Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Williston Wire Updates -- No Slowdown

From the Williston Wire. No links; folks can easily subscribe to the Williston Wire.

703 single family units five miles northwest of Williston ... for the "average person"
A group of Seattle, WA entrepreneurs is making its home and building hundreds for others in Williams County. 
A ground breaking ceremony was held recently at Fendee Estates located five miles northwest of Williston. The project is being billed as a well-planned Rural Residential Community. It will have 703 single family units. Many of the homes will cost less than $200,000.
Alaska developer to open office in Williston
The Petersen Group, Inc. an Anchorage, Alaska based developer and builder, is pleased to announce the opening of its North Dakota division and office in Williston, North Dakota. The Petersen Group's office is located at 3204 29th Street West. The Petersen Group is currently building homes in the Harvest Hills Subdivision. The Petersen Group is building single family and multi-family homes priced from the mid $300,000's and will have completed homes ready for owners to move in by October of this year.
Baker Hughes grand opening -- and building another complex across the road from the one just opened
Baker Hughes officially opened its multiple product-line operations base in Williston on Friday with a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony, speeches, tours of the facility and a buffet-style lunch. The 138,000-square-foot facility sits on 35 acres and costs over $30 million in infrastructure alone, not including inventory and equipment.
Peterbilt dealership to open in Williston (previously posted)
The Allstate Peterbilt Group recently broke ground on a new dealership in Williston. The 25,000 square foot facility will offer parts, service and sales. It is located eight miles north of Williston.
Buffalo Hills subdivision to open in Watford City
Buffalo Hills, a new subdivision located east of Watford City, celebrated its grand opening recently. The development already has closed on nine homes and it has contracts pending on 31 more. The subdivision is growing quickly due to the affordability of the homes.
Other articles at the Williston Wire, including stories about re-routing 2&85

2 comments:

  1. http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/12872/group/Construction/

    Sheesh....these guys are from Las Vegas and southwest US. I wonder if they are planning to over-build the area.

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    1. No evidence of over-building in Minot at the present time. Personal correspondence suggests this new building is needed for flooding of two (?) years ago; they are still way behind on that. In addition, Air Base personnel are struggling for affordable housing. There is too much activity by companies like HAL and BHI in Minot and yet there is not yet much drilling activity. Something is going on. Look at the size of the airport they plan to build. Government won't fund airports unless they can forecast need.

      Nothing suggests to me that they are overbuilding in Minot yet.

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