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<br />Shardlow wasn't aware of any projects in the Twin Cities where that has been a problem, but <br />he still recommends cities keep their design guideline approval process completely separate <br />from the project approval process to avoid the perception that there's a conflict of interest. <br /> <br />Not always as easy as it seems <br />The public component in Burnsville's Heart of the City mixed-use project hasn't been a <br />sterling success of private and public interests, however. <br /> <br />Burnsville had a lot of success luring new residential and retail developers to build in the <br />mixed-use area, but has run into a significant snag trying to find a developer willing to fill its <br />vision for a $35 million, i,ooo-seat performing-arts center. <br /> <br />This month, city officials plan to release a third request for proposals to find someone who <br />will develop the center. <br /> <br />The city hopes that by putting the center on about 1 acre of a larger 6-acre site and opening <br />the door to the possibility that the city will own and operate the facility, it can find a <br />development partner. <br /> <br />Size merits public pieces <br />One of the biggest developments in the history of the state, the $1.75 billion campus being <br />planned by Minneapolis-based Target Corp. in Brooklyn Park, has a significant public <br />component. <br /> <br />The overall project, which is being developed by Target, will include 8 million square feet of <br />office space, 2 million square feet of retail space, 3,000 units of housing and potentially two <br />hotels. <br /> <br />Brooklyn Park city officials negotiated with Target for land in the project that would be <br />donated to the city for a new Hennepin County library, a water tower, a police substation and <br />a park. <br /> <br />Having a public component such as the library in this project was natural and necessary <br />because of its size, said Bob Schreier, Brooklyn Park's director of economic development who <br />negotiated with Target to get the public spaces into the development. <br /> <br />The police substation, which will not be a stand-alone building, will be necessary one day <br />because there will be 30,000 office workers in the project. The library, which is in early <br />planning stages, came up because the city had been looking for a site in that vicinity. <br /> <br />Schreier asked Target to include space for the water tower and library because it was such a <br />big area and because it would have cost the city money to find other sites. <br /> <br />There was a little push-back from Target but in the end, corporate officials agreed to both <br />components. <br />
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