The city of St. Peter is working alongside developers to lay the groundwork for the construction of new residential buildings in the northern and western ends of town.
On May 28, the St. Peter City Council approved several preliminary plats to accommodate the proposed development of three separate residential building projects.
Over the past few months, the city of St. Peter as been working with multiple groups interested in building on the vacant land in the city’s North Industrial Park subdivision. In response, the City Council initiated a four lot plat on 21 acres north of Klein Street, splitting the land into five acres for the development of an apartment complex, 2.7 acres for the construction of storage units, 2.4 acres for commercial office and storage space and 1.5 acres for indoor agriculture.
The plat positions the site for the apartment complex adjacent to the Community Addiction Recovery Enterprise (C.A.R.E.) program building on Klein Street. The site for the storage units rests north of the apartment building site, followed by the commercial office space and indoor agriculture sites to the north.
Councilor Ben DeVos noted that many residents of Traverse Township expressed concerns to the Planning and Zoning Commission about having an apartment building being constructed in the North Industrial Park, but the local official said approving the preliminary plat was the “right way to go.”
“This isn’t the first multi-family facility going in there. We’ve got our senior facilities, we have Solace [Apartments] on the other side and I think the fact that it’s being stacked, so it’s not right next to an industrial site, I think a lot of thought has gone into it,” said DeVos. “It did pass with only one dissenting vote.”
Meanwhile an acre at the east end of Essler Drive in the Traverse Green subdivision has been reserved by a developer interested in constructing two duplexes and a triplex home in the neighborhood. The city approved preliminary and final plats on the townhomes, which would add seven new residential units to the city.
The city further approved a preliminary plat permitting Le Center-based developer Miller Homes to construct 26 new single-family homes north of Cullen Street. The city is currently in the process of designing an extension of Cullen Street from the Essler Drive intersection to 500 feet north of Clark Street to accommodate the proposed neighborhood. In a prior development agreement with the city, Miller Homes agreed to build 12 new houses by 2028 and 14 more by 2039. In addition, the developer will pay $30,000 to the city, covering 20 percent of the engineering costs for the extension project.
If completed, the project would include sidewalks and utility services designed to support a neighborhood of 42 homes at an estimated cost of $2.9 million. However, if the bids for the project come in over budget, both the city and Miller Homes may decide to walk away from the agreement.
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