HomeMy WebLinkAbout3. Annual ReportCity of Lakeville
Community & Economic Development
Memorandum
To: Economic Development Commission
Justin Miller, City Administrator
From: David L Olson, Community & Economic Development Director
Copy: Kati Bachmayer, Economic Development Coordinator
Date: January 25, 2022
Subject: 2021 Economic Development Annual Report Presentation
Attached please find the 2021 Economic Development Annual Report. Staff will present the
annual report in a PowerPoint format during the meeting. Staff will respond to questions and
comments during and after the presentation.
2021 Economic Development
Annual Report
2021 Economic Development Annual Report 2
About Lakeville, Minnesota
The ideal combination of historic charm and modern convenience, Lakeville is a thriving city
comprised of family-oriented neighborhoods, vibrant businesses and successful community
partnerships. Working together, education, commerce and local government have built a dynamic city
that offers a wide array of shopping, housing and business development opportunities. Our parks, lakes
and award-winning schools are alive with countless cultural, recreational, educational and leisure
activities. Lakeville is ideally positioned for easy access to the Twin Cities’ numerous regional amenities
and attractions. From a historic downtown to industrial and high-tech business parks, Lakeville
continues to attract quality growth while maintaining the small-town feeling and high quality of life
that makes it exceptional.
Community Values
Diversified Economic Development
We value the stability and independence provided by a strong, diversified local economy.
Good Value for Public Services
We value high-quality public services delivered cost effectively.
Safety Throughout the Community
We value living in a community where people feel safe everywhere they go.
Design That Connects the Community
We value a well-designed community and we place a priority on development
that enhances connectivity and accommodates our changing needs.
High Quality Education
We value and are committed to high quality education that sets us apart.
A Home for All Ages and Stages of Life
We value living options for people of all ages and stages of life.
A Sense of Community and Belonging
We value the sense of belonging that comes from our traditions and
institutions, and we strive to support and preserve them.
Lakeville Demographics
Population: 69,490*
Population change since 2010: 24.2%*
Median Household Income: $117,083*
Median Home Value: $361,000^^
Median Age: 36.5*
Unemployment in Lakeville: 1.8%**
Number of Businesses in Lakeville: 1,390^
Number of Jobs in Lakeville: 19,105^
*Source: U.S. Census Bureau
**Source: MN DEED, Local Area Unemployment Statistics – November 2021
^Source: MN DEED, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages – Q2 2021
^^Source: Dakota County 2021
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Residential Growth
The City of Lakeville experienced a high level of development activity in 2021. The City issued building
permits with a total valuation of $371.8 million, which is the second highest building permit valuation
in the City’s history. The previous record was set in 2020 with a building permit valuation of $442.3
million. The City issued 747 residential permits in 2021 and 527 of those were single-family homes.
The average building permit value on the 2021 single-family homes was $304,742. According to
Minnesota Housing First, Lakeville led the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area for residential
permits, issuing over 100 more permits than Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Otsego and Blaine. Lakeville
has led the metro area in residential permits every year since 2013.
Lakeville saw the completion of two multi-family
developments in 2021: Kingsley Place (55-unit,
senior independent) and The Moments of
Lakeville (60-unit, memory care). Construction
began on Arris Apartments (197-unit, market
rate) and Northlake Lofts (208-unit, market rate).
The City issued 209 townhome permits and 11
apartment permits (totaling 390 units) in 2021. 747
527
824
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0
200
400
600
800
1000
Residential Permits Single-Family Permits
Residential Development
2021 2020 2019
390
527
136 7350
150
250
350
450
550
Residential Units Permitted
Apartments Single Family Homes
Detached Townhomes Attached Townhomes
747
536
485
391
368
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Lakeville
Woodbury
Cottage Grove
Otsego
Blaine
Residential Permits
Source: Minnesota Housing First, December 2021
471
263
305
750
176
197
47
43
60
44
147
63
164
15
63
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
Lakeville Platted Lots
Single Family
Attached Townhouse
Detached Townhome
Apartments
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Commercial and Office Development
New Businesses
• Children's Minnesota Specialty Center
o The clinic opened at 18432 Kenrick Avenue in January. The new
location offers occupational therapy, physical therapy, feeding
therapy and speech therapy and added an outpatient mental health
program for adolescents ages 12-18 in August.
• ETS Performance South Metro
o The business held a ribbon cutting ceremony on January 25 to celebrate its new location at 21017
Heron Way, Suite 101. ETS Performance offers specialized training programs for "all athletes, at any
ability level, from every sport and customized to fit their needs."
• Red’s Savoy Pizza
o The restaurant celebrated its new location with a ribbon cutting ceremony on February 9. The business
is located at 17450 Kenwood Trail, formerly a Caribou Coffee.
• HOTWORX
o The fitness studio hosted a ribbon cutting on May 21. The new business offers infrared sauna workouts
and is located at 17693 Kenwood Trail, near Green Mill Restaurant.
• Mainstreet Coffee & Wine Bar
o The coffee shop held a grand re-opening of the business in July under
new ownership. The business is located at 20790 Holyoke Avenue in
downtown Lakeville and reopened the wine bar in November.
• Pizza Ranch
o The restaurant held a ribbon cutting and "first bite" ceremony on
August 9. The newly remodeled restaurant is located at 16995 Kenyon
Avenue West and is under new ownership.
• Space4Work
o The office space opened in October in the Anchor Professional Building. The new co-working space
includes private offices, conference rooms, independent sit/stand workstations and amenities.
• Masterpiece Chocolates
o The chocolate shop held a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 22. The new business is located at
17697 Kenwood Trail near Green Mill and offers gourmet chocolates for individual purchase or events.
• Compcare Urgent Care
o The clinic held a ribbon cutting on November 3 to celebrate its new
Lakeville location at 7560 160th Street West, Suite 100, next to
Walgreens.
• Wildflower Quilt Company
o The quilt shop opened at 17775 Juniper Path, near Anytime Fitness
and hosted a ribbon cutting on November 5. The business carries a
wide variety of quilting products.
• Labyrinth Puzzle Rooms
o LPR opened at 20730 Holyoke Avenue in early November and held a ribbon cutting ceremony on
December 3 to celebrate. LPR is located in the former Escape MSP space and offers three puzzle rooms.
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Under Construction in 2021
• Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers
o The restaurant is under construction just south of Super Target next
to 185th Street West and I-35. The new 3,703-square-foot
convenience restaurant will have a two-lane drive-thru with indoor
seating for 74 and an additional 42 outdoor patio seats.
• Northlake Loft Apartments
o The apartment building is under construction near the former Best Buy
building and Speedway, located off 185th Street at 18400 Orchard Trail. When finished, the building
will be four stories with 208 market rate units.
• The Pillars of Lakeville
o The project held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 7 to kick
off the construction of the 100-unit senior housing facility and Four
Square Preschool and Daycare. Both facilities will be located on the
Crossroads Church site at 17671 Glacier Way. When complete, Four
Square is planned to have capacity for 240 children.
• Arris Apartments
o The apartment is under construction at 10805 173rd Street West, located east of Kenrick Avenue and
south of Fleet Farm. When finished, the four-story building will have 197 market rate apartment units.
• The Better Half
o The new restaurant was issued a building permit in December for a tenant interior finish at 20851
Holyoke Avenue, next to Angry Inch Brewing.
Completed Construction in 2021
• Porterhouse Steak & Seafood
o The restaurant expanded its existing outdoor dining patio at 11211
205th Street West.
• Northern Taphouse
o The restaurant constructed a new 2,061-square-foot outdoor dining
patio on the north side of the building, located at 18404 Kenrick
Avenue.
• El Parian Mexican Restaurant
o The restaurant expanded its existing outdoor dining patio, located at 17557 Glasgow Avenue.
• Lakeville Brewing Company
o The restaurant added cooler space and expanded its existing outdoor dining patio, located at 8790
Upper 208th Street West.
• Springs at Lakeville
o The development project completed construction of 260 units of rental townhomes. The new housing
option is located at 17400 Glacier Way and includes amenities such as an outdoor pool, barbeque area
and fitness center.
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• Kingsley Place
o The new facility held a ribbon cutting on September 2. The 55-unit
independent senior living apartment building is located at 16880
Klamath Trail, just east of Kingsley Shores. Kingsley Place is
connected to the Kingsley Shores facility by a second story skyway
and through the underground parking garages.
• The Moments of Lakeville
o The senior housing facility has completed construction on its two-story
78,000-square-foot building expansion to the west of its existing building located at 16258 Kenyon
Avenue. The new addition adds 60 memory care units to the senior care facility.
• Summit Orthopedics
o The medical office completed construction on its new two-story 25,660-square-foot building. The
business is located at 17210 Kenyon Avenue and will begin seeing patients in January 2022. Summit
Orthopedics offers advanced subspecialty orthopedic, sports and spine care.
• Lakeville Liquors Keokuk
o The City's fourth liquor store is located at 20880 Keokuk Avenue and
hosted a ribbon cutting on October 10. The new 20,000-square-foot
building includes retail space and an event room.
• Tires Plus
o The auto repair shop opened in its new 6,262-square-foot building in
late 2021. The business is located at 20170 Iberia Avenue in Heritage
Commons.
• TCO Dome at Lakeville North High School
o The new sports dome, located at 19600 Ipava Avenue, has completed construction and will open in
January 2022. The 98,500-square-foot seasonal facility will host a variety of sporting events, including
baseball, football, lacrosse, soccer, softball and more.
$51,010,051
$56,530,712
$63,253,742
$106,076,214
$94,573,248
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45
65
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125
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021MillionsCOMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PERMIT VALUATION
Valuations include Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and Sewer & Water Permits
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Industrial Development
Old Dominion Freight Line
• Constructing a new 43,300-square-
foot building in Launch Park
• New business that is adding
approximately 70 jobs to Lakeville
Delmar Company
• 29,647-square-foot expansion
• Connected two existing buildings for
added space and efficiencies
Amazon XL Facility
• 750,000-square-foot building
• Fulfills large item orders
• $50 million total permit valuation
• 100-200 new jobs to Lakeville
FedEx Freight
• 88,255-square-foot expansion
• Additional cross-dock space,
expanded maintenance building and
additional trailer parking
Hearth & Home Technologies
• Tenant finish at 22160 Cedar Avenue
in Launch Park
• New manufacturing division and
additional jobs to Lakeville
Uponor
• 57,000-square-foot expansion of
existing warehouse and distribution
building
The Outdoor GreatRoom Company
• Occupying 94,500 square feet in a
new 158,000-square-foot building
• Manufactures outdoor living
products
• 50-100 new jobs to Lakeville
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Buddy’s Kitchen
• 28,455-square-foot expansion
• Adding new freezer space to existing
building
Magnum Trucking
• New 31,360-square-foot trans-load
trucking facility, 9,408-square-foot
office building and 13,824-square-
foot truck maintenance building
Boise Building Solutions
• Approved interim use permit to
expand its outdoor storage area onto
approximately 13 acres of adjacent
MAC property
Lakeville Business Employment
The number of jobs in Q2 of 2021
was 19,105, a 19.8% increase from
2020, which significantly declined
due to COVID-19 closures and
restrictions. This indicates that
Lakeville’s employment is back on
track with its historically steady
increase in employment and is a
positive sign of business growth
occurring in the City.
Unemployment
In November 2021, Lakeville saw the
unemployment rate decrease to 1.8%. In
comparison, Dakota County’s
unemployment rate for the same period
was 2.0%, Minnesota’s was 2.2%, and the
United States’ was 3.9%.
2.1%
1.8%
2.3%
3.2%
1.8%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Lakeville Unemployment Rates
14,586
15,31015,374
15,973 16,624
17,170 17,207
17,240
17,848
15,927
19,105
14,000
15,000
16,000
17,000
18,000
19,000
20,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Lakeville Business Employment
Source: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages. Data from Q2 of each year.
Source: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Labor Market
Information Office, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, November data
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Major Accomplishments
In 2021, the City Council approved annexation applications totaling 206.94 acres of property to be added
to Lakeville’s industrial park. Adelmann Family Farms LLC, in conjunction with Launch Properties,
submitted a petition requesting the annexation of 115.57 acres of property located in Eureka Township,
abutting the east property line of the Launch Park industrial development. And Robert and Kathleen
Ruddle, in conjunction with Scannell Properties, submitted a petition requesting the annexation of 91.37
acres of property located in Eureka Township, abutting the south property line of the Interstate South
Logistics Park industrial development. Per Minnesota Statutes 414.033, a property owner may petition the
City to annex up to 120 acres of land that is contiguous to the City.
County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 70/215th Street has been expanded into a divided four-lane highway
from Kenrick Avenue/Kensington Boulevard to Cedar Avenue. The project used federal funds from the
Minnesota Highway Freight Program and the Dakota County Transportation Sales and Use Tax
Transportation Improvement Program. This road project has greatly improved a major transportation
hub through Lakeville’s industrial park and supports the area’s rapid business growth.
The City Council approved a purchase agreement for the College Hunks property located near the
northbound off-ramp at I-35 and County Road 50. The purchase of this property was facilitated by a
Metropolitan Council Right-of-Way Acquisition Loan Fund (RALF) for the full amount of the
acquisition. The terms of the loan are zero percent interest and repayment due when the property is
conveyed to MnDOT or Dakota County for the construction of highway improvements. Relocation
assistance is being provided to the business and demolition of the structures will occur in the spring or
summer of 2022.
Looking Ahead
The City Council approved a purchase agreement for the sale of a 2.25-acre City-owned outlot between
McDonald Eye Care and Ames Arena in 2021 and commercial development is anticipated on the site in
2022.
The City Council also approved the acquisition of property at 8860 Upper 208th Street West, former
location of Royal Milc in downtown Lakeville, and entered into a due diligence period in late 2021. The
City is anticipated to close on the property in late February 2022 and has plans to redevelop the property
in accordance with the 2018 Lakeville Downtown Development Guide Update.
Finally, the City predicts another busy development year in 2021 with multiple projects in the pipeline,
including medical office and industrial park projects. For more information about what’s happening in
the City of Lakeville, sign up for the Thrive! Newsletter and check out our interactive development map at
LakevilleMN.gov/developmentmap.
David Olson dolson@lakevillemn.gov
Community & Economic Development Director lakevillebusiness.com