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RICE STREET DEVELOPMENT // Parking Study Alliant No. 223-0050 PAGE 1 1. Introduction Alliant Engineering has completed a parking study for the proposed Rice Street development located in the northeast quadrant of Rice Street & Demont Avenue in Little Canada, MN (see Appendix). The proposed development consists of a five-story building with 160 multi-family housing apartments, including 122 surface and 115 garage parking spaces for a total of 237 parking spaces. A parking study will provide the necessary context for the City’s Community Development Department to consider modifications to the City’s existing parking requirements for this development. Additional considerations impacting the proposed development include Metro Transit’s plan to construct and open the METRO G Line in 2026 and 2027, a planned arterial bus rapid transit (BRT) line, from Little Canada through downtown St. Paul along Rice Street and Robert Street. 2. Comparable Apartments The evaluation of existing conditions includes field observations of the existing parking supply and parking demand at comparable apartments in the area. The following comparable apartments were identified: • Cedar Lakeside – 2800 Rustic Pl, Little Canada, MN o 160-unit apartment 0.8 miles from the planned development. • Litmore – 75 Twin Lake Blvd, Little Canada, MN o 60-unit apartment 2.7 miles from the planned development. • Lica – 45 Twin Lake Blvd, Little Canada, MN o 60-unit apartment 2.7 miles from the planned development. • The McMillan – 157 Grass Lake Pl, Shoreview, MN o 135-unit apartment 2.0 miles from the planned development. • The Isaac – 2740 Fairview Ave N, Roseville, MN o 127-unit apartment 4.0 miles from the planned development. • Sibley Cove – 1996 County Road D E, Maplewood, MN o 81-unit apartment 4.6 miles from the planned development. • The Reeve – 4600 Lake Road Ave, Robbinsdale, MN o 118-unit apartment 14.8 miles from the planned development. Rose Vista (1223 ½ Rose Vista Ct, St. Paul, MN) a 175 -unit apartment 3.0 miles from the planned development and Conifer Ridge (3090 Hazelwood St, Maplewood, MN) a 150-unit apartment 5.4 miles from the planned development were also considered. However, despite multiple attempt s property management and/or leasing staff did not return requests for additional information (occupancy, garage supply and demand, etc.).