Midco building $3 million facility in Rapid City

BY KAYLA PRASEK

Midco is bringing all of its Rapid City, S.D., operations into one centralized location.

The telecommunications company broke ground on a new $3 million facility in February. The 22,000-square-foot building, which will be located in east Rapid City near Century Road, will hold Midco’s customer service center, warehouse, offices, engineering and networking equipment and a small TV production studio.

“The facility highlights our continued presence and growth in Rapid City,” says Jon Lundgren, Midco general operations manager in Rapid City. “The facility will house all Midco operations in Rapid City in one location for the first time.”

Currently, Midco has three separate facilities in Rapid City — a field operations facility housing field and maintenance technicians, construction, engineering, sales and production, an equipment facility and a customer service center, which serves as the company’s storefront location in the city.

“The new facility will give us more efficiency, with everything centrally located together,” Lundgren says. “We’ve outgrown the field ops facility, and when it came time to build a new building, it made sense to combine it all together.”

Chief Operating Officer Debbie Stang noted the facility’s importance in a statement. “Combining all of our Rapid City spaces into one building will give us the opportunity to more efficiently meet the growing needs of our customers. The facility’s location also allows us to have a larger, more comfortable, Customer Service Center in a rapidly growing area of the city.”

Henriksen Inc., Malone Engineering Inc., Sperlich Consulting and The Century Cos., all Rapid City-based firms, are planning and building the facility, which is expected to be open by Oct. 1.

“Midco is a trusted community partner, and we’re thrilled that they’ve decided to construct this centralized facility here in Rapid City,” says Benjamin Snow, president of the Rapid City Economic Development Partnership, in a statement. “We are grateful for their capital investment in this project, but more importantly, we are excited about Midco’s commitment to our community’s continued growth.” PB

Kayla Prasek Staff Writer, Prairie Business 701.780.1187 kprasek@prairiebusinessmagazine.com