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~ OF ~ ~ INr~3STR~AL E~Xrf~)l~gT 1980-86 Year Number of Permits Total Square Feet 1980 4 28,280 1981 5 57,662 1982 4 11,290 1983 4 32,772 1984 8 47,001 1985 15 97,494 1986 9 33,848 Annual Average 7 44,050 Source: City ofRamsey However, in t. he northwest sector c~ly 90 acres of that industrial lar~ is located in industrial parks. Industries, like families, look for planned neighbo~s. ~ is par~~ly ~e in t~ o~mext of the cnang~ nature of industrial builcl~ and complexes. More emDhasis is bein~ placed on high quality, curb appeal an~ ~ relationships. ~he result is that industrial buildings are shifting away from bulk buildings to office/warehouse or office/manufacturing ccmbinations which ~ the proportion of office space to total nonoffice space. Office/warehouse facilities and industrial facilities in the area are running at about a 24 percent vacancy rate, somewhat less than the and ~_~-occ~0ied than general cc~=~.~cial facilities. Figure 5 depic~ the ~.rial park locations a_~ the me~spo!i+~_n area ~nd a summary of scme of ~ cc~le Lndustria! facilities. Metabolic!iran area ~ria! park lar~ sells for a scm~=what P,i~_r per-s~. ~e-foc~ am~t between $1.50 and $2.50 a s~e foot or $60,000 ~o $90,000 an a~-e. Full urban service ~_ndustrial land in Ramsey will be har~ pressed ~o signific~2nt!y c~~. t_hat l~nd .price? Additionally, office/service and office/~h~cc~n facilities are r~Lng office space for $9.00 a squa_we foot and $6.00 a s.uuare foot for sho%~oom/war~house. Again, to be competitive, comparable prices are pl~bab!y $6.50 and $3.00 per sq.~are foot wP~h are v~-'~.ily impossible to achieve %~th any kind of ~3~rg. Despite tine scme~..~t pessimis-.ic o~,look to overo~m~ .-~gicm~! loca~ion, r-hare are some bright facilities can be less locationally s~nsitive than o~her population-driven uses. Their na~ds are for less exp~nsive land, major ~-~nsportation 15