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 will eventually create 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 is nearing completion of 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 & Recreation section.
