Magellan Land Development and Pulte Homes want to build a 108-unit townhome development at the southeast intersection of Manning Avenue and 80th Street North in Stillwater.
Jason Palmby of Magellan submitted an application to city officials for a planned-unit development and preliminary plat to facilitate the development of 108 for-sale townhome units at the 16-acre site.
The Stillwater Planning Commission voted 5-0 Wednesday night to recommend approval of the project after adding a requirement that the developer fund a pedestrian crossing of 80th Street North. The Stillwater City Council is expected to vote on March 17.
Prices at the townhome development, called Brixton, are expected to range from mid-$400,000 to upper-$500,000 depending on the options selected by the buyer, said Jason Zimmerman, the city’s community development director.
Plans for the Brixton townhome development were “tweaked” after neighbors and planning commission members raised questions about the project at the commission’s Jan. 21 meeting, Zimmerman said. “They made some adjustments to provide a larger buffer from the Trellis Wedding venue to the east.”
A different developer, Bloomington-based Timberland Partners, had previously planned to build a 179-unit development, called Sundance Stillwater, on 24 acres in the area, “but they couldn’t make it work financially,” Zimmerman said. “This is now slightly smaller with fewer units.”
Plans call for the Brixton project to include a connection to the trail on Manning Avenue, and more than 50 percent of the site will be preserved as open space, he said. In addition, more than 210 trees will be planted at the site, he said.
Ponding in the development will serve as stormwater storage as well as a supply of water for the lawn-sprinkling system, according to the application. “This type of lawn sprinkling reduces the use of potable water from the city’s water supply.”
Brixton also will use “tree swales” to help manage stormwater runoff, the application states.
Developers expect to break ground this spring, and the first phase of home construction is expected to start later this year, Zimmerman said.
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