Bloomington - Massive Project Planned

[Twin Cities]

Massive project slated for Bloomington

A portion of the 700-room hotel and resort that will feature a 60,000-square-foot water park. (Courtesy of Great Northern Resorts, LLC)

Developers have unveiled plans for a $600 million development project to be built along the Hiawatha Light Rail line near the Mall of America. Bloomington Central Station will include office space, residential housing and a 700-room hotel and resort that will feature a 60,000-square-foot water park. Planners say the 45-acre parcel of land will be transformed into the state's first transit-oriented development and a national model. However, some opponents of light rail, say the development would make sense even without its connection to the Hiawatha line.

Bloomington, Minn.

[Jaden]

I love something like this which is a big F-U in the face of people who said that light rail would never work out here.