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Commissioners generally favor two‑home English Rose memory‑care concept, ask for more detail on parking, preservation and safety
Summary
The Planning Commission reviewed four concept plans for a proposed English Rose memory‑care development at 2000 Hopkins Crossroad on Oct. 30. Commissioners and neighbors largely supported the use but preferred a two‑home plan; they asked applicants for more detailed engineering, landscape and parking plans and for ways to acknowledge Oak Knoll
The Minnetonka Planning Commission on Oct. 30 reviewed concept plans for an English Rose memory‑care development at 2000 Hopkins Crossroad and provided guidance to the applicant and staff. No formal action was requested or taken; the meeting stage was a concept review to determine whether any of the four options merit formal development application.
The 2.5‑acre site contains the 1920 Oak Knoll School building and later additions; the property has been used in recent years for residential and institutional uses and is guided and zoned for low‑density residential. English Rose, a memory‑care operator, and the Excelsior Group presented four concepts that envision single‑story licensed homes of roughly 7,000 square feet with 10 licensed beds each. Two concepts propose preserving the oldest section of the school building and combining uses on site; two remove the school and use the entire parcel for residential‑scale homes. The Excelsior Group said licensed 10‑bed homes…
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