Developers See High Development Potential Around Blake Station
The neighborhood would benefit from moving the proposed light rail station closer to Blake Road, but a development panel thought the area is a great spot for housing.
The Blake Station on the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit line is a “prime site” for housing and has incredible development potential—but it will require the continued improvement of the Blake Road corridor that the city envisions. That’s the conclusion a panel of developers, market specialists and urban designers arrived at after a multi-part workshop examining five key station areas on the line: Mitchell and Golden Triangle stations in Eden Prairie, Blake Station in Hopkins, Beltline Station in St. Louis Park and Penn Station in Minneapolis. The panel also opted to look at the Town Center station in Eden Prairie. Click on the PDF to the right of this article to view the station locations. The goal of the Southwest Corridor …
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