St. Paul Commercial Remodel Project St. Paul Commercial Remodel Project at Erik’s Bike located in the former St. Paul Union Hall (across from the former Ford Plant on Ford Parkway in Highland Park) was a fun transformation for APPRO Development and the neighborhood. This project includes demo of the existing Union Auto Hall interior, replacement of all existing rooftop …
2-Story Bank Building is Complete! A new 2-story bank building with 12,658 sq. ft. located in Jordan, Minnesota for Riverland Bank as main tenant on the first floor. The second story of this financial services building is leased to multiple tenants. APPRO Development …
ENERGY EFFICIENT OFFICE BUILDING Energy efficient design is one of the many design elements of this office building (multi tenant) located in Creekside Business Park in Lakeville, Minnesota and features architectural precast wall panel and brick piers. The 36,835 sq. ft. building offers plenty of natural light, ideal for office space settings, with its large windows and two story …
Minnesota Eye Clinic Completed: McDonald Eye Care A new Minnesota Eye Clinic is now completed for McDonald Eye Care in Lakeville, MN. Project Description This single story medical office building was constructed for a Minnesota Eye Clinic. The completed professional office building includes 6,772 SF of clinic space with an additional 2,902 SF of basement space. Special Considerations Demo existing facility Work …
Who is a good great commercial remodel company, you may ask? We are! At APPRO Development, a south metro, MN, commercial general contractor, we have been hard at work to help our clients with some innovative remodel projects around the Twin Cities over the past couple of weeks.
We have been working with Erik’s Bike Shop to renovate the former St. Paul Union Hall, St. Paul, MN.
This commercial renovation project includes demo to the existing Union Hall interior, replacing all existing with new rooftop units, frame out of two (2) restrooms, and renovating the exterior of the existing building for the shell of this project. Future tenant improvement work will follow for this retail end user. As a design build general contractor, we work directly with our client every step along the way to obtain the necessary permits, track costs, work with subcontractors, and bring the project in on time and on budget.
We have also been working on a project for BTD in Lakeville, Minnesota.
This project includes the renovation of the interior of this industrial facility focusing on office space remodel by stripping existing finishes and providing new painting, flooring, doors, and ceilings to create a more modern space for this end user.
You can track the progress of either of these projects by clicking on the project names which will link you directly to their individual project pages.
If you have a commercial remodel, renovation, addition or expansion project in the Twin Cities, we are your commercial general contractor, working hard to provide property solutions for you…with you, across MN and ND. Contact us today for more information on our commercial building remodeling process.
For additional information on the project for Erik’s Bike Shop in St. Paul, read this article: Erik’s Bike Shop in the News.
General contractor industrial buildings are increasing at a significant rate, according to APPRO Development, Inc., a Lakeville, MN general contractor and design-build construction firm.
Per Katie Clark Sieben, MN DEED Commissioner, in a recent article in the Minneapolis StarTribune, “Shovels are turning for Twin Cities Industrial Projects,” “We are seeing hundreds of business expansions happening in the metro and in the greater Minnesota.” Ms. Sieben attended five in one week alone, and recently attended the Menasha Expansion project by APPRO.
The team at APPRO Development has broken ground on multiple industrial expansion and addition projects throughout Minnesota in past year, further attesting to the growth that has been measured and reported by NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, stating, “Nationally, the commercial real estate market grew at the strongest pace in the past year since the economic recovery began in 2011…and the overall outlook for the industry through 2015 is expected to grow between 8 and 15 percent.”
You may review current progress on general contractor industrial buildings by APPRO’s team by clicking on any of the following links:
Our team is available at 952.469.2171, or by completing the following form, if you should have any questions for us:
Pan-o-Prog is an annual community event in Lakeville, Minnesota – starting way back in 1967! APPRO has been around for more than 27 years, with ties to the Airlake Industrial Park, dating back to the mid-1960’s. We have a few great flashback photos for you to enjoy from that era, just about the time Pan-O-Prog got its start!
Jack Matasosky, our fearless leader at APPRO Development & CERRON Commercial Properties, started working with Hitchcock Industries back in 1978. Hitchcock Industries started the Airlake Industrial Park (originally located in what is now the Aircraft Resource Center (ARC) building). We thought it would be fun to share a few of the many pictures we have from around that time, including the parade float, ribbon cutting at the Airlake Airport (be sure to get out there this weekend to see the WWII military aircraft), and a couple of pics of Maynard Johnson, original co-founder of Hitchcock Industries. Most of these pictures are circa 1966-1967.
Be sure to check out the festivities going on now through Sunday, July 13th to celebrate the Panorama of Progress – “Pan-O-Prog” – happening all around Lakeville, MN. If you get the chance, be sure to stop out the Airlake Airport to see the planes. Our company had the good fortune to be there from the start, and has helped to build some of the original hangars you will see there, as well as the buildings in the Airlake Industrial Park you will pass on your way to the airport.
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With Phase I & II of the Apple Valley Business Campus fully leased, Phase III is now in full swing in the Dakota County community of Apple Valley, Minnesota.
Phase III of the Apple Valley Business Campus consists of eight (8) suites, each up to 5,280 SF office warehouse suites. This is an ideal location, just blocks from major retail and restaurants off of CR-42, near Galaxie Avenue, in the heart of Apple Valley, MN.
The site is zoned I-2 (General Industrial) and is ideal for a variety of uses including: Instructional Athletic, Manufacturing, Distribution, or Show Room, as an example of just a few potential uses.
Read more about this commercial construction project for Apple Valley’s popular office/warehouse spaces in recent news articles:
You may also learn more about the leasing information on this property at the following LINK or by contacting our team.
The Mankato production facility is up & running for Imperial Plastics in Mankato, Minnesota. We celebrated the groundbreaking last August, 2013 and it great to see the machines installed and the company working to transition from their Kasota manufacturing location to Mankato, MN.
Dan Linehan, with the Mankato Free Press, recently wrote an article, “Plastics factory up and running: Imperial Plastics expanded in Mankato, broke ground Aug. 1″. Linehan summarized the project in more detail and included commentary on the Mankato project by Angela Riley, CFO for Imperial Plastics: “It’s been a great, great deal for us.”
If you are interested in building, developing, or adding on to your existing commercial space – please call the team at APPRO Development, Inc. Whether your project is a Mankato production facility, a retail remodel in the Twin Cities, or land development in North Dakota, our team can assist you in finding the perfect property solution to meet your unique needs in MN and ND. Contact us today to get your project started!
MN Warehousing Tax– Part 1 is the first of two reports we are planning to bring to our readers regarding the new warehouse tax on the books for MN businesses. If you are involved in third party warehousing as a part of your business, we are sure you have heard the MN Warehousing Tax is due to go into effect on April 1st. It is actually one of three business to business (B2B) taxes to go into effect in 2014. This specific warehousing tax would impact businesses which provide third party warehousing services, as well as those businesses who utilize these third party services.
According to the MN Department of Revenue, “Starting April 1, 2014, business-related warehousing and storage services will be taxable in Minnesota. This means state sales and use tax is due when a business buys warehouse or storage services for its tangible personal property.” There are exceptions to this rule, which are dependent upon business use[1].
Come April 1st, Minnesota would be one of few if not the only state with a warehousing tax of this kind, which could ultimately put the businesses in our state at a distinct disadvantage. Some companies are already feeling the impact of this tax. According to an article by Jessica Harper for Sun Thisweek Dakota County Tribune, in an interview with warehousing General Manager, Kathy Forester, in talking about the tax, she states, “With its customers seeking services elsewhere, Strategic lost 18 percent of its revenue between August 2013 and January 2014, which prompted the company to lay off 22 percent of its workforce[2].”
The Minnesota Legislature is scheduled to reconvene on February 25th. At that time, the Minnesota State Budget will be reviewed. If there is a sufficient surplus, Governor Dayton may consider a repeal of one or more of these B2B taxes[3]. As it stands now, however, these taxes have been signed into law and only a new bill that strikes the provision of the current tax could repeal it. There are many groups working right now, toward the effort to repeal the MN Warehousing Tax.[4]
Stay tuned to learn more in the weeks to come, or feel free to contact our team with concerns about the impact on your current commercial space.
Upcoming Dates:
[1] MN Department of Revenue Warehouse Tax Summary
http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/businesses/sut/Pages/2013_WarehouseStorageServices.aspx
[2] Businesses impacted by the MN Warehouse Tax
http://hometownsource.com/2014/01/27/businesses-legislators-feel-heat-from-new-taxes/
[3] Businesses vow to repeal the warehouse tax and Gov. Dayton to support repeal if sufficient surplus exists
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/01/08/businesses-vow-to-seek-repeal-of-warehouse-tax
[4] Commercial Real Estate Group works to repeal the tax
