Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) plans to buy a 20-acre parcel in The Heights, the former Hillcrest Golf Course in St. Paul that's being converted into a mix of housing and light-industrial developments.
The Minneapolis-based utility plans to use the site for a new facility to replace the 325-person Rice Street Service Center, located at Rice and Sycamore streets in St. Paul.
The new service center site will be about twice the size of the current one, which supports Xcel's natural gas and distribution…
