Hampton Inn, La Quinta Inn, Among 70 Building Permits -- Bakken, Dickinson, North Dakota, USA

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Patrick Giese, co-owner of the La Quinta Inn & Suites project on the old Pizza Hut lot near Interstate 94, said Thursday that plans are to break ground within the next ten days. Construction on the project is expected to last seven months, he said.

Hampton Inn & Suites owner and contractor Jeff Lamont said there were minor delays in construction at the location near Taco John’s due to the rainy spring weather, but the hotel is still on track for its October opening.

With regard to housing:

As construction continues on hotels in Dickinson to combat a recent housing shortage, officials said there has been equal interest in multi-family structures.

Seventy building permits were issued for multi-family structures in 2010, City Administrator Shawn Kessel said, adding that the definition includes facilities like duplexes and apartment buildings.