Home Page Company Information Ownership Awards & Articles Properties Developed Development Philosophy Insurance Information Affordable Housing Video Contact Information Site Map Rental Property Info Publication Article CommunityWorks North Dakota News Letter 3-29-10 By Paul Rechlin Library Square II Grand Opening There are more than 50 new faces in downtown Mandan, and Senator Byron Dorgan came to welcome them. At a Grand Opening Celebration for Library Square II – Community Works North... Click here to read more Affordable Housing Finance April 1, 2010 By Christine Serlin Seniors Housing Rises from Floods In June 2008, the Cedar River crested to its highest level in the city’s history, damaging or destroying more than 5,000 homes and displacing 18,000 residents. Early on after ... Click here to read more The Gazette February 3, 2010 By George C. Ford Breaking ground CEDAR RAPIDS — A new affordable housing complex for seniors in northwest Cedar Rapids is expected to open this fall. Ground was broken Tuesday for Cedar Crest Apartments, an $8.8 million, 45-unit development at 1100... Click here to read more Tulsa World 12/29/2009 By Devin Canfield INCOG is leading hte way in Sapulpa building renovation The Tulsa County Home Consortium seldom makes headlines. In fact, most people have never heard of it. But little by little, significantly but silently, it makes a difference in people’s lives ... Click here to read more Finance & Commerce December 23, 2009 By Burl Gilyard Federal TCAP program kicks off Audubon Crossing, other projects Last week, St. Paul-based developer MetroPlains LLC broke ground on Audubon Crossing, a 30-unit affordable housing project in northeast Minneapolis.  The project is the latest in a string of recent starts for local af... Click here to read more Superior Telegram October 23, 2009 By Shelley Nelson Washington Building Gets New Lease The day officials cut the ribbon on the New York Building in 2007, Rob McCready of MetroPlains LLC in the Twin Cities and Kaye Tenerelli, director of the Superior Business Improvement District took a walk.  Two blocks... Click here to read more Tax Credit Advisor October 2009 Rob McCready is Pushing to Get Stimulus-Assisted Projects to Construction AN AVID BIKE RIDER, Midwest tax credit developer Rob McCready is pedaling faster than ever in his day job.  In addition to his usual task of securing the multiple funding sources needed for new low-income housing tax ... Click here to read more Quad-City Times March 8, 2009 By Jennifer DeWitt Downtown Davenport Attracting Loft Dwellers With construction in the final stretch, downtown Davenport’s latest loft housing project — RiverWalk Lofts — is drawing the interest of would-be dwellers near and far.  Located... Click here to read more Tulsa World 1/23/2008 By David Schulte Wells building to become housing complex Preliminary plans are under way to renovate a large building in downtown Sapulpa into housing complex for older adults. John Errigo, project planner of MetroPlains of St. Paul, Minn., said the real ... Click here to read more Quad-City Times January 16, 2008 Gradual renaissance is downtown's salvation The Salvation Army building makeover under way this month ought to grab people’s attention. The building on Davenport’s River Drive has changed with downtown over the past 90 years. The five story bui... Click here to read more Grand Forks Herald January 14, 2008 By Ryan Schuster Business Notebook: Go with the flow Views from the top floor of the The Current Apartments include the Red River and downtown Grand Forks. MetroPlains Management officials believe the apartments combine penthouse views and upscale loft-style living, while s... Click here to read more Northeaster January 9, 2008 Transformation near Central and Lowry A business owner’s vision is reshaping Northeast’s commercial corridor with three potential new developments: a new apartment/commercial building, a restaurant, and a bakery. Majdi Wadi, owner of Holy Land Mid... Click here to read more Star News July 12, 2004 By Jake Muonio, Staff writer Project 30 years in the making It’s official. The Elk River City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) approved a developer’s agreement for the downtown revitalization project Monday night. The decision means 3... Click here to read more Winona Daily News December 7, 2004 By Anne Jungen, Winona Daily News Schools' 'historical accents' flavor apartment complex The old classrooms of the Winona Junior and Senior high schools now are the classy rooms of the Washington Crossing apartments. After 15 months of restoration, the Washington Crossing apartments, 166 and 218 W. Broadway ... Click here to read more Winona Daily News December 10, 2004 By Shannon Fiecke, Winona Daily News Revisiting the old stomping grounds Many kids hope to never return to school once they graduate. Jim Turner not only came back to his old stomping grounds, he's living in them. After moving to Winona from V... Click here to read more Winona Daily News December 10, 2004 By Darrell Ehrlick, Winona Daily News Grand opening ushers in new era John Errigo started Washington Crossings grand opening by saying, "It's been a long time coming." Try about 89 years. Errigo, the development coordinator for the St. P... Click here to read more Winona Post December 31, 2004 By Cynthya Porter Old Middle School Gets Historic Register Label (Photo by Cynthia DeLano) Newly named to the National Register of Historic Places, the old Winona Middle School buildings, now called Washington Crossing, are nearing the end of a long renovation process transforming them into apartments.... Click here to read more Bismarck Tribune November 26, 2003 By Karen Herzog Mandan's Library Square dedicated For Mandan Major Ken Lamont, Tuesday was an emotional day, he said. “We’re seeing the beginning of where we want Mandan to go,” he said. LaMont was speaking at the dedication of Library Squ... Click here to read more StarTribune January 17, 1993 By Dick Youngblood Historic Buildings Finding New Life As Housing Sites Gary Stenson and his partners are wheeling and dealing all over my old North Dakota stomping grounds, not to mention neighboring South Dakota and Minnesota, with occasional forays into Wisconsin, Kansas and Nebraska. In... Click here to read more Historic Preservation News June 1, 1993 By Frank Jossi Housing the Heartland St. Paul, Minn – In 1978 the Great Northern Hotel in Devil’s Lake. N.D, looked as though it would suffer the fate of the many grand historic hotels that dot the landscape of rural midwestern towns. The vintage 1911 buildi... Click here to read more Minnesota Real Estate Journal By Liz Wolf Spruce Tree Centre Has New Owners - Plans to reposition The easily distinguishable Spruce Tree Centre mixed-use building, with its green tile-looking exterior has been sold for $2.75 million. The buyer is Spruce Tree Centre LLP of which St. Paul-based MetroPlains Development Inc is the managing partner. Click here to read more Brainard Daily Dispatch (MN) By Brad McDermott, Staff Writer Buckman Renovation Finished LITTLE Falls - The Buckman Building in downtown Little Falls has undergone a facelift and it now is smiling on some of the city’s senior citizens. Actually, it may be more accurate to say the 94-year-old building has had full-body plasti... Click here to read more The Wichita Eagle, 1998 By Beccy Tanner Council selects developer for Eaton A Minnesota based developer with a record of turning historic properties into usable real estate was given the job Tuesday of funding a way to restore the 111-year-old Eaton Hotel and the block where it sits. By a 6-0 vote, the City Council ga... Click here to read more Grand Forks Herald, 1998 By Sam Black, Herald Staff Writer Does Your Favorite Old Building Need a Facelift? To many small towns, a corporation like MetroPlains Development would seem too good to be true. The St. Paul company swoops into small towns and saves abandoned or decaying buildings from the wrecking ball. It then remodels the buildings and turns them int... Click here to read more Rogers County Historical Society, 1999 The Hotel Will Rogers The Hotel Will Rogers was dedicated February 7, 1930. The three owners, Louis Abraham, Walter Krumrei, and Morton Harrison joined forces to make the hotel a reality. Joe Abraham, Louis' father, had come to Claremore to take mineral water baths and was cur... Click here to read more Affordable Housing Finance Great Plains Success Story Tenacity pays off for Developer of Small-town Landmarks Affordable Housing Finance Magazine, 2000 (Reprinted with permission. For subscription information call 800-989-7255. www.housingfinance.com Click here to read more Affordable Housing Finance The House That Carry Smashed Affordable Housing Finance Magazine, 2000 (Reprinted with permission. for subscription information call 800-989-7255. www.housingfinance.com Wichita, Kan. – Renovation and expansion of the h... Click here to read more The Business Journal Elk River Prepares to Renew its Downtown Minneapolis, MN – Elk River is closer to redeveloping its downtown than it has been for 30 years. The city has launched an effort to revitalize the entire 67 acre central business district over the next 10 years through rehabilitating and removing pr... 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