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BUILDINGS & SITES Webster City, Iowa

December 2012

Our Contact

David Toyer, Economic Developer

Webster City Economic Development

400 Second Street

Webster City, Iowa 50595

515-832-9151 (o)

425-344-1523 (c)

david@buildwebstercity.com

Central Midwest Location

Location Factors • North Central Iowa

• City Population 8,070

• Located at crossroads of Highway 20 (four lane) and Highway 17 (2

lane)

• 15 minutes west of Interstate 35 (13 miles)

• 1 hour 10 minutes north of Des Moines

• 3 hours south of Minneapolis

• 1 day by truck to: St. Louis, Omaha, Chicago, Milwaukee, and

Kansas City

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Key Features

• 226 contiguous acres

• 6 parcels, 2 owners

• Zoning: M1 Light Industrial

• Allowed uses: food

processing, distribution,

manufacturing, etc.

• Max Bldg Height: 50 ft

• Price: $25,000/acre average

• Less than ½ mile to access

Highway 20

• Get more information

• Site plan: 7 to 10 days

• Building permits: 5 to 7 days

• Incentives: 2 to 8 weeks

Approvals

+200 Acre Site

Key Features

• Offered at $3,595,000

• Built 1990, expanded in 1991

• 28 ft ceilings

• 24 truck docks

• 4 rail docks with levelers

• Column spacing 40 ft on

center

• Reinforced concrete floors

• 650 lf of rail spur on CN line

• Expandable

• Wet sprinkler system

• Suspended gas heating, no

AC

• Incentives available

• View Listing

271,965 Sq Feet

Key Features

• Owned by City

• Shovel ready sites of 4.72, 3.86

and 2.11 acres are available

• Zoning: M1 Light Industrial

• Max Bldg Height: 50 ft

• Price: $25,000/acre or less

• Utilities stubbed to sites

• Less than ½ mile to access

Highway 20

• Potential for tax increment

financing or Enterprise Zone

• Site plan: 7 to 10 days

• Building permits: 5 to 7 days

• Incentives: 2 to 8 weeks

Approvals

Industrial Lots

Key Features

• Offered at $350,000

• 150 ft x 150 ft dimension

• Built in 1998

• Expandable building on 5

acres

• 22 ft ceiling height

• Unfinished floor

• 880 3-phase transformer

and electric conduit installed

• Plumbing roughed in with

box drains and oil/water

separator

• Water and sewer extended

to the building

• Radiant heat system

installed

• View listing

22,500 Sq Feet

Transportation Details • Less than 1 mile from

Highway 20 (four lane)

• Less than 1 mile from

Highway 17 (two lane)

• 15 minutes west of

Interstate 35

• Close proximity to

Interstates 29, 80 and 90

• Less than one day by truck

to:

• Minneapolis

• St. Louis

• Omaha

• Chicago

• Milwaukee

• Kansas City

• Sioux Falls

Population

• Within a 60 minute drive we

have a population of more

than 210,000 and a lower

than average median age

• Total labor force of 84,464

• Laborshed average wage of

$15.41per hour

• +1000 workers displaced by

an Electrolux closure in

2010 - 2012

• County unemployment at

6.1%

Laborshed

Characteristics

Recent Events

Labor Characteristic

Reports by Industry

Advanced Manufacturing

Food Manufacturing

Plastics Manufacturing

Call Centers

Logistics and Distribution

Contact us to request a report for

your industry, which can be

customized to reflect your specific

occupational codes.

Logistics

Fulfill

ment

Production

Managem

ent

Utility Information

Water

• 2.5 million gallons per day available

• Webster City Municipal Utilities

Sewer

• 1.5 million gallons per day available

• Webster City Municipal Utilities

Electric

• +15 MW of existing capacity

available

• Capacity can be added

• Webster City Municipal Utilities

Natural Gas

• Black Hills Energy

Request utility details or cost estimates

Utilities

Webster City

• Up to $3,000 per job in direct

financial assistance

• Waived building permit fees

• Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

• Land Incentives

Enterprise Zone Commission

• Refund on state sales tax for

construction

• Up to 10% Investment Tax

Credit (ITC)

• Increased job training program

benefits

View Incentives Presentation

Possible Incentives

**We’ll assist you in applying for your

maximum benefit from the State of Iowa

*All incentives and benefits subject to

qualification and approval by the

respective provider

Other Factors • Right to Work State

• No personal property tax with

machinery, equipment, and

computers specifically exempt from

tax

• No inventory tax

• No tax on goods in process, raw

materials or saleable goods

• Iowa’s income tax has a single

factor apportionment formula that is

based solely on profits from sales in

Iowa. Iowa is a non-unitary income

tax state with NO throwbacks

• Located in an area now served by

foreign trade zone (FTZ) #107

under the alternative site framework

for adding subzones

Heavy Industry

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Agriculture

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