Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Transport America approved, Chelsey Freightliner and Hoovestol denied - 6/17/1999variances and conditional use permits.
Neighbors had objected to the plan,
saying the business would cause exhaust
odors, excessive lighting, noise, safety
and traffic problems along an already
busy intersection.
On May 20, the council denied a simi-
lar request by Hoovestol Inc., which had
Council denies requests/yplanned to locate on the west side of
Highway 149 across from Chapel Lane.
by trucking service firms Neighbors also objected to the Hoovestol
project.
Requests by two trucking companies The city's Advisory Planning Commis -
who want to locate along Highway 149 sion is being asked by the council to study
have been denied by the Eagan City Coun- where trucking firms would be appropri-
cil in the past 30 days, making residents ately located within the city of Eagan.
who live near the proposed sites applaud.
Chapel Hill and Burr Oak residents C fj.;s iuC3 5 i 2.1C cr
brought a petition before the council
June 4 urging denial of the Chelsey
Freightliner proposal.
Chelsey seeks to operate a truck sales
and service center on 16 acres at the cor-
ner of Yankee Doodle Road and Highway
149. George Chelsey said the business is
a truck repair facility with property for
sale between his and the residents. He
had offered to lower the proposed pylon
sign and reduce lighting from 6 a.m. to 9
p.m.
The council approved the rezoning
from planned development to industrial
use, but denied Chelsey his requested
business
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PICTURED ABOVE is an artist's rendering of the new Transport Corporation of 'Amer-
ica. Inc., headquarters. Located on the northeast corner of Yankee Doodle Road - and
Highway 13, the building is expected to be completed by March 2000.
Construction begins on new headquarters
for Eagan -based business TransPoti America
Construction has begun on
the new national headquarters
for Transport Corporation' of
America, Inc., a customer -
driven supplier' of transporta-
tion services based in Eagan.
The , 123,000 square -foot,
threejstory office building will
be built'on an eight -acre site at
the northeast corner of Yankee
Doodle Road and Highway 13,
less than a mile away from the
company s existing headquar-
ters.
The move to the new head-
quarters is a critical step in
purSuing a strategy of integrat-
ing with their customers' op-
erations, according to TCA
President Bob Meyers.
"We are pushing the enve-
lope of technology, implement-
ing the latest advances inthe
computer industry to be able to
make the transition from an
asset -based business moving
goods to a knowledge -.based
business managing cuStomers'
transportation needs," said
Meyers.
Kraus Anderson is, expected,
to complete construction of th-p
glass and concrete building by
March 2000. The new head-
quarters will be home to 332
employees, with room to ac-
commodate TCA's expanding
work force, estimated to reach
500 employees by 2006.
"The site is a perfect fit for
TCA's long-term goals," said -
John Donnelly of. Fraherlshlih
Companies, who handle-cll.:the
site search. ‘"133i remaining in
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Eagan, the company can main
tain its highly skilled "work
force, which is 'essential :be-
cd'uSe of the tight labor market:
throughout the entire Midwest
region.
"Eigan'S ,..steady .growth is
attractive i to expanding
com-
panies like TCA.: The new
headquarters ' puts 'itherii on a
prime spot along the, popular IT'
494 belt line, and allows them
to tap into the local :*ork-
force."