City has good stock of commercial space for expansion needs

LONGMONT ? With more than a million square feet of available office/industrial space locally, Longmont is still attracting large companies and filling up much of its available space.

At the end of 1991, primary employers ? those exporting a product or service and importing cash — occupied 3.8 million square feet of office and industrial space, according to figures from the Longmont Area Economic Council (LAEC). From 1992 to 2000, primary employers have occupied an additional 4.3 million square feet of space, representing an average annual absorption of 472,780 square feet since 1991.

As of mid-March, primary employers occupied 8.03 million…