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Here are a few screenshots from a SLP council study session packet about SWLRT updates. Noted are these images of the Cedar Lake Regional Trail Bridge over Beltline.
Selected screenshots of Beltline trail bridge by Eric Anondson, on Flickr
Above, aerial image of the entire bridge in the current context. You can barely see the stairs on the other side coming down to the street level.

Selected screenshots of Beltline trail bridge by Eric Anondson, on Flickr
Above, looking up and to the south along Beltline.

Selected screenshots of Beltline trail bridge by Eric Anondson, on Flickr
Above, a view from the future development north of the Beltline Station. Showing a panorama in the distance of Excelsior and Grand on the left over to the waterpower on the right. Park36 stands out too.

Selected screenshots of Beltline trail bridge by Eric Anondson, on Flickr
Above: The view going up the bridge from the west.

Selected screenshots of Beltline trail bridge by Eric Anondson, on Flickr
Compare the current proposal at night (chain link fence, no lights), above.
Below, with the view at night of the debated "improve" bridge. The city will be discussing adding improvements like evening lights and replacing the chainlink fencing with sturdier and more attractive fencing.Selected screenshots of Beltline trail bridge by Eric Anondson, on Flickr

I dunno, is it too late to *not* do the rail tunnels through Kenilworth and do a trail bridge like this instead? Save a hundred million? This bridge is about a quarter mile long. *shrug*

It's been 9 years since we opened our doors. One of the things I am most proud of is the sense of community I feel in the gym. I am reaching out to our community for some help/input. Our landlords are planning on selling our building and we have been told we have only two years left on our lease. Thus, we are actively searching for a new location for our gym. I do not want to move farther than 1 mile from our current location. This makes things tough, since the reason we are losing our lease is there are plans to redevelop most of the available locations along the new light rail corridor.

At this time we are looking at three options:
1: Buy a lot and build our own gym
2: Buy an existing building and retrofit to our needs
3: Lease a gym space.

There are some restrictions we have on the buildings we are looking at. We want a space at least 18,000 square feet with ceiling height of 18 ft. We also must have 40 feet clear from support posts. This is the current span between support beams in our gym, which is not optimal, but we have made it work. We plan on digging pits for the gym, so this must be agreed to if we are leasing. Also, as mentioned earlier, I don't plan on moving more than 1 from our existing site, and the closer the better.

If you or people you know have any experience in real estate or know of any properties that might fit our needs please let me know. Also, feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have.

Sherman proposes 400 units adjacent to the Belt Line station. Plus grocery store showing the “Grocery+Apartments” trend is still strong.

Might be the second grocery store along the SWLRT, with Whole Foods a block from the West Lake. Driscoll’s in downtown Hopkins is 5-6 blocks off so I’m kinda excluding it…

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... units.html

From development page on city of SLP website: https://www.stlouispark.org/government/ ... evelopment

*7-story mixed-use building with 6 levels of market rate housing (156 units) and approximately 20,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial space, potentially anchored by a grocer.
*5-story market rate apartment building with 146 units.
*4-story all affordable apartment building with 82 units, 77 units will be available at 60% AMI and 5 units will be available at 30% AMI. 22 units will be 3-bedrooms.
*Approximate 600-stall, 6-story parking ramp, which is proposed to include 268 LRT park and ride stalls and approximately 1,800 square feet of retail/commercial space.