Ridgedale Commons

Ridgedale Commons is the nation’s first signature park within active mall property. We’ve seen that parks can revitalize urban areas, but can they transform a mall parking lot into a rich and diverse community? The City of Minnetonka aims to find out with this bold urban planning effort.

City leaders and planners in Minnetonka, Minnesota understood this and began to reimagine their town’s sprawling suburban mall’s future. This landscape architect-led team of designers and planners strategized with the city a multi-phased plan to bring life back to a part of the city which was rapidly declining.