New Fridley distribution center to rise where McGlynn's Bakeries once operated

Endeavor Development plans to build a 240,250-square-foot industrial building in Fridley.

The development, which Endeavor is calling River Edge Distribution Center, would be located on 15.5 acres at 7350 Commerce Lane NE, according to a marketing brochure by Edina-based Endeavor and Cushman & Wakefield.

The development would replace an existing 162,000-square-foot building that was recently occupied by Buffalo, New York-based Rich Products Corp. Rich Products announced last year its plan to shut down its commercial baking plant at the site, laying off 170 employees.

Rich Products had bought the Fridley plant, which made breads and cakes for restaurant sales, in 2020 from Treehouse Foods.

Before that, the site was the home to McGlynn's Bakeries, the well-known baking business that shuttered all of its bakery locations by 2004.

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Endeavor to build industrial site in Mendota Heights

Endeavor Development hopes to begin construction next month on a new 175,000-square-foot industrial building in Mendota Heights, a project that will expand the developer’s already significant presence in the area.

Known as Cobalt Business Center, the project will redevelop a vacant office building at 1315 Mendota Heights Road into “an industrial asset,” Josh Budish, principal and founder of Endeavor Development, said in an interview.

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Endeavor plans industrial project in Eden Prairie, replacing American Family Insurance offices

Edina-based Endeavor Development is planning to construct a new industrial building at the site of American Family Insurance's offices in Eden Prairie.

The planned 185,733-square-foot building would be called Nexus at Opus Park, located on the edge of Opus Business Park, a longtime office and industrial hub that's been recently adding housing. The new development would sit on a 14.4-acre site currently occupied by three office buildings and a parking ramp owned by Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance.

The new building would have a 28-foot clear height, 272 car parking stalls, a 130-foot-deep truck court, 12 dock doors and two drive-in doors, according to a marketing brochure. It's being planned as a speculative development but there's already been interest from potential users, said Endeavor Principal Josh Budish.

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