Building Blocks: Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center
The Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, built in the 1960s, anchors the western edge of the Macalester College campus and contains studios, classrooms, a gallery and theaters. In 2011 the college embarked...
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: 530 North Third Street
In 2011, the building ran into a problem when the fast-growing jeweler Chamalia left.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks – Uptown Row
With its teeming density of apartments, condos, homes, retail and restaurants, Uptown in Minneapolis has a plethora of nearly everything — except offices. Uptown Row splits the difference by offering...
View ArticleBuilding Blocks – Bassett Creek Business Center
Located in the North Loop neighborhood, Bassett Creek Business Center is a rare mixture of office space and residential units.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: 945 Broadway, Water Tower Place
Though located miles apart, these two buildings share several similarities. They were once mattress factories that are now owned by First & First and leased by Java Properties, both based in...
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Soo Visual Arts Center / Zeus Jones office
The majority of the Soo Visual Arts Center’s space is leased to the marketing agency Zeus Jones, which came up with a decidedly different office featuring what might be called Uptown Industrial.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: The Copham
The Copham is the newest addition to one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the region — Minneapolis' North Loop.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Marquette Plaza
The former Federal Reserve Bank, designed by Gunnar Birkerts, was one of the first structures ever built using a cable support system similar to the kind used in suspension bridges.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Cornerstone Estates
The Cornerstone Estates apartment complex sits on a prominent corner of St. Paul’s East Side, just off Interstate 35E and Maryland Avenue.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: The Gilbert Building
Bob McCullough, who owns the building with his wife, Lynn, renovated every floor and office over the past two years to create a more contemporary and welcoming environment.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Parkway West Apartments
Michael Lander, a developer with a reputation for building in dense urban neighborhoods, has spent $8 million to construct a four-story apartment building in the Longfellow neighborhood.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Griggs Midway Building
With 500,000 square feet of office space, the cream-colored Griggs Midway Building is one of the largest business campuses on University Avenue.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: ElseWarehouse
ElseWarehouse offers 116 tony, one- to three-bedroom apartments in Minneapolis' booming North Loop. It’s the latest North Loop conversion by developer Greco Properties.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: St. Paul Building
The narrow, eight-story building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, offers 4,000-square-foot floor plates and plenty of smaller spaces for one- and two-person shops.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Oaks Station Place Apartments
Manager Mark Johnson said the goal of Oaks Properties was to build a housing complex where people would not need a car to get around and could live a green lifestyle.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Grand Oak Business Park
The sprawling Grand Oak Business Park consists of eight Class A office buildings and two retail structures.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Riverplace
For nearly two decades now, the once notorious entertainment center has served as an office complex on historic Main Street overlooking the Mississippi River and the Minneapolis skyline.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: SOHO
SOHO is the rarest of buildings in downtown Minneapolis — a business and residential condo complex.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Room & Board
The corporate office includes designers, marketers, public relations, finance, a repair area, a photography studio, and a “central lab” where employees test out different combinations that might end up...
View ArticleBuilding Blocks: Carondelet Village
Set off from busy Fairview Avenue in St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood, the $60 million Carondelet Village senior development is the newest addition to the University of St. Catherine’s campus.
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