This proposed facility at 2417 Fremont Ave. S. raises some familiar concerns.
According to an email from Council Member Katie Cashman to the East Isles Neighborhood Association board:
“Cubtan Nur runs Axis Home PCA Agency, a company that provides Professional Care Assistance, or PCA, to individuals with needs and a focus on in home care. Her business is expanding, and she needs more office space for her consultants but would also like to utilize the development to provide a supervised living facility for her patients that might need extra care above in home service. The plan is to renovate the current structure to accommodate this service and then to build a two-story addition for her office space as well as some market rate apartments. Overall, the scale is pretty small at this point but it would provide a material improvement to the neighborhood.”
Two recuperative care centers, located at 1801 Nicollet and 918 W. Lake Street, were recently approved by the City Council despite neighbors’ concerns and lack of information about the operators’ qualifications.
Recuperative care centers have filled a need in other states but are new to Minnesota. They were authorized by the Legislature in 2023, with expenses to be funded by Medicaid.
Neighbors are suggesting that the Legislature should amend the rules governing these facilities to ensure stricter oversight and that the City Council should revise the 2040 Plan to grant itself greater control over zoning decisions.
