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Commercial Developers - Top 25

Ranked by square feet developed | List information taken from the 2009-2010 Business Information Guide
Source: Company representatives and Web sites. If you were not contacted for this list but would like to be in the future, please contact research@tcbmag.com.
*See note at bottom of list.
Rank Company Square feet developed Top local executive Employees in
MN / worldwide
Sample of property developed in Minnesota

1

Ryan Companies US, Inc.

50 South 10th Street, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-492-4000 | ryancompanies.com

984,770

Patrick Ryan

338 / 687

W Minneapolis-The Foshay, Two MarketPointe (Bloomington), Transoma Medical (New Brighton)

2

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

7625 Golden Triangle Drive, Suite T
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952-943-2700 | firstindustrial.com

567,000

Chris Willson

13 / 284

First Park Lakeville

3

Solomon Real Estate Group, Inc.

11995 Singletree Lane, Suite 240
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952-974-9200 | solomonre.com

332,500

Jay Scott

5 / 5

Windsor Plaza (Eden Prairie), North Branch Marketplace

4

Hillcrest Development, LLLP

2424 Kennedy Street Northeast
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-371-0123 | hillcrestdevelopment.com

250,000

Charlie Nestor

30 / 30

1209 Tyler Street Northeast, 1229 Tyler Street Northeast, 1227 Tyler Street Northeast (all in Minneapolis)

5

Reliance Development Company

527 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-338-1000 | rdcllp.com

236,000

Vince Driessen

7 / 7

Diffley Marketplace (Eagan)

6

Hempel

527 Marquette Avenue, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-355-2600 | hempelproperties.com

210,250

Jon Hempel

21 / Not provided

The Hotel Minneapolis--A Doubletree Hotel, Rockridge Center (Plymouth), Maple Ridge Center (Maple Grove)

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7

JLT Group, Inc.

10 River Park Plaza, Suite 800
St. Paul, MN 55107
651-641-1111 | jltgroupinc.com

205,000

Jerry Trooien

85 / 85

Cloud 9 condominiums (Minnetonka), St. Paul Midway Industrial Park

8

Industrial Equities, LLP

321 First Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-332-0139 | industrialequities.com

202,880

John Allen

10 / 10

Bassett Creek Office Centre (under development in Plymouth)

9

Midwest Commercial Development

5928 Walnut Drive
Edina, MN 55436
952-938-0443 | midwestcommercialdevelopment.com

200,000

Scott Ericson

5 / 5

Mankato Heights Plaza

10

Premier Commercial Properties, Inc.

6897 139th Lane Northwest
Ramsey, MN 55303
763-862-2005 | premiercommercialproperties.com

200,000

Rodney Lee

9 / 9

Not provided

11

United Properties

3500 American Boulevard West, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55431
952-835-5300 | uproperties.com

162,060

Frank Dutke

41 / 63

Staring Lake Corporate Center II (Eden Prairie), Blaine Ponds

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12

A & L Properties

11 East Superior Street, Suite 500
Duluth, MN 55802
218-727-9556 | alproperties.com

150,000

Rob Link

10 / Not provided

Wieland Block (Duluth), Lakewalk Center north office and medical building (Duluth), SMDC East Duluth Clinic

13

Interstate Partners, LLC

500 Jackson Street, Suite 200
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-406-8050 | interstatepartners.com

128,500

Gregory Miller

7 / 23

Grand Oak Business Park, Shops at Grand Oak, Rice Creek, Boulder Lakes Business Park (all in Eagan)

14

Told Development Company

2 Carlson Parkway, Suite 355
Plymouth, MN 55447
952-278-9000 | tolddevelopmentcompany.com

125,000

Gary Dreher

10 / 17

Excelsior & Grand (St. Louis Park), Alliant Techsystems corporate headquarters (Eden Prairie), Wedgwood Commerce Centre (Maple Grove), Meridian Crossings (Richfield)

15

Kraus-Anderson Realty Company

4210 West Old Shakopee Road
Bloomington, MN 55437
952-881-8166 | kraus-anderson.com

104,462

Michael Korsh

53 / 59

Brighton Village shopping center (New Brighton), Market Street Station (Chanhassen), Blaine Crossing, Pinebrook Centre (Brooklyn Park), Stonebridge office building (Lilydale), Victor Gardens medical building (Hugo)

16

Continental Property Group, Inc.

10400 Yellow Circle Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55343
952-473-1700 | leasespace.com

98,000

Bradley Hoyt

9 / 23

1701 East 94th Street (Bloomington)

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17

Wellington Management, Inc.

1625 Energy Park Drive, Suite 100
St. Paul, MN 55108
651-292-9844 | wellingtonmgt.com

87,000

Tanya Bell

28 / 28

Penn-Lowry Crossings (Minneapolis), Riverbend II business center (St. Paul)

18

Real Estate Recycling

90 South Seventh Street, Suite 4500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-904-1513 | realestaterecycling.com

82,000

Paul Hyde

4 / 4

Caribou Coffee headquarters (Brooklyn Center), Highway 7 Corporate Center (St. Louis Park), Minneapolis Business Center

19

CSM Corporation

500 Washington Avenue South, Suite 3000
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-395-7000 | csmcorp.net

60,128

Arne Cook

94 / 94

Secure Computing office building (St. Paul)

20

Master: Engineering, Real Estate & Construction

201 West Broadway Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-872-9200 | mastermn.com

50,000

Don Gerberding

9 / 9

Eiden Building, Soho commercial condos and residential lofts, Keg House Arts Building, 2937 Lyndale Avenue South (all in Minneapolis)

21

Capital Growth Real Estate, LLC

101 East Fifth Street, Suite 1901
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-222-3366 | capitalgrowthre.com

27,000

Dale Joel

Not provided / Not provided

Wedgewood Village Shopping Center (Mahtomedi), Golden Valley Executive Center

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22

Venstar, LLC

7301 Ohms Lane
Edina, MN 55439
952-924-0221 | venstarllc.com

20,000

Nino Pedrelli

5 / 5

Rasmussen College (Mankato)

23

Continental Development Corporation

11806 Aberdeen Street Northeast, Suite 290
Blaine, MN 55449
763-757-7568 | contdev.com

11,314

Courtnie Kirvelay

6 / 8

National Market Center (Blaine)

24

Garfield Clark Commercial

1235 Yale Place, Suite 907
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-868-8314 | garfieldclark.com

10,000

Garfield Clark

5 / 5

Not provided

25

MSP Commercial

401 North Robert Street, Suite 225
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-287-8888 | mspcommercial.net

6,955

Richard Zehring

7 / 7

City Centre Professional Building (Woodbury)

Note: Two firms that appeared on last year's list—Landcor, Inc. and The Opus Group—would not provide ranking criteria to be considered for this year's list.
• The figures for square feet developed is for projects in Minnesota in which the company retained an ownership interest when the project opened its doors

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