BRAINERD — Brainerd International Raceway plans to build what it calls a luxury garage that will include residential space on the second floor above the garage.
Each of the three buildings will have four residential units, resulting in 12 units or condominiums within a common interest community. Preliminary plans for the Brainerd International Raceway Luxury Garage were presented before the Crow Wing County Commission on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Each unit has one bedroom. The county reflected on the history of the platform, which is currently set up for single-family homes, but the market is not what the BIR envisioned and potential buyers are willing to buy quadplex units. It was reported that there is. The development required a conditional use permit.
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Commissioner Steve Burrows questioned whether there would be confusion when comparing these BIR luxury garages to the storage units located on the site of a former drive-in movie theater on Highway 371 along Hartley Lake. . When the cold storage warehouse was planned, there was skepticism that the design, with its large windows and toilet and sink, would be used only for storage and not living quarters.
Land Services Director Gary Griffin said people can name their parking lots whatever they want, but the Hartley Lake storage unit on the other side of Highway 371 from the BIR, as proposed. It is not considered a high-end garage.
Commissioner Paul Koehring said he went to the reception and noticed that there were living quarters on top of the cars, balconies overlooking the drag track, and that some prominent race car drivers were there. He doesn’t think that’s a problem because others are building similar types of homes with living areas above luxurious garages with plenty of space and underfloor heating. said. He likened the name of the luxury garage to Balnominium.
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The county commission approved the plan.
Plans to redevelop the site of Baxter’s Camping World, once home to Gander Mountain, are scheduled for this month’s Baxter Planning and Zoning Commission meeting and were tabled at the applicant’s request for the Nov. 12 meeting. . The property address is 14275 Edgewood Drive.
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