8500 Tower

The 8500 Tower is a 24-story high-rise office skyscraper in the city of Bloomington, Minnesota. It stands at a height of 381 feet, making it the 26th-tallest building in the state of Minnesota. It is also the tallest building in Bloomington, as well as in all of the suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.

8500 Tower
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location5800 84th Street West,
Bloomington, Minnesota
Coordinates44°51′13″N 93°21′24″W
Completed1988
Height
Roof381 ft (116 m)
Technical details
Floor count24
Design and construction
Architect(s)Wilson/Jenkins Assoc.[1]
Main contractorM.A. Mortenson Co.[1]

The building is part of the Normandale Lake Office Park, a five-building office complex located on the north end of Normandale Lake.[2] The complex is considered to be at the center of "downtown" Bloomington - the business district that runs along the southern side of Interstate 494.[3]

The building, along with the rest of Normandale Lake Office Park, was owned by Equity Group Investments from 2012 to 2014, when it was sold to MetLife.[4] The sale was speculated to be the largest in the history of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, though an exact price was not publicly disclosed.[5] In 2019, the property was again put up for sale.[6]

See also

References
  1. Minnesota Modern Registry, Docomomo US MN, accessed April 17, 2023.
  2. "Home". Normandale Lake Office Park. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  3. "Seeking downtown Bloomington — whose Main Street is called 494". MinnPost. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. Black, Sam (Sep 17, 2014). "Sam Zell finds a buyer for Normandale Lake Office Park". www.bizjournals.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  5. Voge, Adam (2014-11-06). "Normandale Lake sale is largest in metro history". Finance & Commerce. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  6. "Normandale Lake, the Twin Cities' largest office park, is for sale". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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