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Summary of Building Permits
<br />Total Permits New Single Family Homes
<br />Number Value Number Value
<br />2010 (at 2 -28) 78 $ 440,048 1 $ 263,835
<br />2009 1,535* 9,586,160 28 6,000,984
<br />2008 5,041* 15,852,780 29 6,514,509
<br />2007 2,297* 30,539,559 92 17,421,761
<br />2006 686 42, 078, 007 91 15, 910,108
<br />2005 837 53,656,592 196 37,604,938
<br />2004 835 61,579,910 190 39,006,745
<br />2003 826 55,864,076 112 25,687,000
<br />2002 860 53,977,610 218 39,425,255
<br />2001 1,042 74,974,042 210 39,695,169
<br />Includes storm repair permits.
<br />The economic development effort established in 1993 by the City Council has begun to have an
<br />impact in the diversity of the City's tax base. Since 1993, the City has added more than
<br />$108 million in additional commercial /industrial market value. The Apollo Business Park on
<br />I -35W is complete, with a Pomp's Tire and a Hampton Inn hotel. The Clearwater Creek
<br />Development Center on I -35E continues to attract industrial development. The commercial
<br />retail center on Lake Drive and Apollo Drive in the Town Center area, known as the Lino Lakes
<br />Marketplace, has continued to develop. Two anchor tenants, Target and Kohl's Department
<br />Store, both were completed and opened in 2002. A Dairy Queen Grill `n Chill restaurant was
<br />completed and opened in 2003, and a Discount Tire store opened in mid -2004. Three retail
<br />buildings of approximately 6,000 square -feet each were added to the area during 2005. A Wells
<br />Fargo branch bank was constructed in 2005 and SMW Credit Union opened in 2007.
<br />The City initiated an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) in 2005 of more than 4,000
<br />acres in the northeast quadrant of the City — which includes the property in the I -35E corridor —
<br />to assess the impact of future development scenarios in this area. The AUAR provides clear
<br />direction for future development regarding environmental and transportation improvements that
<br />will be needed, relieving development interests of project -by- project environmental
<br />assessments. The City and Anoka County, with financial assistance from the American
<br />Recovery and Reinvestment Act, began reconstruction of the 35E /County Road 14 interchange
<br />in 2010. The project is expected to be completed in 2011.
<br />The City entered into an agreement with a master developer in 2004 to complete development
<br />of 40 acres in the southeast quadrant of I -35W /Lake Drive. The mixed -use development is
<br />intended to include diverse opportunities for housing, retail and office uses. To date, the
<br />development includes the Lino Lakes Civic Complex — which houses the city hall, police station
<br />and school district early childhood center — the Chain of Lakes YMCA which opened in 2007, a
<br />60 -unit workforce housing project, 13,000 square feet of leasable commercial space, and a
<br />former hotel, which is planned to be converted into an assisted living facility. Anoka County has
<br />plans to build a new regional library across the street from the development site. However, the
<br />deep economic recession has stalled housing and commercial plans in the development and
<br />has forced the remaining 26 acres into foreclosure and potential tax forfeiture. The City is
<br />working with investors to be prepared to market the property when the economy turns.
<br />To facilitate this development, street, streetscape, water, sewer and storm water improvements
<br />were installed, as well as a small community park. Improvements to Lake Drive and
<br />construction of a new interchange at 35W /County Road 23 were completed in 2008.
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