be determined by market conditions and demand at the
<br />time of development approval,
<br />The construction of the 26,5 acre development will require four parcels to be
<br />combined and replatted and 13th Street NE to be removed, The Morris
<br />Communications pareel, 19,9 acres, includes two billboard outlots and a sightline
<br />easement that will be replatted to facilitate development. Morris Communications
<br />will retain ownership of the two billboard outlots, Two pareels of 1.1 and 3.1 acres
<br />are owned by ATS Steel. If and when acquired by the Proposer, the existing
<br />structures on these parcels will be razed. A final parcel of 2,4 acres consists of a
<br />railroad right-of-way owned by MT Properties/Burlington Northern Railroad that will
<br />be vacated upon acquisition by the Proposer. Construction timing will be dependent
<br />on the type of building constructed, which could be either a single story or multi-story
<br />building, up to eight-stories in height. It is assumed that length of construetion will
<br />range between six and 18 months, Project phasing is unknown and will be driven by
<br />market demand,
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<br />Site Layout.
<br />The office development scenario will range in size from 225,0000 to 495,000 square
<br />feet of gross floor area (Figure 5), At the less intense end of the range, the
<br />development could accommodate single- or multi-story office buildings, One level of
<br />tempered, or heated, parking could be provided under the buildings. At the more
<br />intense end of the range, the development could accommodate mid-rise office
<br />buildings up to eight-stories in height (not including penthouse structures or
<br />mechanical or screening appurtenances), connected by a common entrance atrium,
<br />elevator lobby and service core. Again, one level of tempered parking would be
<br />provided under the office buildings.
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<br />Site Circulation and Parking.
<br />Off-street parking for the office development scenario will be provided as a
<br />combination of surface parking, parking underneath the office building and two-stOry
<br />structure parking. As required by the City zoning for office uses, parking will be
<br />provided at a ratio of five (5) 1Jarking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of
<br />gross floor area (GFA). defined as total GFAx 95 percent, which is tvpical of similar
<br />office developments in the area. At a total GFA range of 225,000 to 495,000 square
<br />feet, a range between 1,069 and 2,351 parking spaces will result. This amount of
<br />parking represents a maximum development seenario, If the final development
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