Beltline Station Could Cultivate ‘Hip Housing,’ ‘Innovative Businesses'
The proposed light rail station could turn the industrial area near the station into a mixed-use neighborhood.
The Beltline Station on the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit line could transform Beltline and County Road 25 into “grand urban boulevards” and create a “hip” neighborhood. 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. The goal of the Southwest Corridor Development Scenarios Workshop was to bring in private-sector recommendations on how to maximize opportunities and avoid pitfalls. Below is a …
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