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Big news in Brooklyn Park: Target’s expansion plans hit the ground runningOn March 6, 2006, the Brooklyn Park city council unanimously approved a letter of intent with Target Corporation, launching into motion a plan that would transform Target’s north campus into a $1.75 billion development. Just a stone’s throw from the Devil’s Triangle, Target’s campus currently occupies 136 acres at the junction of Highways 169 and 610. After the expansion, the campus will cover 334 acres, and will include 8 million square feet of office space, 2 million square feet of new retail, 3,000 new housing units, a library and a police substation. With a projected value nearly twice that of all the city’s existing commercial and industry property, the project’s size and potential impact are without precedent in Brooklyn Park’s history. It could ultimately create as many as 30,000 new jobs, and would significantly expand the city’s tax base, generating $15 million in new annual revenue by 2036. Target will continue to maintain its corporate offices in downtown Minneapolis, and will use its expanded north campus to accommodate anticipated growth. “This project reflects some exciting plans that could really help to advance the economic vitality of this Corridor,” says Mike Logan, Target’s Senior Group Manager of Government Affairs. “Target’s vision here is very much about planning for long-term growth through sustainable development.” With its sensibilities firmly oriented toward urban-style development, Target’s new campus promises higher-density, pedestrian-friendly design; parking structures instead of surface lots; and ample green space, including a 20-acre park. Bottineau Boulevard stands to see its share of impact from the project, which will necessarily require integration with area transit. As planned, the Target campus seems likely to serve as a model for the kind of smart, forward-thinking design that demonstrates the commitment of the Boulevard’s communities as leaders in livable development over the coming decades. For more information, visit the City of Brooklyn Park’s website, which includes a complete project description and links to recent news articles: http://www.brooklynpark.org/sitepages/pid1080.php |
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