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The IDS Center is an office skyscraper located at 80 South 8th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Completed in 1972, it is the tallest building in Minneapolis, and the tallest building in the state at a height of 792 feet (241 m). It originally stood 775 feet 6 inches (236.37 m), though a 16-foot (4.9 m) garage for window washing equipment was added between 1978 and 1979. The structure rises to 910 feet (10,900 in) when including communications spires on the roof, indisputably the highest points in the city. The IDS was constructed as the headquarters of Investors Diversified Services, Inc.—now Ameriprise Financial. It also housed the headquarters of Dayton Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation) from 1972 until 2001,More info:wiki
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#10 IDS Center nabs financial tenant from U.S. Bancorp Center,More info:bizjournals
Financial firm UBS is moving its Minnesota headquarters out of Nicollet Mall’s U.S. Bancorp Center.
Zurich, Switzerland-based UBS signed a deal to move more than 100 employees across the street into space on the 29th and 30th floors of IDS Center, according to sources who declined to be named to protect client relationships.
The 29th floor has been vacant for about five years. It was previously leased by Irwin Jacobs’ firms, including boat manufacturer Genmar. UBS is taking a portion of the 30th floor that was most recently leased by law firm Merchant & Gould, which remains a tenant at IDS.
UBS inherited its current lease in the U.S. Bancorp Center at 800 Nicollet Mall when it bought a division of Piper Jaffray in 2006. UBS officials didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Jim Durda, general manager of IDS, issued a statement confirming that “one of the world’s leading financial firms” is moving its business headquarters to IDS early this summer.
#9 IDS Center Crystal Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota,More info:encirclephotos
IDS Center Crystal Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Architect Philip Johnson had the distinction of designing Minnesota’s tallest skyscraper. Finished in 1972, the IDS Center has 57 stories and its glass façade rises 792 feet. The centerpiece is the Crystal Court. The two floors of shops and restaurants are surrounded by 121 foot walls of zigzagging windows. This atrium is a central hub to the Skyway System. These second-level, temperature-controlled walkways fan out for 11 miles and connect buildings across 69 city blocks. So when it is below zero outside, many Minnesotans walk above the downtown streets without coats.
#8 two-story Nordstrom Rack opens in IDS Center,More info:mplsdowntown
The IDS Center welcomed a new retail addition to the downtown community as a two-level Nordstrom Rack opened last week in the Crystal Court.
The store is 39,000 square feet, and its entrance is located on the first level of the IDS Center Crystal Court with a second level one floor below. Outlets and discount stores have become increasingly popular, and the Rack’s opening in downtown Minneapolis reflects that trend.
Nordstrom Rack provides another shopping option for downtown patrons and joins clothing stores Hubert White and Banana Republic in the city’s tallest building.
#7 Top of the IDS Center “SKI-U-MAH LOUNGE” downtown Minneapolis,More info:globalmercantile
#6 Merchant & Gould moving from IDS Center but staying downtown,More info:bizjournals
Law firm Merchant & Gould is moving its headquarters out of IDS Center after 18 years for a pair of floors in the recently renovated Fifth Street Towers.
The intellectual-property law firm will lease 40,246 square feet on floors 21 and 22 in the 150 tower, which is the taller of the two, according to a press release.
Merchant & Gould will make the move in August 2019, according to a press release from Cushman & Wakefield, which advised the law firm on its real estate search.
Merchant & Gould had originally leased 94,000 square feet in IDS Center, but had downsized to 61,000 square feet on floors 30 through 32.
#5 File:IDS Center Crystal Court 2.jpg,More info:wikimedia
#4 IDS CENTER – RETAIL,More info:accessopartners
#3 File:Minneapolis – Downtown with IDS Center 1972.jpg,More info:wikimedia
#2 PETER J. SIEGER ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY,More info:siegerarchphoto
#1 IDS Tower,More info:flickr
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