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    Home»Business»Drive-through-only Starbucks gets preliminary OK
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    Drive-through-only Starbucks gets preliminary OK

    Mark WeberBy Mark WeberJanuary 13, 2021Updated:January 21, 20212 Mins Read
    A State Farm Insurance building along Highway 5 would be replaced with a small Starbucks coffee shop, according to a redevelopment plan given preliminary city approval Jan. 5.

    Coffee-to-go fans may soon have another option near the intersection of Hwy. 5 and County Rd. 4 in Eden Prairie.

    Starbucks Coffee Company has proposed to replace an existing office building along Hwy. 5 with a prototype coffee shop that has no indoor seating.

    The redevelopment plan for 16315 Terry Pine Dr. – a small lot east of the closed Burger King restaurant at the Hwy. 5-County Rd. 4 intersection – was given preliminary approval Jan. 5 by the Eden Prairie City Council.

    The existing building houses State Farm Insurance, but Starbucks would demolish it and build a new, 950-square-foot, corporate-owned coffee shop that relies mostly on drive-through traffic, according to the Java Companies plan. Access would be behind the building, from Terry Pine Drive and through the Burger King parking lot via an easement.

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    This Starbucks prototype has no indoor seating but the plan does include a small, outdoor patio, walk-up window, and bike rack for patrons who aren’t using the drive-through lane. There would be 13 parking stalls, most of which would be used by employees.

    The coffee shop could accommodate up to 12 cars stacked end-to-end for the drive-through service, which officials said is more than the city usually requires.

    The city council still needs to give final approval to the project.

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