Annabelle Homes, Minneapolis, Expanding in the Bakken -- North Dakota, USA

Link here. From the June 9, 2011, edition of the Minot Daily News -- I would have missed it. A big thank you to "anonymous." For an earlier story on Annabelle Homes in Stanley, North Dakota, click here.

A developer building a 54-home and retail complex in Stanley is bringing more construction to area towns, including Columbus, Plaza and Kenmare.

Annabelle Homes, Minneapolis, could have projects under way yet this summer in those towns and is visiting with Tioga, Crosby, Watford City, Velva and Berthold about potential projects.

Annabelle Homes plans to build as many as 100 single-family homes, 48 townhomes, a convenience store and two retail buildings in Columbus, a Burke County town of 133 people. The city has yet to annex the 80-acre parcel south of town. That could come at a special meeting in a couple of weeks, Mayor Scott Kihle said.

Kihle said another developer has proposed a 214-home development northwest of town. If both projects are fully developed, it would mean more than 350 new homes.

Columbus, North Dakota, is located near the Canadian border, north of Ray/Tioga.