3280 University Ave
Waterloo, IA 50701

This Perkins is located on University Avenue in Waterloo, Iowa. Traffic counts average 16,700 vehicles daily in front of the property. Perkins is adjacent to McDonald Supply and Casey’s General Store, and across from Lark Brewing. Other area properties include HyVee, Caribou Coffee, YMCA, Walgreens, Tractor Supply Co, Jimmy John’s, Little Caesars Pizza, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Goodwill, and many more. Perkins is 1.5 miles east of College Square Mall with an array of stores, specialty boutiques, restaurants and service providers. Perkins is 3 miles east of University of Northern Iowa, a top ranked public university with nearly 12,000 students enrolled. Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa. The city is part of the Waterloo –Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the more populous of the two cities. Cedar Falls is home to the University of Northern Iowa. The largest employers in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls MSA include John Deere, Tyson Fresh Meats, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, UnityPoint Health, the University of Northern Iowa, HyVee Food Stores, Waterloo Community Schools, Target Regional Distribution Center, CBE Companies, Inc., City of Waterloo, and Bertch Cabinet Manufacturing. Waterloo is home to the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) one of 49 federally designated National Heritage Areas and is an Affiliated Area of the National Park Service. Through the development of a network of 113 partner sites, programs and events, SSNHA's mission is to interpret farm life, agribusiness and rural communities-past and present. Waterloo partner sites include the Waterloo Center for the Arts and the Grout Museum. A 40-acre public garden oasis located directly east of Hawkeye Community College. The Waterloo Center for the Arts (WCA) is a regional center for visual and performance arts. It is owned and operated by the City of Waterloo with oversight by the advisory Waterloo Cultural and Arts Commission. It is also an anchor for the Waterloo Cultural and Arts District (a State of Iowa designation). The permanent collection at the WCA includes the largest collection of Haitian art in the country, Midwest Regionalist art (including works by Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton), Mexican folk art, international folk art, American decorative arts, and public art. Waterloo is 100 miles northeast of Des Moines, and 110 miles south of Rochester, Minnesota.