The number of offices, warehouses, stores and apartment buildings going into foreclosure in Hennepin County dropped by nearly half in the first quarter of this year compared with 2009. Here's a sampling:

Q1 2009Q1 2010

Hennepin County4624

Minneapolis3114

(apartment buildings in Minneapolis)258

Brooklyn Park, all types13

Bloomington, all types02

Number of suburbs with at least

one commercial foreclosure: 147

Source: Hennepin County Taxpayer Services Department