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Council leaves public hearing open on plan to convert Residence Inn at 3400 Edinburgh Way to 136 apartments
Summary
The Edina City Council took public testimony on Alpha Investment Group’s proposal to convert the 133‑room Residence Inn at 3400 Edinburgh Way into 136 apartments and voted to close oral testimony while leaving written comment open through Nov. 24; the council continued formal action to Dec. 3 to allow more information on a requested parking variance and other details.
The Edina City Council heard a public hearing Nov. 19 on a proposal by Alpha Investment Group to convert the 133‑room Residence Inn at 3400 Edinburgh Way into 136 apartments. Addison Lewis, the city’s community development coordinator, told the council the conversion would add 7 studios, 122 one‑bedroom units and 7 two‑bedroom units and would trigger a site‑plan review and a variance because the multifamily code requires one enclosed parking stall per unit and there are none on the property today.
Developer Patrick Jutton told the council his company expects the project to be “attainable” for households in the 50–80% area median income range, said no city financial assistance is requested, and described a fast timeline that could allow move‑in by spring 2025. Jutton said the existing site provides roughly 185 surface parking stalls (the code calculation for…
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