MPLS/ST. PAUL BUSINESS JOURNAL: Women left the workforce in droves during the pandemic. Employers need to lure them back.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' recent jobs report shows the U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs in August, but women accounted for just 12% of those gains. Nationwide, the portion of women participating in the workforce has dropped to levels…

MPLS/ST. PAUL BUSINESS JOURNAL: Twin Cities Largest Women-owned Businesses

To be eligible for this list, business owners must include women who own 50% or more of their companies. Companies must be based in the Twin Cities 24-county metro area. Information on The List was supplied by company representatives through…
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RYAN JOHNSON NAMED PRESIDENT OF DORAN COMPANIES

Development, Architecture, Construction, and Property Management Continues to Excel Under Johnson’s leadership August 25, 2021 – Bloomington, MN. Doran Companies announces today that Ryan Johnson has been named President and CFO…

DORAN RECEIVES UNANIMOUS APPROVAL ON MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT

Five Story Project Will Create Significant Vitality to Minnetonka Village Center Doran Companies received approval from the Minnetonka City Council last evening for their proposed five-story multi-family project at 5959 Shady Oak Road, the…

RYAN JOHNSON PURCHASES KELLY DORAN SHARES

The Company remains Minnesota’s largest Woman-Owned Construction Business Under Behrendt Leadership Bloomington, MN (April 30, 2021) Ryan Johnson, CFO at Doran Companies, took a major step in his ownership stake today by purchasing Kelly…

Mpls/St. Paul Business Journal: Cool Offices: Hybrid Medical Animation’s office is an ode to midcentury design

Hybrid Medical Animation went with a midcentury modern office design to match the aesthetic of the Pentagon Park business campus in Edina. Duluth-based architecture firm LHB Inc. was tasked with making the office more playful and colorful…

Mpls/St. Paul Business Journal: Optimism is returning to construction industry as pandemic disruptions persist

Construction firms are still dealing with higher material costs, supply chain disruptions and project delays one year into the pandemic, according to a recent survey by the Associated General Contractors. “One year after the pandemic struck,…

Star Tribune: COVID will leave lasting changes in Minnesota office and apartment projects

COVID-19 is altering Minnesota commercial real estate in subtle ways — from a boost in office subleases to quick construction pivots to adapt offices and apartments to allow tenants to safely gather outside in the winter or toil away indoors. Doran…

Star Tribune: St. Anthony to replace shuttered Walmart with 492 apartments

The site of a long-vacant Walmart store in St. Anthony will soon be replaced by nearly 500 rental apartments. Twin Cities developer Kelly Doran said last week that he has secured a $49 million loan from Bremer Bank to build the project,…

Mpls/St. Paul Business Journal: Doran lands financing for nearly 500-apartment development in St. Anthony

Kelly Doran’s redevelopment of the Silver Lake Village shopping center in St. Anthony got a boost as he announced Tuesday that he's landed $49 million in financing for the first phase of the 492-apartment project.  With financing…