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Thursday, February 21, 2008

This is not going well

Star Tribune Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:25:50 GMT
New Brighton looks at ways to solve Quadrant mess

By any description, the immediate status of New Brighton's big Northwest Quadrant redevelopment project isn't very good. Grim, City Council Member Sharon Doffing said of the project's estimated $4 million deficit within the next two years. Troublesome, City Manager Dean Lotter said of a home builder's decision last fall to pull out of the project. Shocking, Council Member David Phillips said of the factors -- market-driven and otherwise -- that have left officials scrambling for other development options. The city has had grand plans for the Northwest Quadrant -- a 100-acre mixed-use business and housing redevelopment project at Interstates 694 and 35W -- since it began acquiring former industrial properties there in the late 1990s.

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