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EDC Minutes May 20, 2016 Page 6 of 10 Mounds View Chiropractic has recently signed a new five year lease and they are still interested in owning their own building. Staff will continue to communicate with them to find them a new building when that time comes. Alberts’s Organics is gone and this leaves approximately a 46,000 SF vacancy with a commercial kitchen. Commissioner Helgemoe mentioned that staff should approach Sysco to see if they might be interested. They have a food testing area and they may need additional space. Commissioner Dahlstrom suggested a food truck hub. They could co-lease the kitchen giving them space to produce their product and distribute them down town. The location is good being located next to I-35W. Beeman informed the Commission that Mounds View Square still has six vacancies. Pastor has approached the city regarding putting in a tap room however, this would require an ordinance. The City Planner is currently working on this ordinance. Silver View Plaza has one vacancy. They are working on patching their parking lot this spring and they are also looking at their sign options next to County Road 10. They have budgetary constraints that have prevented the installation of a new sign. Apple Tree Dental will be moving approximately 13 employees from Coon Rapids to Mounds View this fall. The employees will be going to the second floor where most of the administration portion of the business will be located. City staff has been working with them to find a parking solution. Coordinator Beeman talked to the movie theater manager and they have approved the Apple Tree Dental employees to park on the north side of the building between the movie theater and Tom’s Collectibles or they may park near the walking path along County Road 10. Dr. Helgeson expressed his gratefulness to staff or coming up with a viable solution to their parking limitations. Employees also have the option to park along Mounds View Drive. Beeman also informed the Commission that new lighting will be installed along the walking trail this summer which is just in time for their employees who may be using the trail this fall. Commissioner Helgemoe asked to go back to the Mounds View Square issue. He said the tables have seemed to turn where Mounds View Square completed renovations a few years back and now they are experiencing vacancies, while Silver View Plaza is now nearly full. Beeman said there is a leasing price difference between the two facilities. Where Mounds View Square’s leases are more than what they are charging across the street. This is one of the reasons why El Loro is leaving and why other businesses have left in the past year or so. It is more about the price rather than the aesthetics. The new property manager for Silver View Plaza is also more responsive and seems willing to work with the city. Commissioner Freichels stated another reason Silver View Plaza is nearly full is in part because of the school district occupying about one third of the building. Beeman informed the Commission that Empire House would have had much of their new building completed by now, but for the fact that they couldn’t find the true owner of the vacant lot north of Biolife and ended up backing out of the deal. They had tried negotiating with a company claiming to own the property, but later realized that they