Modular construction company moving to Redwood Falls next month

_{^{By Joshua Dixon
Staff Writer, Redwood Falls Gazette
Posted May. 30, 2013 @ 12:01 am}}

Last year the construction company Northstar Systembuilt met with city officials about buying property in the industrial park on the north side of town.

The company’s goal: build a new, 36,000 square foot facility for building housing modules, bringing at least another 15 highly-skilled jobs to town.

By June, 2012, everything was all arranged, and the tax abatement was approved by the city council — then the project didn’t happen.

Not to worry. It turns out Northstar Systembuilt found a better solution to its needs: an existing warehouse that formerly housed several other businesses, including Rice Home Medical, currently building its own new facility on Bridge St.

“Our current plan is to start moving in on June 17,” said Rick Zitzmann, director of Northstar Systembuilt, last week.

“We found an existing 53,000 square foot space that was larger than what we had originally planned,” said Barry Paskewitz, director of Northstar Systembuilt.

One reason for the change was Northstar’s changing their business model.   To read the complete article, click here!