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Commission hears two Brownfield housing proposals that would add mixed-income units downtown and on transit corridors
Summary
Developers presented Brownfield plan amendments for Bretton Meadows (168 units, roughly half priced as attainable) and a revised February redevelopment (44 units with a portion price-restricted). Commissioners praised transit-oriented locations and referred both items to committee for further consideration.
Two Brownfield redevelopment proposals seeking housing-eligible activities under state Act 381 were presented to the commission on Aug. 12.
Mackenzie Miller of the city’s economic development department described the Bretton Meadows proposal as demolition of an existing grocery-site building and construction of seven multifamily buildings totaling 168 residential units. She said 84 one-bedroom and 84 two-bedroom units are planned and that approximately 49% of units would be priced for households at or below specified area median income levels for the term of the Brownfield plan; total project cost is about $36 million with $14.85 million in eligible HTIF (housing tax increment financing) activity costs.
Developer representatives (Jared Belka and Scott Wierda) described the project as a reuse of a long-vacant, underperforming commercial site on a transit corridor and said construction could begin late in 2025 after approvals. "This project is specifically coming in for the housing tax increment financing program…25 years of affordability for the income-qualified units," Miller told the commission.
City staff also presented a revised Brownfield amendment for the February redevelopment at 280 N. Ann Street: the project adds a four-story mixed-use addition with 44 residential units, several income-restricted to 85% and 95% AMI, and roughly $11.77 million in total project cost with an estimated $3.6 million in rent-loss eligible activity.
Commissioners welcomed both proposals, noting the transit accessibility and mixed-income design. Each project was closed out of the public hearing and referred to the Committee of the Whole for further review and next steps.
What’s next: both Brownfield amendments will be considered by the Committee of the Whole; staff and developers will return with final project details, inclusion goals and financing schedules.
