Application 8-6-04HELSENE PARTNERS LLC
7874 CENTURYBLVD * CHANHASSEN, MINN. 55317 * 952-448-2533
August 5, 2004
RE: Ammendment of the PUD Arboretum Business Park
To Whom It May Concern:
Helsene Partners LLC would like to amend the PUD of Lot 4 Block 4 to include retail.
We feel that the addition of retail to this section of the Business Park will create a
destination for the surrounding residents and workforce of Chanhassen. It will establish
place where people can walk, or bike, to accomplish a wider variety of tasks..
Just North and South of the Hwy 5 and Century Blvd. intersection are other retail centers
in other communities, such as Shorewood and Chaska. By allowing retail on this corner,
another dimension will be added to accommodate our own Chanhassen residents and
those employed by Chanhassen business. Their shopping habits will remain here, in
Chanhassen, rather than being diverted to these neighboring communities.
This comer, the intersection ofHwy 5 and Century Blvd., can be molded into another
gathering destination using the allowance of more retail as the catalyst to accomplish this
vision. This type of business plan will compliment the already existing environment in
the community. Amenities included on this comer that create this environment are:
the new Holiday Inn and proposed restaurant on the South East comer
the new shopping center and convenience store on the North East comer
the US Bank, Kindercare, and Century Boulevard Court Shopping Center
Century Boulevard Court Shopping Center was built as a shopping center without
allowances for retail establishments. With this qualification Helsene Partners LLC loses
the opportunity to open the facility up to a retail tenant that would compliment the
neighborhood environment. It also puts Century Boulevard Court at a major
disadvantage and hinders the success of the comer. With the shopping center on the
northeast comer being allowed to have retail businesses, the southwest comer of this
Chanhassen intersection is handicapped.
With the way the intersection has been developing, our hope is to create a "fair playing
field." Since some of the adjoining properties are zoned "retail" our hope would be for
an equal business environment allowed to all in the radius around the intersection.
Due to this inherent disadvantage to the southwest quadrant, Arboretum Business Park
and Helsene Partners LLC, we are appealing to the City of Chanhassen to amend the
PUD of Arboretum Business Park Lot 4 Block 4 to include "retail."
Thank you,
Chris Helsene
Brenda Helsene
Gene Helsene
Vilage Ct
W 7~h St
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