Environmental Review
The City of Saint Paul is in the process of conducting an environmental review for the proposed redevelopment of the Hillcrest site.
As the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU), the City of Saint Paul is noticing the availability of the Draft Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) and its appendices for the Hillcrest redevelopment site (Draft Hillcrest AUAR). An AUAR is a planning tool for local governments to collect and analyze information to understand how different development scenarios will affect the environment of a community before development occurs. The State of Minnesota requires environmental reviews on proposed developments of a certain size and scale.
The 30-day public comment period on the Hillcrest Draft AUAR and its appendices ran from Tuesday, July 5 to Thursday, August 4, 2022. The comments received will be analyzed and responded to as part of the final AUAR document.
About the Hillcrest Draft AUAR
The AUAR study area encompasses the 112-acre former Hillcrest Golf Course in northeastern Saint Paul. The property is located south of Larpenteur Avenue, west of McKnight Road, north of Ivy Avenue and east of Winthrop Street.
Three development scenarios are proposed for study in the draft AUAR, all of which are consistent with the Hillcrest Master Plan that was approved by the City Council on June 1, 2022:
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The Comprehensive Plan scenario includes 708,000 square feet of light industrial and 960 units of multi-family residential housing;
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The Master Plan scenario includes 840,000 square feet of light industrial and 960 units of multi-family residential housing; and
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The Master Plan Max Intensity scenario includes 1,000,000 square feet of light industrial housing and 2,615 units of multi-family residential housing.