Orton Companies designs and builds barndominiums in Minneapolis in Minnesota — living space, shop, and storage under one roof, detailed for Minnesota weather.
A shop-house in Minneapolis has to work as a home and as a building you can pull into. We plan the living layout with the bays, the doors, and the insulation so the structure is permitted for how you will actually use it. Design and construction stay with the same crew from the first sketch to move-in.
City of Minneapolis for city parcels; surrounding first-ring cities each have their own rules
License
MN License BC-809449 · 19060 253rd Avenue, Big Lake, MN 55309
People in Minneapolis often type “pole barn builders” and mean the land they actually own — Dayton, Rogers, or Becker more often than a city lot. We serve Minneapolis owners, and we usually build on ground that can take the building.
If your parcel is inside the city, we will tell you whether post-frame is realistic. If you live in Minneapolis and own acreage in Sherburne, Wright, or Anoka County, that is often the better project — and it is a short drive from our yard.
Barndominiums are not a downtown Minneapolis product. We design them for the acreage those owners actually own — often northwest of the metro.
What Minneapolis sites usually need
Minneapolis proper is not a farm-barn market. Lots are tight, reviews are urban, and a classic agricultural pole barn is the wrong product. The jobs that make sense are specialty structures, commercial shells where zoning allows, renovations, and buildings for owners who live in the city and build on land they own outside it.
Typical Minneapolis projects
Specialty and commercial post-frame where zoning allows
Repairs and renovations on existing buildings
Shops and barns on land Minneapolis owners hold in the suburbs or exurbs
High-finish vehicle storage on rare suitable parcels
Nearby communities
St. PaulGolden ValleySt. Louis ParkColumbia Heights
Minnesota work we do for Minneapolis owners
Finished buildings from the Big Lake crew — the same work we do for Minneapolis owners. When we complete a project there, it will sit here with the city and size.
Yes. Orton Companies designs and builds barndominiums in Minneapolis and throughout Twin Cities Metro — living space and shop under one post-frame roof.
Can you build a shop-house near Minneapolis?
Yes. Shop-houses with living space and garage or workshop bays are a regular build for Minneapolis landowners.
Do you handle the design and the construction?
Yes. The same Orton crew that draws the Minneapolis building can stand it up, so the living plan and the shop bays are one job.
Can a barndominium be a full-time home in Minneapolis?
Yes, when the parcel and the permit path allow living space. We confirm that before the floor plan gets expensive.
Do you work with Minneapolis owners on pole barns?
Yes. We serve Minneapolis owners. Many projects land on land they hold in the northwest metro. We confirm what the actual parcel can take before we bid.
Where is Orton Companies relative to Minneapolis?
Our yard is at 19060 253rd Avenue, Big Lake, MN 55309 — about 45–50 minutes northwest of Minneapolis.
Are you a licensed Minnesota contractor?
Yes. Orton Companies holds Minnesota Residential Building Contractor license BC-809449, founded by Elijah Orton, and based in Big Lake.
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