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Visitors to the annual Make Tracks to Living Faith Car Show check out some of the more than 100 vehicles on display in the parking lot at Living Faith Church in Circle Pines Saturday, July 29. The Participant Award was given to the 1936 Packard owned by Pete & Bev Mrozinski, the Spectator Award Winner went to the 1979 Chevrolet Corvette L82 owned by Greg Crum, a 1953 Ford F100 received the Pastors Award and the Staff Award Winner was the 1937 Packard Convertible owned by Jack Stodola. See more photos on page 2.
CIRCLE PINES—Library patrons to the Centennial Library will soon have a little more than double the current space to browse the collection, grab a good book, work in small groups, access the computers, utilize their creativity and much more. The Anoka County Library (ACL) Board of Trustees has approved an expansion that will increase the library’s footprint from 6,300 square feet up to 13,500 square feet. Construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2018. “I am really excited about it. I think it is going to be a very welcoming, open space for people to be able to come and learn in a whole host of ways whether it is through books, access to computers, the open space or maker space. I think those are all different ways people can continue to learn because that is really what libraries are all about,” said Anoka County Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah. The current Centennial Library building opened in November 1985. In 2016, the Centennial Library had more than 95,000 visits and circulated more than 177,000 items. For over 10 years, numerous discussions have happened regarding the library’s expansion both in its current location, near City Hall, or moving to an acquired property that was purchased near I-35W in Lino Lakes near the Holiday Gas Station. “Things are changing so rapidly for libraries. At that point in time when we were having some of those initial discussions, it was thought that it was going to be a big regional library and having it visible from the freeway was important,” Sivarajah explained. She added the prime property could SEE LIBRARY EXPANSION, PAGE 3
Four-story building planned for Lovell site BY PAT ZEITNER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
LEXINGTON—A long-awaited improvement to the Lovell building and surrounding parking lot became a reality at the City Council meeting Aug. 3, when the council approved the sale of the parcel to Dominium Acquisition, LLC. Dominium Acquisition is a development company based in Plymouth with properties in 24 states accounting for more than 27,000 rental units. Most of their units are in Minnesota, with others in Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota.
Ryan Lunderby and Shaun Reinhardt of Dominium presented the City Council with a portfolio of community developments similar to what is planned for the Lexington site. The community named Mississippi View in Coon Rapids was showcased; they also developed and own Lakewood Apartments located at 705 Town Center Parkway in Lino Lakes. Lunderby said a 187-unit, four-story building with one floor of heated underground parking is planned for the Lexington site. “It will be 100 percent affordable to those that are earning 60 percent of the area median in-
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come. What we are planning right now is a 50-plus property,” he said. He went on to show some of the features of Dominium properties. “Solid wood cabinets, nine-foot ceilings, granite countertops, full appliance packages, washer and dryers in the apartment units. Some specifics about the development we are proposing here will follow a lot of those same characteristics. This is just an initial concept of how the site might lay out with this property in particular,” he said. Closing and demolition is not scheduled until October of next year.
When asked by the council when they anticipated construction completion and occupancy would begin, Lunderby said there was a lot of demand for senior communities. “Once we close on a property to break ground, it’s roughly a 12–14-month construction project. We would have fi rst occupancy maybe at the end of the second quarter of 2019. Coon Rapids fi rst opened the door Dec. 1. We were 100 percent leased on those 167 units by the fi rst week of March,” he said. SEE LOVELL, PAGE 9
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