5109-5125 W. 49th St., Edina
Type: Townhouses
Units: 16
Developer: Hunt Associates
Architect: BKV Group
Details: Minneapolis-based developer Hunt Associates has received preliminary approvals to tear down a pair of small, 1950s apartment buildings and an adjacent single-family house near Hwy. 100, replacing them with 16 attached townhouse units.
The Edina City Council on Tuesday OK'd a preliminary planned unit development rezoning and an amendment to the city's comprehensive plan to accommodate the Vernon Avenue Townhouses after asking for and receiving a series of changes.
The proposal was praised by the city's planners as a creative use of the property in part because it would "engage" a stretch of Vernon, one of Edina's busiest and most visible thoroughfares — the current apartments face quiet W. 49th Street. The plans would reorient the layout to make Vernon a focal point, erecting eight of the attached units along the street.
