FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – The Fargo Parking Commission has had a first review of preliminary plans for a new parking ramp downtown.

The site is on property owned by the Kilbourne Group, the site of the former Schumacher Goodyear building in the 400 block of Broadway. The property was identified as one of the locations for a parking ramp several years ago. It will be much like the nearby Ro-Co development on Roberts Street.

The project will be completed in two phases with the ramp built first, followed by wrap-around construction which will have retail space on the street level with an estimated 100 apartments above. The project will be a public-private partnership with the city contracting with Kilbourne to build the facilities. The estimated cost of the ramp is about $11 million but does not include the purchase of the property by the city. That has yet to be negotiated.

Keith Leier, project manager for Kilbourne, said the plan is the design should be completed in July with construction starting in August or September.

The ramp will be six-and half stories high, with an estimated 372 parking stalls and 35 “quick access” stalls on the ground level. The second phase will include about 100 apartments. The cost has not been finalized That construction will begin in the spring of 2020. City Commission approval is planned in July or August.