Agenda: Edina - 7200 France Avenue Redevelopment Update - Late Nov. 2024
Phase 2 Redevelopment of 7200 and 7250 France Avenue
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Orion Investments Phase 2 Redevelopment Approval – 7200 and 7250 France Avenue
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The project involves a six-story, 150-unit apartment building with underground parking on a currently vacant site. Key modifications from the original PUD include: reduction of first-floor ceiling height from 16 to 14 feet for efficiency and sustainability; removal of ground-floor restaurant to reduce traffic impact; preservation of bike path and pedestrian path infrastructure; all parking contained within the building; and maintenance of a 1.25-acre buffer with the neighborhood. The speaker emphasized alignment with the original PUD while incorporating improvements.
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what makes this a project that ultimately received approvals from the council is that we're aligned with our PUD but we did make some further tweaks to further better the project
we pulled out the restaurant on the first floor which reduces the traffic impact We Shrunk the first floor height by 2 feet to be more efficient more sustainable yet we maintained everything we talked about as far as the bike path The Pedestrian path all of the parking is contained within the building and we've got an acre and a quarter buffer with the neighborhood so we preserved all of the good and tweaked it to make it a little better
Ordinances & Resolutions (1)
Original PUD approval for Orion Investments; Phase 2 modifications align with this framework while incorporating design tweaks.