The Opportunity Site: A New Downtown For Brooklyn Center
The Opportunity Site is an approximately 80-acre area the City has identified for redevelopment, as part of the Becoming Brooklyn Center initiative – a collection of related activities that make progress towards the City’s vision of a thriving, diverse, safe, and inclusive community.
The goals of the Opportunity Site are to create a downtown center and signature destination that offers green space, is well maintained, and has appropriate amenities that will drive the city’s future economic growth, serving the entire community that calls Brooklyn Center home
Additional benefits are intended to include:
- Increased tax base
- Benefit to community schools
- New parks and recreation amenities
- Increased shopping, dining, and entertainment options
- More housing options
- Spaces for local businesses
- Water quality improvements to Shingle Creek