With home sales down and apartment development in a lull, home and apartment construction slowed considerably in the Twin Cities metro this month. During August home builders were issued 413 permits to build 532 units - a 50 percent decline in planned units compared with last year, according to data compiled by the Keystone Report for the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC). Here were the top-five cities for construction during August:
- Minneapolis: 83 units.
- Maple Grove: 40 units
- Blaine: 32 units.
- Woodbury: 26
- Lakeville: 21 units
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