According to statistics from the Builders Association of the Twin Cities and the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors, Lakeville is building the most of the south metro cities!  In January 2013, Lakeville had 31 building permits up from just 6 in January 2012.  Lakeville was also in the top 5 Twin Cities communities for the number of permitted units, coming in 3rd with 33 (this included multi-family units).

See the table below for several other cities in the south metro.