The
City of St. Louis Park, through a community wide visioning process
created a plan for redeveloping an eight square block area into
a vibrant space for living, shopping and working. Told Development
was selected by the City to make the vision a reality and subsequently
hired Damon Farber Associates to develop a comprehensive site plan
that would reflect the upscale nature of the development and the
vision of the community.
Excelsior and Grand is a mixed-use redevelopment project designed
to create a new downtown for this first-ring Minneapolis suburb.
The multi-phased project creates a focal point and city center of
eight to 10 buildings, including apartments, offices, retail shops
and restaurants. The focal point of the development is a two block
long Community Green. Elements such as decorative street lighting,
banners, seasonal planters, public art, comfortable benches, arbors,
fountains and decorative pavers reinforce the pedestrian atmosphere
and promote the image of a vital community destination.
Borson
Construction company has completed Phase One, which includes
four separate multi-housing/retail mix buildings with 342 units
of rental housing and 65,000 square feet of retail space as well
two parking ramps which accommodates 852 vehicles.
In
conjunction with this project the City of St. Louis Park hired Damon
Farber Associates to design Veterans' Memorial Amphitheater
located at the end of the two block long Community Green. Read more
about this project in our Parks
& Open Space section.
