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Design board recommends approval for St. John’s 189,600‑square‑foot hospital expansion, waives rooftop screening

Maplewood Community Design Review Board · March 17, 2026
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Summary

The Maplewood Community Design Review Board on March 17 recommended approval of a four‑story, 189,600‑square‑foot addition to St. John’s Hospital at 1575 Beam Avenue East, approving a waiver to rooftop mechanical screening while requiring ground‑level equipment screening and a traffic study for a nearby intersection.

The Maplewood Community Design Review Board voted March 17 to recommend approval of a four‑story, 189,600‑square‑foot addition to St. John’s Hospital at 1575 Beam Avenue East, with conditions that preserve ground‑level screening of mechanical equipment and require a traffic study for the Hazelwood Street and St. John’s Boulevard intersection.

Staff presented the project as an expansion to the hospital’s 28‑acre campus that would replace part of an existing parking structure and add about 135 permanent surface parking spaces in the northeast corner. The project would also amend the site’s conditional use permit and seek a 10‑foot setback variance (the addition would sit 20 feet from the property line where 30…

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