Parkway Residences

Latest updates

September 2024

  • Parkway Place construction is complete (Jan. 14, 2022)
  • Parkway Flats construction is complete (August 2022)
  • Parkway Commons construction is complete (March 2023) 

Project background

Sela Investments received approvals Feb. 3, 2020, for Parkway Residences, located along West 31st Street near Glenhurst Avenue South. The development includes four new multifamily buildings with 211 units, as well as the rehabilitation of three existing apartment buildings that contain 24 units, creating a total of 235 residential units. The development will also include the removal of 12 existing buildings. There will be 24 units available at 50% area median income and six units available at 60% area median income.

  • North campus (Parkway Place) — replaces six residential buildings on the north side of 31st Street with a four-story, 95-unit apartment building with two levels of underground parking
    • Parkway Place opened for residential occupancy Jan.14, 2022.
  • Southeast campus (Parkway Flats) — replaces two single-family homes with a six-unit townhome
    • Parkway Flats opened for residential occupancy in August 2022.
  • Southwest campus (Parkway Commons)— replaces three single-family homes at the corner of Inglewood Avenue and West 31st Street with a four-story, 37-unit apartment building with one level of underground parking
    • Parkway Commons opened for residential occupancy in March 2023.
  • West campus (Parkway One) — replaces the existing strip center at the southeast corner of Inglewood Avenue and Highway 25 with an 11-story, 73-unit apartment building. The building will include parking and lobby space on the first two floors, eight floors of residential, an amenity space on the top floor and one level of underground parking.
    •  Construction timing is to be determined and is based on market demand.

Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW)

Parkway Residences exceeds the threshold of a mandatory EAW by having a total of more than 150 attached units in a development that requires a change to the city's comprehensive plan per MN Rules 4410.4300, subpart 19 C. Additionally, when combined with Parkway 25, a development constructed by the same developer, the two projects exceed the threshold for a mandatory EAW per MN Rules 4410.4300, subpart 1, three-year look-back requirement.

The EAW for Parkway Residences examined the project's potential for environmental impacts and included: a detailed project description; review of required permits; analysis of land use and zoning; and an overview of geology, soils, topography, water resources, contamination and hazardous materials, ecological resources, historic properties, visual effects, air emissions, noise and transportation.

EAW documents

The EAW was published in the EQB Monitor, a publication from the state's Environmental Quality Board, on Oct. 21, for a 30-day review period.

Public meetings

  • July 6, 2021 — city council adopted the second reading of the PUD major amendment ordinance
  • June 21, 2021 — city council approved the first reading of the PUD major amendment 7 to 0
  • June 2, 2021 — planning commission held a virtual public hearing and voted 7 to 0 to recommend approval of the PUD major amendment
  • May 26, 2021— virtual neighborhood meeting was held to explain a proposed major PUD amendment to Parkway Commons and to answer any questions
  • Feb. 3, 2020 — city council voted to approve the second reading of the planned unit development and alley vacation ordinance
  • Jan. 21, 2020 — city council held a public hearing for an alley vacation and voted to approve the comprehensive plan amendment and the preliminary and final plat, as well as the first reading of the planned unit development ordinance and alley vacation ordinance
  • Dec. 18, 2019 — planning commission held a public hearing and recommended approval of the comprehensive plan amendment, the preliminary and final plat and the preliminary and final planned unit development
  • Oct. 29, 2019 — neighborhood meeting was held at Parkway 25

Resources and documents