Deadline given to developers for Ford site proposals

Developers have until Feb. 23 to submit offers for the St. Paul property.

February 12, 2018 at 5:56PM
Site of the former Ford Assembly Plant in St. Paul.
Site of the former Ford Assembly Plant in St. Paul. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(George Bordner/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Developers have less than two weeks to submit offers for their vision for the former Ford plant site in St. Paul.

Real estate services company CBRE, which has been marketing the site since December, said offers were due by Feb. 23. The company said it has already received "considerable interest" for the 143-acre property, located off Ford Parkway along the Mississippi River in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul.

Last fall, the city of St. Paul approved a zoning and master plan for future development of the site, which is still owned by Ford. The zoning framework called for a new mixed-use urban neighborhood.

The assembly plant has been demolished and the environmental remediation for the site will be finished soon.

"The Ford site is an unparalleled opportunity to build a new, modern community within a fully built-out urban environment," said Richard Palmiter of CBRE, in a statement. "We anticipate hearing more from developers that will build upon the new framework the City of St. Paul recently put in place."

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In the fall of 2024, Nicole transitioned from reporter to night editor. She is one of the team leaders of the Today desk. Previously, she worked as a business reporter covering beats like the retail industry and commercial real estate. In 2022, she and Jeffrey Meitrodt were named Pulitzer Prize investigative reporting finalists for "Unsettled."

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