Office Remodel & Interior Expansion Project for Hearth & Home, Lakeville, MN by Design-Builder, APPRO Development, Inc. Office remodel and interior expansion project is now complete for Hearth and Home in Lakeville, Minnesota. This design & construction project includes an interior remodel of 1,500 square feet to allow for (1) conference room, (1) storage room, (1) office and space for …
Commercial Construction Headquarters at Advanced Wireless: Lakeville, MN A new 24,000 sq. ft. corporate headquarters for an established and growing wireless communication business. Building houses corporate office, research and development and packaging & shipping departments with a small retail entity. The exterior of the building consists of architectural precast wall panels. Gorgeous two-story windows in the front reception and retail …
New Lakeville Office – Lakeville Family Dental A new Lakeville Office consisting of a 17,000 sq. ft. two story multi-tenant medical building. Professional but not institutional feel by the use of a sloped roof, long horizontal lines, large window areas, and a mix of stucco and cultured stone over wood framed structure. Most dental exam rooms have a window – designed with the …
Northfield Office Remodel Project Northfield Office Remodel Project by APPRO Development, Inc. is a design build remodel project consisting of a build out of a 5,778 s.f. office building. This commercial construction project includes upgraded finishes and some unique features as seen in the virtual tour. You may also view other commercial remodel work by APPRO Development, Inc. by clicking HERE. …
Office Remodel project completed for Ergotron located in Eagan, Minnesota PROJECT DESCRIPTION: An interior office remodel project of approximately 3,080 SF is complete for Ergotron, an Eagan, Minnesota company which specializes in adjustable and innovative technology furniture and mounts. Construction on this project began in November, 2016 and consisted of new flooring, doors, hardware, walls (framing, drywall, and painting), fire …
MN Commercial Remodel of Lakeview Bank: Lakeville, MN The expansion project of Lakeview Bank in Lakeville, MN which increased the existing building by 2,105 SF is now complete. Project Description Originally built in 2004, Lakeview Bank was designed as a 5,970 square foot one-story, prairie style banking facility with a basement, and included: 1,720 square foot clerestory over lobby; Hearth room with …
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 …
MBEA Award Finalists – APPRO and CERRON attend 18th Annual Ethics Award Lunch:
On Wednesday, May 18, 2017, members of the APPRO and CERRON team attended the 18th annual Minnesota Business Ethics Award lunch. It was quite a journey there – 30 years in the making, really. It is indeed an honor to have made a top three list of finalists!
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18th Annual Minnesota Business Ethics Award:
On May 18, 2017, the Minnesota Business Ethics Association (MBEA) hosted its 18th annual awards luncheon at the Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The MBEA was founded in 1999 by the Society of Financial Service Professionals – Twin Cities Chapter, and the Center for Ethical Business Cultures (CEBC) at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. Since its inception, the MBEA has recognized 52 Minnesota-based businesses with this prestigious award. The Financial Executives International (FEI) – Twin Cities Chapter joined these organizations as sponsor of this event. You may learn more about the MBEA and this year’s finalists and winners at www.mnethicsaward.org.
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How APPRO and CERRON became a finalist…
The team at APPRO and CERRON was notified that they had been nominated (by a past client) for this year’s award. At that point, as a nominee, you may choose to submit an application. Going through the application process is both time consuming, as well as rewarding. Our team invested a lot of time to answer the questions and to provide examples, as well as samples pertaining to how we conduct business, how we treat our employees, vendors, subcontractors & clients, the systems we have in place, and more. As we completed our application, we would tell our story based on the following criteria: 1. What you say you stand for; 2. How you do what you say you stand for; and, 3. How well you’ve done.
Our team had multiple meetings and conversations as we dug into our history and policies. Our conversations included administrative and project managers, as well as recently retired Office Manager, Kathy Morse, and owners Jack Matasosky, Jim Connelly, and Bruce Rydeen (pictured above). It was a team effort, and we are better for having gone through the process!
Upon completing our application and submitting to the MBEA judging committee, we learned that we had been named a finalist. Out of 90+ nominees, and approx. 30 entrants, our team made the final three for the small business category. An additional eight finalists would round out the rest of the small, mid, and large sized businesses for the 2017 MBEA award. All finalists are encouraged to attend the lunch, and we were able to include part of our overall group on this day to meet other finalists and award recipients.
Representatives and owners from both APPRO and CERRON, joined by spouses and special guests, attended the MBEA luncheon. It was a great event to meet past award recipients (including current and past clients), and to listen to the keynote speaker, before learning who the final award winners were in each category. Our team especially enjoyed listening to Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and John G. Taft, former chief executive officer of RBC Wealth Management – U.S. and all that they had to share on the topic of ethical business practices.
You may learn more about the finalists and winners by visiting the MBEA website at http://mnethicsaward.org/. 
How your team can get involved in the MBEA:
The next opportunity for nominations is now open for the 2018 Minnesota Business Ethics Awards. You may submit your nomination for a company you believe practices high business ethics in their business and in their local community. You may go to the MBEA website to place a nomination and learn more about this opportunity.
Two of the 52 MN based companies who have received the award in the past couple of years, includes:
Lakeview Bank and Murphy Automotive (You may click on each link to see the current and past projects we have worked on for each company – links to their companies may be found on each page, too!)
The owners of these companies and their teams happen to be good friends and clients and we are grateful to be able to learn from their examples!
Feel free to send us a note by using the form below or clicking on the Contact Us button, if you would like to learn more about this award, our company, and what we stand for.
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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.
Small Business Workshop is being offered by CERRON, in an effort with the Elko New Market Chamber of Commerce, as part of their “Small Business Workshop Series”. The Lakeville Community Ed catalog is out and online registration is now available for this, and many other classes in the series.
This particular small business class being offered by CERRON is to focus on commercial real estate, with the class title appropriately named, “Commercial Real Estate Solutions for Small Businesses” (CRE) and will be held for one night only, on Thursday, October 16, 6:30-8 p.m. The class is to cover the following topics:
The Elko New Market Chamber of Commerce has created a dedicated page on the Chamber’s website for the series of small business classes being offered with additional information on the Elko New Market Chamber’s Facebook page as well.
You may also print a flyer by clicking on this attachment: Small Business Series – South Metro MN- Flyer – 2014
There are limited spaces, so please plan to sign up early.
