[Music] welcome to agenda Edina a program summarizing the actions taken at City Hall that affect you most I'm your host dorothia Marty one of the largest proposed redevelopments Ina in the past few years has cleared its first hurdle Enclave companies is proposing to redevelop the current Macy Southdale Furniture and Mattress Gallery at 7235 France Avenue the developer plans to tear down the existing store and build an 11-story mixed use building with offices senior condominiums retail and restaurant space and a parking garage on the Southwest parcel a seven-story mixed use building with offices Apartments retail space and a parking garage on the northwest parcel a seven-story apartment building with parking garage on the northeast parcel and a seven-story apartment building with r or restaurant space and a parking garage on the Southeast parcel the value of the buildings that will replace the current store is estimated to exceed $300 million we very much followed the greater saltdale District guidelines for this project which uh the intention of those guidelines is to break down these larger known as super blocks into smaller pedestrian friendly pedestrian first walkable blocks that's what we did here that really is at the heart of what happened so this is a mix use development that's centered around pedestrians pedestrians first for walkability and a a mix mix of uses the city council granted preliminary resoning and approved a preliminary site plan and plot last month council members requested several changes to the plan before developers bring the proposal back for final approval