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WHAT’S HAPPENING: Community calendar PAGE 3
Gateway Village is favored option for Main Street Corridor BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
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The Chipotle would be located at the Lexington Retail Center, also known as the Northway Mall.
Chipotle restaurant a possibility at Lexington Retail Center
LINO LAKES — Gateway Village has been labeled as the favored buildout for the Main Street Corridor Master Plan project. (See “City receives update on Main Street Corridor” Quad Community Press, March 11, 2025). The plan was presented at a special joint work session attended by members of the Lino Lakes City Council, boards and committees to address the Main Street Corridor Master Plan and
the Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR), located in the northwest quadrant of the city. Gateway Village, also known as scenario 2, features a “bubble” layout. This means that the high-density zones would be the focal point of the “bubble” with medium and low-density zones surrounding the area around it. (See “Main Street Corridor: Multiple possibilities” Quad Community Press, Feb. 4, 2025). The corridor, located in the northwest corner of the city, serves as one of the many
“gateways” into the city, this one via Main Street. In total, the area encompasses roughly 980 acres. Michaela Crowley, planning analyst with Kimley-Horn, provided the Lino Lakes Planning and Zoning Board with a summary of the last workshop that occurred earlier this month and asked the board for direction regarding land use, specifically where the area is guided residential/ commercial. SEE MAIN STREET CORRIDOR, PAGE 2
‘Bingo and Bling’
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The Chain of Lake Rotary will host its annual Chain of Giving fundraiser, “Bingo and Bling,” from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the Peder Pedersen Pavilion in Hugo for the Rotary’s local scholarship and international youth exchange program. Tickets for the event can be purchased online at chainoflakesrotary.com. For more information, see page 3.
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LEXINGTON — A public hearing was recently held at Lexington City Hall to discuss an application to install a Chipotle at the Lexington Retail Center, also known as Northway Mall. The application was submitted by Menlo Capital Partners and reviewed by the Lexington Planning and Zoning Commission. Northway Mall representatives Jason Stomel and Joe Radach were in attendance to present the preliminary plat and planned unit development (PUD) for the project. Stomel began the presentation by explaining how a national brand like Chipotle would help bring more business to Northway Mall. “For over 25 years, Northway Shopping Center has struggled to attract national tenants that truly drive foot traffic and economic growth,” Stomel said. While tenants like Dollar Tree and Great Clips are national chains, he explained, they don’t bring in the business that a tenant like Chipotle would. “(It’s) not just a restaurant, it’s one of the most powerful brands in all of retail. This is our first chance at achieving full occupancy in years,” he said. Stomel recognized that a primary concern was that opening a Chipotle would detract from smaller restaurants that serve Mexican food in the area. He presented research that showed a handful of Mexican restaurants in Crystal that are located “within a third of a mile” of each other, facing direct competition from Chipotle and Taco Bell. “Instead of failing,” Stomel explained, “they’ve adapted, rebranded and thrived,” showing that each restaurant showed an uptick in business despite being located so near two similar chain restaurants and each other.
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