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Glen Toro Second Addition
City of Mendota Heights,
MN
Developer:
Thor Properties, LLC.
2121 Delaware Avenue
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
Architect:
Thorbeck Architects, Ltd.
2121 Delaware Avenue
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
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CONCEPT |
| The development is to create a unique
neighborhood called Glen Toro with nine single-family homes that preserves
the heritage and natural environmental quality of the site and its relationship
with the Dodge Nature Center Lilly Preserve.
The building lots vary from
31,176 to 51,700 square feet, complying with the requirements of R-1A zoning
and situated on both sides of a curving minor street, called Glen Toro Road.
The new street, with an entry feature, connects to Huber Drive and terminates
in a temporary cul-de-sac. In the future Glen Toro Road is expected to connect
with Delaware Avenue through the existing Shepard road entry gate. City water
and sewer and other public or semi public utilities have been brought to
the homes below grade within the public right-of-way.
Glen Toro Road has been
constructed by the City of Mendota Heights as a "country lane" with a 24 foot
wide blacktop drive surface, and standard concrete curbs within a 60 foot
right-of-way. The road will preserve the country feeling, natural landscape
pattern, significant trees, topography, and the ambiance of a village street.
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LANDSCAPE |
| The 9-plus acre site consists of three
landscape patterns or biomes - meadow, wetland, and woodland - and the individual
house and its landscape will reflect its location. Each house will be situated
on the site to allow for a garden area related to the rear yard for private/family
activities, while the overall lot landscape will reflect its setting and informal
orientation to the street.
Glen Toro Road will be the
focal point for the neighborhood as a gathering place, with the houses artfully
arranged to fit the landscape pattern. A pathway connection is provided
to the Dodge Nature Center Lilly Preserve. All home owners must be a member
of the Dodge Nature Center to access the preserve.
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SITE DRAINAGE |
| An existing man-made pond is connected
with a new creek like ditch, and culvert under Glen Toro Road, to a new storm
water collection pond. The new pond has an overflow to a storm water
drain in Huber Drive. Existing natural drainage systems will be maintained. |
ARCHITECTURE |
| The new homes are to be designed by architect
Dewey Thorbeck to meet individual buyer needs. Following the Design Covenants
and Guidelines for Glen Toro, they will derive their forms from the biome
in which they are located and utilize natural materials and landscape patterns
communicating a sense of harmony between the people and the land on which
they live. The materials used to create the architecture will be natural
and similar to what is found on the site. These include stone, wood, and
elements extracted from the earth such as stucco and brick. Wood shingle,
asphalt shingle, or colored metal roofs with dormers and skylights for light
and air to a second story are suggested.
The building designs will
reflect their sites, incorporating an organic architecture of horizontal lines
and planes, with details abstracted from the prairie/country environment integrating
building form and landscape. The homes will be generally 1 to 1 1/2 stories
with pitched roofs and walk-out basements where the topography allows.
The three biomes of the
subdivision and their impact on the architecture is as follows:
Meadow biome - height
limited to 24 feet, and design with a horizontal architectural character in
one or one and one-half stories to fit into the grassy field. Broad overhangs
and courtyards to define space and emphasize an indoor/outdoor relationship.
New planting will be close to the house to help define the privacy area.
Wetland biome - height
limited to 27 feet, and design to nestle along the drainage and impondment
areas. One or two stories in height with terraced, stone edged patios adjacent
to the wet areas. Porches to create an exterior space and emphasize closeness
with water.
Woodland biome -
height limited to 35 feet, and design to fit in and amongst significant existing
trees. A vertical and random character to the house is desired to save as
many trees as possible and shape the plan around the existing significant
trees and topography.
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Block 1
| Lot 1 |
Prairie |
34,202 square feet |
SOLD |
| Lot 2 |
Prairie |
31,176 square feet |
SOLD |
| Lot 3 |
Prairie |
35,029 square feet |
$ 199,500
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| Lot 4 |
Prairie |
40,428 square feet |
SOLD |
| Lot 5 |
Wetland |
40,006 square feet |
$ 175,600
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Block 2
| Lot 1 |
Wetland |
32,752 square feet |
SOLD |
| Lot 2 |
Wetland |
33,859 square feet |
SOLD |
| Lot 3 |
Woodland |
48,629 square feet |
$ 259,500
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| Lot 4 |
Woodland |
51,700 square feet |
SOLD |
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For more information, please call (651) 454-3101.
Thor Properties, LLC,
2121 Delaware Avenue, Mendota Heights, MN 55118
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