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SHAKOPEE, MN-Lowe's recently added a Lowe's Improvement Center to its Dean Lakes project, a Twin Cities mixed-use development that integrates residential, retail, office and high-finish industrial area at 273 acres on Highway 169 and County Road 83. Lowe's is starting to work already on a 150,000-sf store, which is expected to be open for business early next year.

A year ago April, Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos. broke ground on the mixed-use project, which is covering more than 250 acres is one of the largest ever in the Twin Cities' southwest region. The project blends 42 acres of residential space--295 housing units priced from $200,000 to $500,000--44 acres of retail space, and 90 acres of industrial and office space.

The Lowe's project adds to an already heavy summer construction schedule at Dean Lakes: Crews are in the final phases of construction on a Holiday Stationstore, Goodyear Tire store, and Ruby Tuesday restaurant, all of which open this month. In addition, Ryan will begin work on a branch office for BNC Bank, and on about 16,000 sf of small shop space that will be ready for occupancy in September.