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NDSU Area Developments
« on: July 27, 2007, 01:22:45 PM »
Changing the look
Tracy Frank
The Forum - 07/27/2007

A couple of projects are under way that will revamp the look and feel of 12th Avenue North in Fargo just south of North Dakota State University.

Homes that have been converted into rental units are being demolished to make way for mixed residential and retail facilities.

Construction is expected to start Monday on a three-story building with two floors of apartments and one floor of retail at 1142 17th St. N.

The facility will have 7,000 square feet of commercial space on the first floor. A retaining wall, rail and old-fashioned street lamps will surround an outdoor patio.

“It’s very pedestrian friendly,” said Jerry Feder, project owner.

The building will likely house two food service businesses and two to three other businesses that include a sun tanning salon, a cell phone store or a beauty salon, said Matt Durbin, a sales agent with Konrad Olson Commercial Real Estate.

“There are some dollars being left on the table when it comes to food sales,” he said. “There’s a market. The students are going other places to spend money on services they need.”

The top two floors will be filled by 12 apartments ranging from one-bedroom units to three-bedroom, two-bath units with heat paid.

Feder said north Fargo needs newer housing.

“With the tremendous expansion of NDSU, the tech park, supported by the city, county, state and NDSU, I think there’s going to be tremendous growth in that area of town,” he said.

The complex replaces four buildings with nine rental units.

Feder said there will be plenty of parking. Nine garages will be available for rental. Tenants will also be able to rent space in an NDSU parking lot.

Commercial tenants will likely be able to start moving in in February. The building may be ready for apartment occupancy in May or June.

“I’ve been thinking about it and working on it for four years, so I’m excited,” Feder said.

Just a few blocks west of the Feder Properties development, another combination of retail and apartment complex is being constructed.

Roger Gilbertson, owner of FM City Development, is building a three-story facility at 1414 12th Ave. N.

The main floor will be commercial. Tenants so far include Moe’s Southwest Grill and Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop.

“We’d like to have a coffee shop as well,” Gilbertson said.

South Campus Plaza replaces two houses and the lot that was between them. One of the houses had five rental units. The other was a single-family home.

“It’s just nice to see some of those blight properties down, and knowing that something nice and providing good service for NDSU and the rest of the community I think is going to be a great addition,” Gilbertson said.

The second two floors will house 14 three-bedroom, one-bath apartment units with washing machines and dryers.

The facility will be built with a brick fa?ade to match the architecture on campus. A large sidewalk on the east side of the property will provide a better walkway for students and staff to campus, Gilbertson said.

“Hopefully, those amenities on the main floor will be a nice addition to the NDSU area and the community,” he said.

Construction is expected to start in the next 10 days. Gilbertson hopes to open in January.

“Those are all creating a college or campus environment,” Prakash Matthew, NDSU dean of student affairs, said of the new facilities. “That goes with the ambiance of the university.”

NDSU can only house about 30 percent of its students on campus, Matthew said, estimating 80 percent of the students who live off campus live outside of north Fargo and commute to campus.

“Because the growth has been on the south side of Fargo, that’s where the apartments have been built,” he said.

Readers can reach Forum reporter Tracy Frank at (701) 241-5526



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Re: NDSU Area Developments
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2007, 01:53:44 PM »
Very nice!  I think that will greatly improve the look of the area.  :)
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Re: NDSU Area Developments
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2007, 01:21:15 AM »
Cool.  New places to eat and stuff.

 

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