Burnsville council delays decision on hotel-to-treatment facility conversion amid safety and operator concerns

Burnsville City Council on Sept. 16, 2025, agreed to extend consideration of an application by MSP Burnsville LLC to amend the Golden Triangle planned unit development and approve a conditional use permit to convert the Hampton Inn at 14400 Nicollet Court into a long‑term care facility for substance use and related mental‑health treatment. The council voted to table the request for one month so staff and the applicant can provide more detail on operator selection, bed counts and enforceable safeguards.

The proposal would allow the property’s underlying B‑3 zoning to permit a long‑term care facility and requests a conditional use permit for a nonsecure, state‑licensed treatment setting providing levels of care commonly called 3.1 and 3.5. Planning staff said the applicant has not identified an operator; the fee owner is seeking land‑use approvals first and planned to market the site to qualified operators if approvals are granted. The applicant submitted 22 draft conditions of approval; city staff added four more, for a total…