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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 06 City of Lakeville Community & Economic Development Memorandum To: Economic Development Commission From: David L. Olson, Community and Economic Development Director Copy: Justin Miller, City Administrator Kati Bachmayer, Economic Development Specialist Date: August 27, 2019 Subject: July Director’s Report The following is the Director’s Report for August 2019. Building Permit Report The City has issued building permits with a total valuation of $182,873,839 through July. This compares to a total valuation of $153,676,262 for building permits issued through July of 2018. The City issued commercial and industrial permits with a total valuation of $26,845,000 through July compared to permits with a total valuation of $21,921,500 during the same period in 2018. The City has issued 283 single family home permits through July with a total valuation of $87,890,000. This compares to the exact same number of 283 single family home permits with a total valuation of $88,882,000 during the same period in 2018. The City has also issued 49 townhome permits with a total valuation of $10,875,000 through July compared to 37 permits with a total valuation of $8,904,000 during the same period in 2018. As a result of the hail storm in June, the City issued 743 re-roof permits just during the month of July compared to 109 in the month of July of 2018. The City has retained two part-time contract inspectors to exclusively do re-roof inspections. The City of Lakeville has issued the highest number of residential permits in the Twin Cities through July followed by Otsego, Woodbury, Blaine, and Elk River. Development Update The following are updates on a number of active commercial, industrial, and multi-family residential projects: • Two businesses celebrated their new locations with ribbon cutting ceremonies at the end of August, including Just for Kix on August 22 and Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh on August 27. The new Hy- Vee Convenience Store also includes a Starbucks coffee shop and drive-thru. • Construction is taking place on Hampton Inn & Suites (near I-35 and CSAH 70, south of Allina Clinic), QA1 Precision Products new 100,000-square-foot building (west of Dodd Boulevard and south of 217th Street W), the new Park Nicollet HealthPartners Clinic (at the intersection of 185th Street and Kenwood Trail), Motoprimo Motorsports 30,000-square-foot addition, and Polytek Surface Coatings’ new 2-story 17,218-square-foot building on Lakeville Boulevard. • BeeHive Senior Homes (20 assisted-living and memory care units, near U.S. Bank on CSAH 50) is nearing completion and anticipates being open soon. Spero Senior Housing (55 market-rate senior independent units) located near Lakeville North High School at the intersection of Dodd Blvd and Indiana Ave) anticipates moving residents in late September and has scheduled a ribbon cutting for October 12. • Panera Bread is coming to Lakeville. The City Council has approved a preliminary and final plat for Panera Bread to develop a new restaurant near Super Target, located north of 185th Street, east of I-35 and west of Kenrick Avenue. The 4,294-square-foot building will seat approximately 100 people inside, 20 people outside, and includes a drive-thru window. • Charthouse Senior Living, LLC has begun construction on its 55-unit, four-story senior independent living facility with wellness center and underground parking, located in the northwest corner of Kenwood Trail (CSAH 5) and Klamath Trail. This building and the original Kingsley Shores facility will be connected by a second story skyway and through the underground parking garages. Additional Highlights • The newly remodeled Heritage Library and License Center reopened to the public on August 1. The Library added 2,900 square feet to make room for a new iLAB, interactive children's area and expanded meeting rooms. The library iLAB includes 3D printers, photo scanners and other technology. The improved license center includes an additional customer service station and more than three times the amount of seating available before the renovation. • On August 5th, the City Council approved a Joint Powers Agreement with the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) for the installation of public sanitary sewer and watermain at Airlake Airport. The MAC will award the contract and completely fund the cost of extending public sanitary sewer and watermain to provide utility service to the Airport South Building Area south of the current runway. This area was annexed from Eureka Township to the City of Lakeville in 2018. The extension of these public utilities to the South Building Area will be completed in 2019 and will allow for private hanger construction to commence in 2020. • Dakota County, in partnership with the City of Lakeville, is currently wrapping up the final design stage for reconstruction of County Road 70 from Kenrick Avenue to Cedar Avenue. Visit highway70expansion.com to view the final design layout and construction staging plan to begin in 2020. Expansion to a four-lane divided roadway will address concerns for safety and congestion on a critical roadway that provides connections to a major and growing truck and business area.