Page 6 Progress • Thursday, April 17, 2025 pressnews. com
Maple Grove welcomes incoming retail, housing, industry
By ALICIA MILLER alicia. miller @ apgecm. com
The Maple Grove landscape continues to change with the addition of new businesses and residential developments.
The first phase of the renovation and expansion of the Community Center is underway. The half-cent sales tax is funding $ 90 million for the improvements. The city is also using state bonding funds, federal grants, sponsorships and association dues to fund the $ 116 million project.
The Community Center opened in 1997. Plans include new pools and new family locker rooms, more space for senior programs, expanded event and banquet space, an area for the arts, a third sheet of ice and infrastructure investments. Infrastructure details include updating the roof and mechanical systems.
The first phase will include a third sheet of ice, new locker rooms and an updated entrance and lobby area.
Construction began last summer and will be completed in late summer.
Also part of the future expansion of the Community Center is the portion of the building currently occupied by Life Time Fitness. The city and Life Time were able to agree to a land exchange agreement. The city will take over the fitness club’ s portion of the Community Center building and Life Time will build a new flagship athletic country club on 17.5 acres in the Minnesota Health Village. The“ village” is located near Maple Grove Hospital, just south of Highway 610 and west of Home Depot. Life Time will stay in its current location until Dec. 31, 2028, while the new building is constructed.
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BAE Systems is constructing a business development that is anticipated to bring almost 500 jobs to Maple Grove. The development will be located in the northwestern corner of the junction of Highway 169 and Interstate 694. BAE Systems is a British-based arms and aerospace manufacturer.
The following is a look at business and residential growth in 2024 and this year.
Business developments
In 2024, many projects around the city were under construction and project plans were approved. The Hindu Society of Minnesota is expanding. Last summer, there was approval for a 17,140-square-foot education and cultural center at 10530 Temple Drive. The building would consist of a 500-person capacity multipurpose space, 10 classrooms, a resource library and art gallery. The temple building is currently being used for these activities.
Plans are underway for a new elementary school in the northwest corner of the city. The city is working with the Osseo Area School District to build a
139,000-square-foot school at 18375 Arbor Ridge Parkway.
Boston Scientific will be expanding its fourth building at its Weaver Lake campus in the parking area to the west. The expansion is proposed to be completed in two phases. The first phase would be a 51,849-squarefoot addition. The second phase would be a 31,800-square-foot addition.
Minnesota Rural Electrical Association is replacing the existing building at 11640 73rd Ave. at its site with a new twostory, 13,454-square-foot building and parking lot.
Arbor Lakes Business Park phase 4 plans for the ninth building at Elm Creek Boulevard and Zachary Lane was approved.
The Minnesota Science and Technology Center( known as Project Black Bear) is a 400,000-square-foot office building with research and development labs for Boston Scientific. The site is located north of Interstate 694 near 73rd Place and Fountains Drive.
BAE Systems, formerly known as Project Libre, is anticipated to bring around 500 employees to the city, making it a top-five largest employer in Maple Grove. The project includes a 248,000-square-foot office building located northwest of the junction of Highway 169 and Interstate 694 on developed land.
In the past 12 months, the following businesses have opened in Maple Grove: Ashley Furniture, Axys Precision, Best Brains Learning Center, Broadway Pizza and Axe Throwing, Grackle, an IKEA pop-up store, J. Crew Factory, Lululemon, Magnifi Financial, Mama’ s Happy, Maple Grove Eye Care, MSI,
North Star Bank, Paris Baguette, Slick City Maple Grove, Suite Living Memory Care and Assisted Living, Swing City Racket Sports, Tous les Jours, Veterinary Emergency Group and Waggle Golf.
Residential growth
The city has also seen some new housing projects start development or come before the council.
The Bella Woods concept plan amendment calls for 245 single-family homes located at 10350 Brockton Lane.
The Arbor Lakes Active Adult, a five-story, 124-unit 55 + housing project, was approved. It would be located at 11751 Arbor Lakes Parkway.
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