Duluth Firm Pitches $53M Development in Eau Claire’s Cannery District

A Minnesota-based firm is negotiating with the City of Eau Claire to create a $53 million two-building mixed-use development that would include about 250 apartments plus commercial space in the Cannery District redevelopment area.

P&R Properties of Duluth, Minnesota, received approval Wednesday from the city’s Redevelopment Authority to negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the city to buy two plots of land in the Cannery District – one at the corner of Platt Street and Oxford Avenue and the other just to the north along Maple Street. Combined, the properties are about 5 acres.

The Cannery District – a former industrial area on the west bank of the Chippewa River – has been targeted by the city for redevelopment for several years, and this is by far the largest proposal for the neighborhood. An updated redevelopment plan for the district was adopted in December 2019, just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic ground new development to a halt. Now, however, plans appear to be moving again.

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