Land from the Dehmer and Lenneman farms on the west end of town are moving closer toward what would become St. Michael’s largest residential development project in its 130-year history. Capstone Homes and the City of St. Michael have made progress on moving the development through the required approval processes, which require additional steps due […]
St. Michael Considers Largest Residential Development in City’s History
St. Michael city councilmembers and planning commissioners met Tuesday evening for a lengthy discussion on a possible master planned community on the city’s southwest side that would eclipse the size of any previous residential development that has ever been built in St. Michael. The Dehmer and Lenneman families are looking to sell their land to […]
St. Michael Summer Development Round-Up
You may have noticed construction equipment and development taking place around St. Michael this summer and perhaps wondered what a project is destined to become. Here’s a summary of what the busy summer building season has in store: In the Town Center area, Aspen Dental broke ground near CVS on a 4,200 square-foot dental office. […]
St. Michael Council Considers Residential Concept Plan for Berning Farm Land
A real estate firm named The Excelsior Group attended the St. Michael city council meeting last week to get feedback on a concept plan for residential development on the former Berning farmland, a 160 acre parcel near County Rd. 119 and Jamison Ave. The firm’s concept plan proposes 331 single family lots with a mix […]
Lennar Proposes New Housing Development on STMA’s West Side
The St. Michael planning commission heard a concept proposal last week for a 177-lot development of single family homes in the area just south of Fieldstone Elementary. A previous concept plan for this parcel of land fell through last year with Excelsior Development Group. That concept plan included 183 lots and more homes on the […]
Residential Development Plans Continue to Roll into St. Michael
The city of St. Michael has a few residential development possibilities coming down the pipeline, ranging from apartments to single family homes. Here’s a rundown of the new housing possibilities. Apartments The council approved a four-building market rate apartment complex in Town Center earlier this year. Construction was slated to begin this summer; however, developer […]
City of St. Michael Considers Tax Increment Financing for New Plastics Facility
A Public Hearing is Scheduled for this Wednesday
A manufacturing facility called New Plastics Plus, currently based out of Otsego, submitted a proposal to the city of St. Michael earlier this month that would subdivide a 20-acre plot of industrial land into three parcels, and construct a plastics manufacturing facility on one of those three. The proposed facility would be 82,000 square feet […]
Lincoln Drive to be Extended from Rambling Creek Neighborhood to Highway 241
64 residential homes will be added to the area
Have you ever noticed the barricaded, dead-end road adjacent to the St. Michael Dairy Queen? That dead end will soon be no longer, as work begins this summer on an extension of Lincoln Drive and new residential development adjacent to the new roadway. “It probably would have been nice if it was done during the […]
Mall of Entertainment Moves Forward with Enviro Study
After a summer of “no news” on a multi-million dollar commercial development on Albertville’s north side, the Mall of Entertainment is now moving forward after the city approved a comprehensive environmental study for the project at its meeting on Nov. 14. The Albertville City Council approved what is known as an AUAR – Alternative Urban Areawide […]
John Hardy’s Closes Doors in Albertville
Just 14 months after the City of Albertville cleared the way for John Hardy’s Bar-B-Q, and less than a year after its grand opening, the restaurant in the former Perkins location has closed its doors. Signs were hung on the front doors Monday thanking customers for their patronage and stating JLC, owners of the restaurant, […]