The commercial section of Highway 10 in west Dilworth is about to get a little more crowded with a Fastenal store getting set to anchor a new 13,000-square-foot facility.
Fastenal, a distributor of industrial and construction supplies, will occupy 7,000 square feet of the building, which will be located near OfficeMax and Weivoda Carpet.
The remaining 6,000 square feet will be leased to as many as four retail or professional office tenants, said Dennis Parr, president of Bismarck-based Global Properties.
Groundbreaking for the project was in June, said Parr, who also owns the contracting company that is building the facility. The Fastenal portion of the structure will be complete by Nov. 1, when the retailer will take up occupancy.
Kevin Christopher, general manager of the new store, said officials hope to have the store open by Nov. 5.
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Christopher said the store offers a good "niche" service to the area.
Many industries in that part of the metro area have to go to Fargo to get the supplies they need, he said.
"Fastenal certainly will be an asset to a lot of local contractors," Parr said.
The portion of the facility not occupied by Fastenal will be completed as it is occupied, Parr said. He said he has already had calls from parties interested in leasing the space.
"I would hope to have it filled by spring for sure," Parr said.
The new facility is part of the continuing effort to attract commercial development to Dilworth, City Planner Stan Thurlow said.
Thurlow said Dilworth's commercial growth is the result of a combination of factors, Thurlow said. One factor is traffic flow. An average of 25,000 vehicles per day drive past the site of the new Fastenal store.
Dilworth's growth is also a factor, Thurlow said. Dilworth had a population of 2,585 in 1990; the current estimate puts it at 3,650.
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"Our focus is on residential development," Thurlow said. "If you bring enough rooftops to the city, then the commercial tends to follow."
While recognizing that the western part of the Fargo-Moorhead area is the local king of retail, Thurlow believes there is room for another commercial center. He looks for continued commercial growth on Highway 10 as well as on 34th Street in Dilworth and Moorhead.
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