WORKFORCE
Workforce and Businesses
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Total Employment - Q1 2024
• 56,269
Total Residential Units
13,461 Single Family units
5th Annual Economic Development Bus Tour
The Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce answers burning community question on redevelopment and infill projects .
5,491 townhome-style units ( includes condo-townhomes / 600 twin homes )
1,168 apartment-style condo units 132 duplex / triplex units 7,106 multi-family units including senior
242 Co-op units
Cars that pass through each day
• I-494 : 115,688 Average Daily Trips ( ADT ) 2023
• TH212 : 56,939 ADT 2023
• TH5 : 41.506 ADT 2023
By Joanna Werch Takes JULY 3 , 2024
This year ’ s Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Bus Tour began and ended at Fat Pants Brewing Company , 8335 Crystal View Road , in a building that City Economic Development Manager David Lindahl recalled had housed at least three previous restaurants ( Chevy ’ s , Panino Brothers , and the one no one on the tour could remember ) and cited as “ a great example of a reuse of an older building ,” noting that Eden Prairie owners Don Anderson and Elizabeth Anderson Schmidt “ did most of the sweat equity themselves ” in transforming the space into its current iteration .
An Xfinity store opened in February 2024 in a portion of the building that previously housed Eden Prairie ’ s Green Mill restaurant . Submitted photo courtesy of Comcast / Xfinity
Nearby , Lindahl noted , another restaurant property – the previous home of the Eden Prairie branch of Green Mill restaurant – now houses an Xfinity store in about half the space at 8266 Commonwealth Drive . “ The other half , we have not heard yet what ’ s happening there ,” Lindahl said , noting that the approximately 3,000-square-foot space is large enough that it could host another restaurant .
Since the City of Eden Prairie does not license businesses , Lindahl said , city staff does not always know what ’ s happening with specific businesses , unless they need to apply for some type of building
Total commercial / office space in EP ( square footage )
• Office : 7,315,983 ( corporate campuses and office-condo spaces are included )
• Industrial :................ 10,650,726
• Retail / Commercial :... 5,240,818
( includes retail and hotels )
Top Employers In Eden Prairie
Optum ................................... 6,500 C . H . Robinson ....................... 2,500 Starkey Labs .......................... 2,117 Eden Prairie School District ... 1,285 Danfoss .......................... 440 in E . P . Lifetouch ................................... 800 MTS Systems Corp .................. 800 Abbott Laboratories ................. 617
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