history of airlake industrial park 1993-2004
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Airlake Industrial Park:Past & Present
1993 - 2004
Airlake Industrial Park
The 1,500-acre park alongwith Airlake Airport wascreated in 1966 byMaynard Johnson, ofthe Bloomington basedmanufacturing companyHitchcock Industries.
Airlake Industrial Park
Circa 1970
Airlake Industrial Park
In 1981, Hitchcock sold the AirlakeAirport to the Metropolitan AirportsCommission.
Airlake Industrial Park
The first annual Manufacturers’ Week
was celebrated in October 1993.
Lakeville honored 70 existing businesses
in 1993.
Airlake Industrial ParkAirlake Development,Inc. purchased thepark in March 1994and markets Airlakethrough APPRODevelopment andCerron CommercialProperties, which are also located inAirlake.
Airlake Industrial Park
Over 45,000 sq. ft. of new industrial
development and expansions took
place in Airlake in 1994 including:
Landscape Junction
6,700 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (1994 con’t)
Stampings of MN
20,000 sq. ft. expansion
Parker Hannifin Corp.
19,000 sq. ft. expansion
Airlake Industrial ParkIn 1995, over 32,000 sq. ft. of newconstruction and expansions occurred inAirlake including:
Performance Tool & Die
10,600 sq. ft. expansion
Airlake Industrial Park (1995 con’t)
Century Refining
22,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park
In 1996, over 105,000 sq. ft. of new
construction and expansions occurred in
Airlake including:
Airlake Machine & Welding
9,792 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (1996 con’t)
Custom Color Printing
5,760 sq. ft.
Pinnacle Products
25,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (1996 con’t)
Quality Contour
11,760 sq. ft.
J&E/Earll Manufacturing Co.
16,000 sq. ft. expansion
Airlake Industrial Park (1996 con’t)
Car Quest Auto Dist.
37,000 sq. ft. expansion
Airlake Industrial Park (1996 con’t)
Progressive Rail, Inc. a short-line contract switchingcarrier that connects toCanadian Pacific rail line,started operations inLakeville in 1996.
Progressive Rail providesalternative transportation formany Airlake businesses!
Airlake Industrial Park
By 1997, Airlake Industrial Park was home to 77 businesses.
Over 170,000 sq. ft. of new construction or expansions occurred in 1997 including:
Airlake Industrial Park (1997 con’t)
Atlas Specialized Transfer
12,000 sq. ft.
Di Hed Yokes
50,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (1997 con’t)
Menasha Packaging Corp.
27,426 sq. ft. expansion
Aztec, Inc.
(Formerly A.P.P.)
15,200 sq. ft. expansion
Airlake Industrial Park
Over 70,000 sq. ft. of new construction or
expansions occurred in Airlake in 1998
including:
American Cast Iron Pipe
8,200 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (1998 con’t)
United Building Products
(Formerly Monroe Truck Equipment)
45,000 sq. ft.
Nu-Shapes Construction
6,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (1998 con’t)
Design Cabinets
12,000 sq. ft. expansion
Airlake Industrial ParkOver 200,000 sq. ft. of new construction orexpansions occurred in 1999 including:
Perma Groove
30,000 sq. ft.
Wausau Supply
144,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial ParkBy the end of 2000, over 140,000 sq. ft. ofNew construction and expansions occurredmaking Airlake Industrial Park home to over90 businesses including:
QA1 Precision Products
17,000 sq. ft. expansion
Airlake Industrial Park (2000 con’t)
Mendell Machine and Manufacturing, Inc.
(Formerly Allison
Specialty Components)
19,000 sq. ft.
Applied Power Products
70,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial ParkIn 2001 & 2002 over 300,000 sq. ft. of new
construction and expansions occurred in
Airlake including:
Boise Building Solutions
72,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (2001 & 2002 con’t)
C.H. Carpenter Lumber Co.
69,000 sq. ft.
Geckler Companies
34,000 sq. ft. expansion
Airlake Industrial Park
The City issued permits for over 260,000
sq. ft. of new industrial development and
expansions in Airlake in 2003 including:
Lakeville Business
Industrial Center I & II
27,000 sq. ft.
36,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (2003 con’t)
Performance Office Papers
100,000 sq. ft. expansion
Cloverleaf Cold Storage
123,554 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park
Permits totaling over 121,000 sq. ft. and avaluation of $3,691,000 have been issuedas of September 30, 2004 for newindustrial construction and expansions inAirlake including:
Airlake Industrial Park (2004 con’t)
Lakeville Business Industrial Center III
27,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (2004 con’t)
Drywall Supply
42,000 sq. ft.
Airlake Industrial Park (2004 con’t)
Preferred Property Solutions
10,000 sq. ft.
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Bordner Aerials, Inc. 2004
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On behalf of the City of Lakeville we wish
to extend our appreciation to all of the
businesses who have helped to make the
Airlake Industrial park such a success!