MINNEAPOLIS-While vacancy rates at buildings independent from hospital campuses hit 13.7%, those medical office buildings on a hospital campus saw vacancy down at 5.2% at year-end, according to United Properties report.

SPRING GROVE, MN-The two companies are construction materials providers in southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa, with combined annual revenues of about $90 million.

BROOKLYN CENTER, MN-The new headquarters will support the coffee shop chain's expansion plans, and will replace the sprawling complex of buildings the company now occupies in the Minneapolis Warehouse District.

BURNSVILLE, MN-The health-care provider has signed a 15-year lease for 12,500 sf and will renovate the outpatient clinic and therapy center this summer.

NEW BRIGHTON, MN-The medical device maker is reportedly looking at a three-phase expansion project in the Northwest Quadrant, but needs public help with environmental clean up and transportation improvement costs.

NEW BRIGHTON, MN-David Bernard Builders and Sherman Associates will be co-developers of this project in the Northwest Quadrant.

NEW BRIGHTON, MN-Snyder's bankruptcy reorganization and access issues have delayed the redevelopment of the 30-year-old retail center in this northern suburb of Minneapolis.

ST. PAUL-The Economic Development Association of Minnesota elects officers and directors; Paul Steinman will take the helm as the group's new president.