St. Paul has two new developments starting in the downtown area. These new projects attest to the increasing growth and prosperity of businesses in the town – particularly those in the downtown core.
Evergreen Stationers, a fixture in St. Paul for over 20 years, plans on expanding its business with a new building slated to be built on main street, next to the movie theatre.
“Evergreen has been in St. Paul for a while now, we’re planning to build in spring, 2014,” explains Dolores Delisle president and owner of Evergreen Stationers.
The building is planned in part, to be two floors, with another part of it being single floor. It will have potential for additional tenant or two, says Delisle.
“There’s a need for it at this point because we have two locations,” says Delisle. “We have a retail location and a warehouse, and now we’re trying to get everything under one roof, and fill some holes in downtown St. Paul.”
She adds, “We’re excited to help spruce up the downtown area.”
Just across the street from where Evergreen plans to begin building in the coming spring, construction is already underway for a new building for Joly McCarthy and Dion, Chartered Accounts. The new building will be two stories tall.
The reason for the new location is the growth of the business over the last 20, according to Maurice Joly, a partner with Joly McCarthy and Dion. He says, “We’re excited the project came together, when it did, so that we are able to start before winter.”
Joly adds, “It was important for us to stay in the downtown core. The property was available, and we thought it was an opportunity to do something that could meet our needs, and grow.”
Construction on the new building has already begun, with work on the foundation now taking place. The building completion is expected to be in summer 2014.