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Council approves rezoning and predevelopment grant to advance Hams Brewery redevelopment
Summary
St. Paul council adopted a rezoning ordinance and approved a Metropolitan Council predevelopment grant to support redevelopment of Hams Brewery and adjacent HRA-owned parcels at Minnehaha Avenue East, with council emphasizing affordable housing and blight remediation.
The St. Paul City Council voted to adopt an ordinance rezoning parcels at and near 694 Minnehaha Avenue East and separately approved a Metropolitan Council pre-development grant to support the Hams Brewery redevelopment at 680–694 Minnehaha Ave E.
A councilmember supporting the measures said redevelopment will "create the needed affordable housing in our city," convert HRA-owned land into taxable private property and remedy a site that has been vacant for decades. Staff materials on the agenda show the rezoning changes move parcels from I2 General Industrial to multiple residential and traditional neighborhood districts and update the zoning map under Chapter 60 of the legislative code.
Council also approved a resolution authorizing acceptance of a Metropolitan Council pre-development grant (listed in the agenda as resolution 205171) and an operating-budget amendment tied to the Hams Brewery redevelopment project. There were no public speakers on either item and both measures passed on final adoption votes by the council (reported as 6 in favor, none opposed).
Council members framed the package as a coordinated approach to remediation, taxable reuse of long-vacant HRA property and creation of walkable, transit-oriented housing near existing transit corridors. Further implementation steps will follow city permitting and grant requirements.
