BCBS Redevelopment
Description
A comprehensive guide plan amendment to allow business park, medium-density, and high-density residential uses on the 41.5-acre former Blue Cross site, enabling redevelopment with offices, apartments, and townhomes. Continued to June 16 after resident comments and council concerns.
Impact summary
Would replace a long-vacant office building with jobs and hundreds of new homes, but neighbors are worried about traffic, density, and neighborhood impacts that studies will still have to sort out.
Applicant
- Name
- Nick Murnane, Opus Development Company
- Address
- 3535 and 3545 Blue Cross Road, Eagan, MN (Lots 2 and 3, Block 1, Blue Cross Addition)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 24
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · City Council
Last discussed Jun 2, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
City Council Meeting - Jun 2, 2026
Comp plan amendment to re-guide 41.5 acres from Major Office to a mix of Business Park, Medium and High Density Residential, enabling up to 466,000 sq ft of business park, 500 apartments, and 126 townhomes — continued to June 16 after heavy neighborhood opposition.
Advisory Planning Commission - May 26, 2026
A comprehensive guide plan amendment to re-guide 41.5 acres of the former Blue Cross campus from Major Office to a mix of business park, townhomes, and apartments — a concept-level step before any actual plans.
Related issues (3)
Withdrawal of Blue Cross Road development proposal
Opus wants to re-guide the 41.5-acre vacant BCBS campus for a business park, up to 500 apartments, and up to 126 townhomes. Neighbors packed the hearing over traffic, school safety, industrial uses east of Highway 13, and notification failures. The council punted to June 16 so Opus can rework the concept.
Redevelopment of Former Blue Cross Blue Shield Site
Opus wants to re-guide the 41.5-acre vacant Blue Cross campus for business park buildings, about 126 townhomes, and roughly 500 apartments. Neighbors worry about traffic cutting through Ashbury Road, truck traffic, noise, park and school impacts, and homes built close to property lines — but the real decisions come after environmental and traffic studies.
Development notice process
Multiple neighbors said they never got word of the Opus proposal — the city mails notices only to properties within 350 feet. Councilmembers and residents suggested the notification radius may need a rethink.
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