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Reports of Staff October 21, 2016 Page 2 of 5 B. Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) Visits Nearly all businesses in Mounds View have been visited. The few remaining businesses have not returned phone calls or emails. Some have said they wish not to participate. The Business Development Coordinator will continue to schedule more visits as needed. On October 18 Coordinator Beeman will attend the Political Leadership luncheon as a finalist in the Business Retention & Expansion category of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. More details will be provided at the October 21 EDC meeting. Snap Market: Mr. Ankur Chopra of Keshav Enterprises, Inc. had a liquor license approved May 23, 2016 and had intentions of opening an off sale liquor store at the Snap Market location. Recently, staff has learned that Mr. Chopra has notified the landlord that he will not be pursuing a liquor store at this location. Bio Clean: They are still looking to build a new building to assemble their franchise trucks equipped with power washers. They tried negotiating a deal with the Skyline Motel and the owners of the Motel wouldn’t negotiate enough on the price to make th e deal work. As a result, they are still looking for land to build a new facility or an existing building to refurbish. They would like to stay within 5 miles of their existing site if possible. Mounds View Square: They still have six vacancies. They have talked about a possible tap room. Coordinator Beeman has contacted the leasing broker who is aware that the City recently passed the tap room ordinance. The broker will contact the City when he finds a potential client. El Loro: A sign is posted on the front doors indicating they have closed and moved to the existing Circle Pines location. They will not start a new business but rather, they will move the Mounds View employees to other El Loro locations around the metro. In talking with the Manager, he said they have experienced a decline in customers and they can’t recover. They attempted to negotiate new lease terms with Pastor Enterprises but they were unsuccessful. They were encouraged by the new proposed apartment development at Crossroad Pointe, but they indicated that it was a year too late and they couldn’t hold on for another year. Tom’s Collectibles: Coordinator Beeman recently talked with Tom Frantzen, owner of Tom’s Collectibles. Tom has decided to stop doing business in the hobbyist industry and instead, has leased space in Roseville as a business consultant. Tom thanked the City for working with him and helping his business in the past years and said it is time to move on. Inventory in the current location in Mounds View is being liquidated and they expect to be out of that location in about two months. A chiropractor has shown some interest in the space but nothing has been finalized.