ST. PAUL-When the city proposed tearing down Captain Ken's Foods, the development agency helped the business owner fight the plan.

CHAMPLIN, MN-The new lease brings the 275,000-sf complex to 70% occupancy, according to United Properties, the leasing agent for the property.

FARGO, ND-The sale of the 347,000-sf facility represents the exit from the hospital ownership business of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.

BLOOMINGTON, MN-U.S. Bank gets naming rights on signing a lease for 85,000 sf at the building owned by United Properties

MAPLE GROVE, MN-A 40,000-sf expansion is under way, and plans will soon be unveiled for a major new R&D facility.

MINNEAPOLIS-United Properties lands the assignment to find sites for the drug store retailer in Hennepin County, the largest county in the Twin Cities area that includes the city and its suburbs.

ST. LOUIS PARK, MN-The 200-plus-unit chain would build new stores, buy franchisees and retire debt through an offering that could attract up to $46 million.

MAPLE GROVE, MN-The 411,000-sf project is the third phase of Arbor Lakes, which now has 1.1 million sf of retail space.