Fargo, North Dakota (Fargo-Moorhead)
The City of Fargo assesses its own property and publishes its whole tax roll as a free public map service, so the owner of record and assessed value of every one of Fargo's 38,839 parcel records can be read without an account; sale prices are on the recorded deeds, which sit behind the state recorders' network subscription.
11 buildings · 11 with an owner established · 14 sources · 11 tier A · prepared 2026-11-01
Can you find out who owns it?
North Dakota records title by deed with the county recorder; there is no state title register. Fargo's own Assessor's Office values every property in the city and keeps the ownership record with the Cass County Recorder. The City publishes the whole roll as a public ArcGIS map service (38,839 parcel records: owner of record, mailing city, land, building and total value, building size, year built and use), with no account and no licence stated. State law requires the buyer to certify the full price paid on the face of every deed, but the deeds themselves are read through NDRIN, the recorders' network, at $30 for 30 days or $7 a day, so prices were not read. Moorhead, across the river in Minnesota, was not researched.
Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner
Cost of one title searchOwner of record free (City of Fargo FargoParcels map service and fargoparcels.com search, no account). Recorded deeds through NDRIN: $30 for 30 days (renews automatically) or a $7 day pass, preview free, $1 per printed page
Bulk ownership dataCity of Fargo ArcGIS Server 'Basemap/FargoParcels' MapServer layer 0 'Fargo Parcels' (38,839 records: Owner1, Owner2, land address, mailing city/state/zip, land, building and total value, building sq ft, year built, apartment units, use and zoning), public, no registration, 1,000 records per request; no licence stated, so rows are not republished
Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address
1
The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo City Hall 225 4th St N, Fargo 98,694 sq ft (roll) |
Civic | City of Fargo Parcel 01-2160-00112-000, owner of record CITY OF FARGO, c/o City Auditor: 3.7 acres, building 98,694 sq ft, year built 2017, total value $32,018,300, use code 'City Of Fargo' (exempt government). The City's site gives City Hall's address as 225 4th Street N (s2). |
Government | —A |
| RDO Building (Block 9 Tower) 215 Broadway N, Fargo 87,190 + 31,768 sq ft office units; 73,210 sq ft hotel unit (roll) · 18 floors |
Mixed use | Block 9 RDO LLC office units 1 and 4; hotel unit 2 held by Block 9 Hotel LLC A condominium on parcel base 01-1520-00823: office unit 1 (87,190 sq ft, $32,828,100) and unit 4 (31,768 sq ft, $11,634,400) are held by BLOCK 9 RDO LLC; hotel unit 2 (73,210 sq ft, $20,866,000) by BLOCK 9 HOTEL LLC; year built 2020. Upper-floor 'Single Family - Loft' units are held by individuals and small LLCs and are not named. The Assessor's 2026 report lists a Block 9 TIF district at $93,749,600 current value on a $4,367,089 base (s4). Wikipedia: 234 ft, 18 floors, built 2018-2020, North Dakota's second-tallest building (s11). The members of the two LLCs are not stated in anything opened. |
Private company | —A |
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo 5225 23rd Ave S, Fargo 754,103 sq ft (roll, main segment) |
Institutional | Sanford North Parcel 01-8488-00100-000, owner of record SANFORD NORTH: 36.8 acres, hospital building 754,103 sq ft with a second 25,592 sq ft segment; values $267,084,000 and $9,285,000. It is the single highest-valued record on Fargo's roll. The Assessor's report ranks 'Sanford/Meritcare' second among value holders at $201,857,000 for 2025 (s4); across the roll, entities named Sanford or MeritCare hold 61 parcels. Wikipedia lists Sanford Medical Center at 11 floors, built 2012-2017 (s11). |
Institution | —A |
| Essentia Health Fargo hospital campus 3000 32nd Ave S, Fargo 384,461 sq ft (roll) |
Institutional | Innovis Health LLC Parcel 01-6430-00060-000, owner of record INNOVIS HEALTH LLC: 16.5 acres, hospital 384,461 sq ft, year built 1998, total value $126,029,400. Innovis Health LLC holds 20 records (13 parcels, $176.6M) in all, including the older 1702 University Dr S hospital ($29.5M). The Assessor's 2015 list ranked Innovis Health eighth at $45.7M (s4). No document opened ties Innovis Health LLC to Essentia Health, so the roll's name is used. |
Institution | —A |
| West Acres Shopping Center 3902 13th Ave S, Fargo 413,965 sq ft main parcel (roll); 950,000 sq ft (Wikipedia) |
Retail | West Acres Development Co Main parcel 01-6570-00160-000, owner of record WEST ACRES DEVELOPMENT CO: shopping centre 413,965 sq ft on 9.3 acres, built 1972, $48,981,000, plus four parcels at the same address (parking, retail pads) under the same name. The Assessor ranks West Acres Development Co. fourth among value holders at $131,254,000 for 2025, and it was fourth in 2015 too ($103.9M) (s4). Wikipedia gives the owner as West Acres Development, LLP and the centre as 950,000 sq ft with 100+ stores (s10). Related names on the roll: West Acres Adjacent Properties LLP (11 records), HI West Acres LLC (4). |
Private company | —A |
| Fargodome 1800 University Dr N, Fargo 367,069 sq ft (roll) |
Civic | North Dakota State University Parcel 01-3500-01270-000, owner of record NDSU, second line C/O CITY OF FARGO: 50.6 acres, 367,069 sq ft, year built 1992, total value $57,923,700, exempt. Wikipedia's infobox gives the owner as the City of Fargo and the operator as the Fargo Dome Authority; it opened on 2 December 1992 at a cost of $48 million (s8). The owner here is the roll's owner of record; the two readings fit a City-owned building on university ground, but no lease was opened to confirm it. |
Government | —A |
| Hector International Airport 2801 32nd Ave N, Fargo 192,297 sq ft terminal (roll) |
Civic | Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo Terminal parcel 01-8620-00010-000, owner MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY / OF THE CITY OF FARGO: 192,297 sq ft, $39,399,000; car-rental, gift-shop, restaurant and United Airlines spaces are separate records 'c/o' each tenant. The authority holds 139 records on 118 parcels, about 2,286 acres by the layer's acreage, $187.7M in all. The North Dakota Air National Guard's base is 53 records on one 227.8-acre parcel, valued at $0. Wikipedia names the same authority as owner and operator (s9). |
Government | —A |
| Amazon fulfilment centre 3737 44th Ave N, Fargo 1,079,631 sq ft (roll) |
Industrial | Preylock Fargo LLC Parcel 01-8760-00100-000, owner of record PREYLOCK FARGO LLC: warehouse 1,079,631 sq ft on 107.5 acres, year built 2020, total value $107,179,700 (three records, $107.3M). The Assessor's 2025 list ranks 'PREYLOCK FARGO (Amazon)' fifth at $107,284,500, 'Warehouse / Office' (s4). The building is the largest floor area on the roll. The members of Preylock Fargo LLC are not stated in anything opened. |
Private company | —A |
| Radisson Hotel Fargo 201 5th St N, Fargo 120,296 sq ft hotel unit (roll) · 18 floors |
Hotel | 201 Hospitality LLC hotel unit; office units held separately Hotel record 01-1520-00920-010, owner of record 201 HOSPITALITY LLC: 120,296 sq ft, built 1984, $17,097,000. Three office records at the same address are held by RS Real Estate LLC ($1,475,600), Law Office Associates ($1,911,500) and a third by individuals (not named). Wikipedia: 206 ft 8 in, 18 floors, built 1985, listed after the RDO Building among Fargo's tallest (s11). |
Private company | —A |
| North Dakota State University, main campus 1301 12th Ave N / 1300 18th St N, Fargo 374.7 acres (main campus parcel) |
Institutional | North Dakota State University Parcel 01-8700-00110-000 is held as NDSU DEPT #3000 and carries many building segments (for example $56.6M at 1300 18 St N, $48.1M at 1380 16 Ave N, $45.1M at 1401 Centennial Blvd); the roll gives it 374.7 acres. Names for the university on the roll (NDSU, NDSU Dept #3000, NDSU Development Foundation, NDSU Foundation, North Dakota State University Foundation) hold 247 records on 99 parcels, about 1,988 acres, $850.5M. The research park building at 1650 18 St N is NDSU c/o NDSU Research & Technology Park Inc ($45.1M). |
Government | —A |
| Cass County Courthouse 211 9th St S, Fargo 114,227 sq ft (roll) |
Civic | Cass County Parcel 01-2240-02810-000, owner of record CASS COUNTY GOVT COURTHOUSE BLK, c/o County Auditor: 2.07 acres, 114,227 sq ft, year built 1904, $17,916,000. The county jail at 450 34 St S is CASS COUNTY GOVERNMENT (JAIL), 230,612 sq ft on 26.7 acres, $74,474,900. |
Government | —A |
2
The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
Fargo's most valuable ground is medical and public. The single highest-valued record on the roll is Sanford's hospital on 23rd Ave S, and the second is the City's own wastewater plant on Broadway N. The most valuable private commercial landlords are local apartment and commercial trusts, led by Sterling, which the Assessor still footnotes as the former INREIT. The City appraises at market value every year and reappraises each property on a five-year rotation. Its 2026 report puts the city's total appraised value at $24.03B; the published layer sums to $24.20B, so it may carry later updates.
Highest-valued parcel record$267.1M
Sanford Medical Center, 5225 23 Ave S (01-8488-00100-000), owner SANFORD NORTH, 754,103 sq ft on 36.8 acres, $267,084,000 (plus a $9,285,000 segment), exempt. City of Fargo parcel layer, read 1 Nov 2026 (s1).
Highest-valued private commercial parcel$107.2M
Amazon fulfilment centre, 3737 44 Ave N, PREYLOCK FARGO LLC, 1,079,631 sq ft on 107.5 acres, $107,179,700. Parcel layer (s1); the Assessor labels it 'PREYLOCK FARGO (Amazon)' (s4).
Total appraised value, City of Fargo, 2026$24.03B
$24,032,306,460: residential $9.85B (41.0%), commercial $9.64B (40.1%), government-owned exempt $2.46B, other exempt $2.08B, agricultural $2.9M; up 4.45% on 2025. Expected 2026 taxable valuation $925.6M. Assessor's 2026 Annual Report (s4).
Median single-family sale price, 2025$367,700
Up 4.02% on 2024. Assessor's 2026 Annual Report, built from the sales it reads for its ratio study: 3,537 property transfers were processed in the year (s4).
Largest tax-increment district$290.7M
Riverfront TIF: current value $290,737,800 on a $63,200,000 base; NP Redevelopment $143.0M, Block 9 $93.7M. All TIF districts total $778.4M current value. Assessor's 2026 Annual Report (s4).
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Government holds Fargo's largest blocks of ground. The City of Fargo is the biggest landholder by parcels and value: 703 parcels, about 2,490 acres, $575M. The airport authority comes next by area (about 2,290 acres), then the Park District and North Dakota State University (about 1,990 acres each). BNSF's right of way is held under several Burlington Northern names. No farm family appears among the large holders: only 288 records on the roll are agricultural. Counts are distinct parcel numbers on the City's layer (a parcel can carry several building records). Acreage is the layer's ACRES field summed once per parcel.
| Name | Type | Holdings, City of Fargo roll, Nov 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| City of Fargo 733 records held as CITY OF FARGO, one of them jointly 'CITY OF FARGO (2/3) & CITY OF MOORHEAD (1/3)'. The largest are the plant at 3500 Broadway N ($247.4M), 435 14 Ave S ($79.4M) and City Hall ($32.0M). |
Government | 703 parcels, ~2,487 acres, $575.4MA |
| Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo 139 records, including hangar and tenant spaces recorded 'c/o' each tenant. The North Dakota Air National Guard holds a further 53 records on one 227.8-acre parcel, valued at $0. |
Government | 118 parcels, ~2,286 acres, $187.7MA |
| Park District of the City of Fargo 355 records as PARK DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF FARGO or FARGO PARK DISTRICT; the largest is the 315,192 sq ft building at 6100 38 St S ($105.2M, built 2022). |
Government | 291 parcels, ~1,988 acres, $344.4MA |
| North Dakota State University (and its foundations) 247 records as NDSU DEPT #3000 (148), NDSU (40), NDSU Development Foundation (43), North Dakota State University Foundation (7) and NDSU Foundation (2). The foundations are separate non-profit bodies; their 52 records are included here. The main campus parcel alone is 374.7 acres. |
Government | 99 parcels, ~1,988 acres, $850.5MA |
| Fargo Public School District No. 1 34 records under several spellings (FARGO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 1, FARGO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, FARGO SCHOOL DISTRICT, FARGO SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDING AUTHORITY). The largest is 1840 15 Ave S, 386,532 sq ft, $46.3M. West Fargo Public School District No. 6 holds 5 parcels (52.4 acres, $74.0M) inside Fargo. |
Government | 25 parcels, ~344 acres, $306.1MA |
| Cass County Courthouse block, jail ($74.5M), juvenile justice block, highway department and 13 parcels held as CASS COUNTY FLOOD PROPERTY (bought-out flood land). Cass County's water resource districts are separate bodies: Southeast Cass Water Resource District and the Joint Water Resource District hold about 62 parcels and 406 acres. |
Government | 28 parcels, ~54 acres, $111.9MA |
| United States of America Eight records as UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, including the VA hospital at 2101 Elm St N (363,636 sq ft, $18.9M) and downtown federal buildings at 657 2 Ave N ($20.6M) and 102 7 St N ($11.2M), plus one each for the US Postal Service and 'USA Courthouse & Post Office Buildings'. |
Government | 10 parcels, ~59 acres, $70.0MA |
| Fargo Housing and Redevelopment Authority 132 records under five spellings (FARGO HOUSING AUTHORITY 80, HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF FARGO 38, and others). |
Government | 129 parcels, $58.7M, 259 apartment unitsA |
| BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern names) Held as BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE (32), BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (20), BNSF (18) and variants; values are nominal ($2.4M in all) because operating railroad property is assessed by the State Tax Department as a 'state assessed corporation' (s4). |
Public company | 74 parcels, ~157 acresA |
| Diocese of Fargo 22 records as DIOCESE OF FARGO / THE DIOCESE OF FARGO. |
Institution | 13 parcels, ~91 acres, $50.5MA |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Fargo permitted 860 homes in 2025: 365 single-family houses ($111.0M) and 495 units in seven buildings of five or more ($77.0M), all 12 months reported. Moorhead, across the river, permitted 103 houses and 36 other units (s14). The market is local: no national builder holds lots under its own name. Instead the roll shows local custom builders with a few dozen lots each, and land companies holding newly platted lots. Builder figures are records held in the builder's own name on the City's layer, which are lots and unsold homes, not closings.
| Name | Type | Records in own name, City of Fargo roll, Nov 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Jordahl Custom Homes Inc The largest builder by lots in its own name; 9.4 acres. |
Private company | 77 records (50 vacant lots, 24 houses built 2024+)A |
| Thomsen Homes LLC 5.3 acres. |
Private company | 28 records (12 lots, 16 houses built 2024+)A |
| Plecity Kowalski Construction Inc Lots and three houses built 2024+. |
Private company | 16 recordsA |
| Krueger Construction Inc Seven vacant lots and three houses built 2024+. |
Private company | 15 recordsA |
| Designer Homes of Fargo-Moorhead LLC Houses, townhouse units and four lots. |
Private company | 12 recordsA |
| Kick Properties, LLC (land developer) All zoned SR-4, unbuilt and valued at $1.36M in total: newly platted lots on the south edge. NICD, LLC holds 100 similar lots and EV74 LLC 37. |
Private company | 192 lotsA |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Fargo's largest private landlords are home-grown apartment trusts. Sterling (the former INREIT) holds more than 4,500 apartment units on the roll, and Dakota UPREIT another thousand. They sit alongside the West Acres mall company, Amazon's development entity and a few local commercial families. Single-family rental is small: no national rental company appears, and the largest holder of rented-looking houses is a local LLC with 120 homes. Figures are records in the owner's own name on the City's layer.
| Name | Type | Records in own name, City of Fargo roll, Nov 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling Real Estate Trust (Sterling Properties LLLP) 201 records under Sterling Properties LLLP and affiliates (incl. Sterling Multifamily and Sterling Office & Industrial). The 10-K says Sterling Properties, LLLP is the trust's operating partnership and that the trust owned 175 properties in 12 states at 31 Dec 2025, with 12,295 units and 1,159,000 sq ft commercial (s13). Our count of its property table gives 81 Fargo properties, about 4,800 units. The Assessor ranks it first at $337.9M for 2025, 'Previously INREIT' (s4). |
REIT | 118 parcels, 4,589 apartment units, $400.6MB |
| Dakota UPREIT 52 records as DAKOTA UPREIT LTD PTSHP / LP / LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. The Assessor ranks Dakota UPREIT third at $139,355,200 for 2025, 'Apartment' (s4). No filing was opened to tie it to a parent trust. |
REIT | 43 parcels, 1,058 apartment units, $151.3MA |
| West Acres Development Co (and West Acres-named entities) WEST ACRES DEVELOPMENT CO (12 records), WEST ACRES ADJACENT PROPERTIES LLP (11), HI WEST ACRES LLC (4) and others: the mall plus pads, hotels and parking. Ranked fourth by the Assessor at $131.3M (s4). |
Private company | 28 parcels, $150.3MA |
| EWR Fargo entities 169 records across EWR FARGO COTTAGEWOOD TOWNHOMES LLC (91), EWR FARGO TH TRIO LLC (59), and single-property LLCs such as EWR Fargo U32 Apartments, Eaglebrook Apartments, Maple Creek and Dakota Center. Nothing opened names the parent. |
Private company | 77 parcels, 807 units, $146.9MA |
| Comstock Land, Holding and Services companies COMSTOCK LAND COMPANY LLC, COMSTOCK HOLDING COMPANY LLC and COMSTOCK SERVICES LLC (50%) ET AL; warehouses, manufacturing and the offices at 4840 23 Ave S ($30.6M) and 4837 Amber Valley Pkwy ($27.1M). Ranked seventh at $83.9M (s4). |
Private company | 16 parcels, $109.9MA |
| Preylock Fargo LLC Amazon's fulfilment centre at 3737 44 Ave N; ranked fifth as 'PREYLOCK FARGO (Amazon)' (s4). |
Private company | 1 parcel, 1,079,631 sq ft, $107.3MA |
| Bullinger Enterprises LLLP 45 records, mostly warehouses and shop/office buildings. The Assessor ranks the Bullinger group ninth at $62.3M, 'Comm, Res' (s4); the entity alone is named here. |
Family / private | 39 parcels, $68.8MA |
| Adams Investment Limited Partnership 21 records, 13 of them 'ADAMS INVESTMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (50%) ETAL'. The Assessor ranks it sixth at $94.8M (s4), a figure that may include co-owners' shares. |
Private company | 20 parcels, 395 units, $62.2MA |
| CC Investments LLC 97 single-family houses and 23 twin-home units, all 'Residential' use: the largest single-family holder on the roll. The next are B&Z Enterprises LLC and Brookstone Property LLC (42 each). Tricon Properties LLC has 3 records; no other national rental company was found. |
Private company | 120 homes, $42.9MA |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- The members of Block 9 RDO LLC, Block 9 Hotel LLC, 201 Hospitality LLC, Preylock Fargo LLC and the EWR Fargo LLCs: no filing opened names them.
- Whether Innovis Health LLC is an Essentia Health subsidiary: no document opened says so, so the roll's name stands.
- Whether the Fargodome building is City property on a lease of NDSU land: the roll names NDSU 'c/o City of Fargo' and Wikipedia names the City, but no lease was read.
- Sale prices: North Dakota requires the full consideration on the face of each deed, but deeds are read only through NDRIN's paid login, so no building carries a price.
- Dakota UPREIT's parent and total portfolio: no filing was opened.
- Moorhead, Minnesota (Clay County): its roll, owners and landmark buildings were not researched; only its 2025 permit count is given.
- The 'Address Segment' and blank-type records on the layer: we treated them as parts of a parcel, not separate properties; counts use distinct parcel numbers.
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Sources
- Basemap/FargoParcels MapServer, layer 0 'Fargo Parcels' ('This is a service of the City of Fargo, ND active tax parcels'): 38,839 records with Owner1, Owner2, LandAddr, mailing city/state/zip, YrBuilt, BldgSF, LandValue, BldgValue, TotalValue, AptUnits, TypeDesc, UseCodeDesc, Zone1; full attribute read without geometry, 39 requests of 1,000, 1 Nov 2026 (values carry Year_ 2027) — City of Fargo, ND (GIS) · openA
- Assessor's Office: 'responsible for appraising the value of all property in the city ... In conjunction with the Cass County Recorder, we also maintain record of property ownership and legal description boundaries'; property information at fargoparcels.com — City of Fargo · openA
- Fargo Parcels (home page): search 'by address or parcel number ... ownership, appraised values for tax purposes, special assessments, basic building and site information and legal descriptions'; disclaimer: data provided 'as is'. robots.txt allows only / and /help, so no parcel page was opened — City of Fargo · openA
- City of Fargo Assessment Department, 2026 Annual Report (sales ratios, 2026 total appraised value by class, exemptions, TIF districts, '2025 Large Value Holders' top ten) — City of Fargo Assessor's Office · openA
- North Dakota Century Code chapter 11-18, s. 11-18-02.2: the grantee 'shall certify on the face of the deed ... A statement of the full consideration paid for the property conveyed', or an exemption (family or affiliate sales, estates, forced sales, quitclaims, sales to or from nonprofits, among others) — North Dakota Legislative Branch · openA
- NDRIN FAQ, 'What does NDRIN cost?': '$30 charge which gives you access to NDRIN for 30-days ... the charges are re-occurring'; '$1 per page cost if you choose to print ... you may preview an unlimited number of documents at no charge'; 'A day pass option is available for $7.00' — North Dakota Recorders Information Network · openA
- NDRIN, ND Recorders: participating counties include Cass — North Dakota Recorders Information Network · openA
- Fargodome (infobox: Owner City of Fargo; Operator Fargo Dome Authority; opened 2 Dec 1992; cost $48 million) — Wikipedia · openA
- Hector International Airport (infobox: Owner Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo) — Wikipedia · openA
- West Acres Shopping Center (infobox: Owner West Acres Development, LLP; 100+ stores; 950,000 sq ft) — Wikipedia · openA
- Fargo, North Dakota, 'Tallest buildings': RDO Building (Block 9 Tower), 234 ft, 18 floors, built 2018-2020, second tallest in North Dakota; Radisson Hotel, 206 ft 8 in, 18 floors, built 1985 — Wikipedia · openA
- City of Fargo Website Terms of Use: 'The material on this site is made available as a public service'; only third-party-licensed images are restricted — City of Fargo · openA
- Sterling Real Estate Trust, Form 10-K for 2025: 'As of December 31, 2025, we owned 175 properties located in 12 states, containing approximately 12,295 apartment units and 1,159,000 square feet of leasable commercial space'; 'Sterling Properties, LLLP was formed as a North Dakota limited liability limited partnership in April 2003 to acquire, own and operate properties on the Trust's behalf'; property table by location — Sterling Real Estate Trust (SEC EDGAR, CIK 1412502) · openA
- Building Permits Survey, places, Midwest Region, annual 2025 (mw2025a.txt): Fargo city (FIPS 25700), Moorhead city MN (FIPS 43864) — US Census Bureau · openA