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CITY OF WHITE BEAR LAKE In the City of White Bear Lake, Polar Chevrolet is building a new dealership at the corner of Highway 61 and County Road F. Once finished, the giant white bear that originally sat atop the old Thane Hawkins dealership will remain on site to proudly welcome people to the City. The $30 million project is bringing something to the City it previously didn’t offer, higher amenity housing. The rental units will feature granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances and community amenities including a dog park, fitness facility and outdoor swimming pool. Just a few miles away, Schafer Richardson of Minneapolis is transforming what used to be five vacant residential parcels at the northwest corner of County Road E and Linden Avenue into a 192-unit market rate apartment building. “We felt this was a desired use for the property, as it will bring more households into the City to support businesses along the County Road E corridor,” said Anne Kane, Community Development Director for the City of White Bear Lake. Also in 2020, work will continue on planning for major infrastructure projects, the Bruce Vento and Around the Lake trails. Anne Kane HUGO There is a lot of development planned in the City of Hugo in 2020, most of it residential in nature. The Preserve on Sunset Lake is a residential development under construction in rural Hugo. Once finished, 13 new residential homes, each with 5- to-10-acre lots, will be built. With this new residential development, the Hugo Parks Commission is discussing the possibility of a potential future public park that would be located along Sunset Lake. additions of Oneka Place are 177 residential units with a mix of single family and maintenance provided villa units. The second addition consists of 14 lots and there are 54 lots in the third addition of the development, located north of Oneka Parkway and north of 159th Street North. Other developments that are under construction and continue to expand include Adelaide Landing, Waters Edge and Oneka Place. Located east of Highway 61 and north of 130th Street, there are a total of 324 lots planned for Adeline Landing and construction is currently underway for Adelaide 3rd and 4th additions, which includes a mix of single family homes and villa units. A total of 37 single family villa style homes have been approved for the Waters Edge 6th addition. The lots are located south of Heritage Parkway along Education Drive. Planned for the second and third A three story, apartment building known as Rosemary Apartments will be going up north of Rosemary Way and west of Everton Avenue North. The apartments will be rented to persons or families who earn 60 percent of the area median income or less, which equates to $45,000 to $65,000 depending on household size. The anticipated unit mix is six one-bedroom, 18 two-bedroom, and 21 three-bedroom apartments for a total of 45 units. There are also several paving projects planned in the city, work will continue on a new water tower going up south of 125 Street near the Oneka Ridge Golf Course. vhedc.com 33