Canadian Pacific Plaza is a 383-ft tall skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was completed in 1960 and has 28 floors. It is the 21st-tallest building in the city. It is the first major post-World War II skyscraper built in Minneapolis. It is also the city's tallest building completed in the 1960s. The New York Life Insurance Building was demolished to make way for this building. A skyway connects the building to the Rand Tower, Soo Line Building, and US Bank Plaza.The building was previously known as One Financial Plaza. Before that, it was the headquarters for First Bank System. In August 2012, the building was renamed when the Canadian Pacific Railway moved its United States headquarters and 400 employees out of the adjacent Soo Line Building, which was being converted into a residential building. The Soo Line Building was named after the historic Soo Line Railroad, of which the Canadian Pacific majority shareholder in 1890 and took full control in 1990, moving its own US headquarters into the former Soo Line offices.
Marquette Plaza is a highrise in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota located at 250 Marquette Avenue.DesignDesigned by Gunnar Birkerts, it was home to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis from 1973 to 1997 (hence, many people refer to it as "the old Federal Reserve building"). Designed much like a suspension bridge, most of the original floors are supported by two sets of catenary cables. Underground chambers were used for vault space, and an external elevator shaft was attached on the east face of the building to connect a ground-floor lobby with the rest of the building. There was originally a gap between the lobby and the rest of the above ground structure to emphasize the construction method.While the building's design has been highly praised as an engineering achievement, it was plagued with design defects that led to leaky windows and other problems. In addition, asbestos had been heavily used in the building's construction. The Minneapolis Federal Reserve decided to build a new complex a few blocks away rather than renovate the structure, and it passed to private hands. The building was remodeled in 2002 for about US$65 million, a process which included adding office space to the east side and into the aboveground gap, while also converting a concrete plaza into a grassy park. A skyway connection was added to the ING ReliaStar 111 Building.
100 Washington Square is a 332-ft tall skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis. Construction started in 1979 and was completed in 1981, covers 481,600 square feet and has 22 floors. It is the 26th tallest building in the city. The building was designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, who had previously designed the Northwestern National Life Building in Minneapolis and the World Trade Center in New York City. As with the Trade Center, the exterior of the building is composed of closely spaced load-bearing steel that distributes weight to the core and removes the need for internal support columns.A skyway connects the building to Churchill Apartments, and The Crossings. In 2015, Shorenstein, a national real estate investing organization, purchased the three buildings that comprise the Washington Square campus, including 100 Washington Square.ING, a successor to Northwestern National Live Insurance, is the largest tenant.
Plaza VII is a 475-ft tall skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was completed in 1987 and has 36 floors. It is the tallest mixed-use building in Minneapolis and contains offices and the Radisson Blu Minneapolis Hotel.