2024 NorthPark Business Center Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) Update

2024 NorthPark Business Center AUAR Update

The NorthPark Business Center Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) study area
encompasses approximately 227 acres of land located south of 109th Avenue N, between
U.S. Highway 169 (US 169) and Winnetka Avenue N in Brooklyn Park.
The City of Brooklyn Park adopted the NorthPark Businesses Center Final AUAR and
Mitigation Plan on May 6, 2013. Since that time, some development within the study area
has occurred. Pursuant to Minnesota Rules, part 4410.3610, subpart 7, an AUAR and plan for
mitigation must be revised every five years until all development in the study area has
received final approval. Since the study area has not been fully developed, the purpose of
this document is to update the NorthPark Business Center AUAR pursuant to Minnesota
Rules.

The 2018 AUAR Update included analysis of three development scenarios as summarized
below. The difference between these scenarios is that Scenario 1 includes
industrial/office/warehouse in the northwest corner of the site whereas Scenario 2 includes
retail in that location. In 2020, Brooklyn Park updated their Comprehensive plan to remove
Residential as a future land use within the study area. Scenario 3 includes residential units on
site; because this Scenario 2013-C is no longer compatible with the Brooklyn Park
Comprehensive Plan, it is no longer being considered for development.

Scenario 2018-A:
o 4,074,000 gross square feet (GSF) industrial/office/warehouse/fulfillment
center
o 5,500 GSF commercial
• Scenario 2018-B:
o 3,800,000 GSF industrial/office/warehouse/fulfillment center
o 145,500 GSF commercial
• Scenario 2013-C (Scenario 1 from the 2013 AUAR):
o 3,026,000 GSF industrial/office/warehousing
o 8,500 GSF commercial
o 300-600 residential units

This report is intended to serve as an update to the 2018 AUAR update and includes
information on development to date, the updated development scenarios, an update to
the environmental analysis where necessary, and a review of mitigation measures.