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• Major Changes Since Falcon Heights' Last Comprehensive Plan Since the last major update (1991) of the Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan, the City has experienced the following land use and employment changes: • A major redevelopment (2003 - 2006) of the block at the southeast corner of Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues into a mixed use complex incorporating: 0 119 rental aparhnents, of which 25 are permanently designated affordable 0 57 rental apartments for senior citizens 0 14 owner-occupied townhomes 0 12,000 square feet of commercial space, occupied by a pediatric clinic, a restaurant and two other businesses. • The development of 24 additional owner-occupied townhome units and one single- family home • The construction of the University of Minnesota women's intercollegiate soccer stadium in 1999 on the west side of Cleveland Avenue between Larpenteur and Roselawn Avenues. • The relocation of 450 Harvest States employees from Falcon Heights to Cenex headquarters in Inver Grove Heights in 1999. The facility is now owned by TIES, a • non-profit serving school districts, which leases part of the space to other organizations. Approximately 140 people now work in the building. • The closing of the Hewlett Packard facility and relocation of 260 employees in 2001, replaced by Twin Cities Cooperative Federal Credit Union's corporate offices with 86 employees. • In 2003 a farmer's market began operating weekly, May through October, on the grounds of Twin Cities Cooperative Federal Credit union. The market is the only venue for purchacing groceries in the City since the small convenience store at Snelling and Larpenteur closed in the 1990s. The farmer's market is a convenient pedestrian destination for residents west of Fairview and has proved to be wildly popular, both with Falcon Heights residents and people who live outside the City. • Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan 2008 Draft -January, 2008 Section I: Background, Page I-9