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<br />. . <br /> <br />LARKI~. H01"F::>L,\.:-:, D~\LY & LIXDGREX. ! 'TD. <br /> <br />Mr. Craig Waldron <br />November 26, 1985 <br />~ge 6 <br /> <br />t~e existing Minnesota Department of 7ranspoctatlon pondlng are~. !he <br />e:ght-story cffl~e bUilding will be secved by a three-Ieve~ parking <br />s:ructUte. A ,jrive-thru bank 15 also prc~osed for future development <br />on the southern quadrant of the Property. The balance of the uses on <br />the Property 4111 consisc of 405,380 2quare feet of one-story garden <br />Office/service ~aclllties lnterspersed throughout the site. <br />IndiVidual bui'di~gE wlII incluae between 20,000 and 50,000 square <br />fQet of floor lred As shown on the elevations submltte0 10 support <br />of the Application, cwo ~ypes of faclllties are proposed: the flrst. <br />IS a garden o~fi:e fa~ility which will conslst ot all brick and glass <br />e~terior matetials. The second is a ~erVice center facility which <br />~ill also be constructed predo~inantly of brlck and glass but which <br />may also inc~ude decorative block palnL~d to match the bcick. Loadlog <br />areas are cOllfined to the lo'=etior throughout tne entlre Property. <br />Some, but ~ot all, of the gard~~ office/servlce center facIllties will <br />be equlpped with dock nigh doors. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />~ <br /> <br />Tile Garden office/servlce facillties pro~osed for the Pro!>erty are <br />intended to ftll a market olche bet~~en the tcad~tional 0ffIce <br />facility and the cxistlr~ office-warehouse faclIl~ies located In the <br />City and other portlc<ls of the metropolitan area. The garden <br />office/servlce fat;d t tles "'111 Include a high percentd~le of of. ce as <br />compared to s~:vice use~ overall, it 15 expected that thprc wlIl be 75 <br />percent off~ce and 25 per~ent serVlce use. IndIVIdual bUlldlngs may <br />lnclude ~p to 80 percer.t offIce use or as lIttle as SO percent offlce <br />use. These facllities Will prOVIde offlce sUltes, office/service <br />cc,nb1nat:.lons, sales/~arvice and bt:;ler speclallzed -paces bUllt to the <br />operating a~1 layout requirements of lndivldual t 3nts. There is <br />currentlt a gre~t demand f.vr office space for hi. -technology <br />ccm~dnles in the Clty a~d th~ ~etropolltan ar~d. Such compdnles are <br />~ent1ng space 1n gard~n offtce,5~~vlce cent~r bUlldlnys because the <br />bUIldings are mord d~tractlve and functl~llal than prev~ously bUllt <br />off\c@ ~arohouse oJlldln;s; parklng In near th= tront door; and more <br />extensive landscaplog dnd sopnistic~ced -^~drIor materials are beIng <br />us&)d. T€'.aant::d may '.alJ~ the optl.....1 to dlsplay a cc.mpany sl..Jn un t:.e <br />OUt:;51do ~I: the b!..ldd.1.ng w~uch ;"~vvlde3 ar. OppOl::.tUOlty for ext<arlUt. <br />ldent~~i ~nd ~.1.~Cd Lents 3r~ lower th~n tradIt~0nal offIce space, <br />yo'':','C.l (;.()~~"dl:'S can start" out at 3 lowsr- co,"'t. une, as the com~al,Y <br />u~ows -~'we can be a~~ed. BU~~~d~S, proEessloD~l, computer, and <br />oth<$Y f",~gh-tech ...Oll'~ anies ne.,r. a hlg;. p~Cpotcon of offIce space but <br />st.... P9~d sc.e r~rVlce Jr~dS for waLeholl~~ stoL3ge, accountlng, dnd <br />" .:..ooratori~s. <br /> <br />The ~ent.8 POlnte l~velopme~c wll~ Je d clean and qUlet ~e~ghbor to <br />tne r-<;:adenUal area acrr~.:> Cl~\',d_11Id ,:I.'vGl"Iue. Thele wi 11 be minlmdl <br />eJe0.1.ng 0; .eeke~J act~v1Cy. ~:0tec~lve covenants wlll ensure an <br />~~cractl..e vl<;o,."l ,J,:.peCl.r?.tr~ '~l.<j ""lgOlf'g ,nalnLen....:1ce of the pnt1.re <br />bUS1~~SS P,~~. ~~ co~~~.~d to ~he Q~15tlng Gartett TtJCKIng use on <br />