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.
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]
Preceded by Wells Fargo Plaza | Tallest Building in Bloomington, Minnesota 1988—Present 381 ft | Succeeded by None |
See also
References
- ^ a b Minnesota Modern Registry, Docomomo US MN, accessed April 17, 2023.
- ^ "Home". Normandale Lake Office Park. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ^ "Seeking downtown Bloomington — whose Main Street is called 494". MinnPost. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Voge, Adam (2014-11-06). "Normandale Lake sale is largest in metro history". Finance & Commerce. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ^ "Normandale Lake, the Twin Cities' largest office park, is for sale". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
External links
- Normandale Lake Office Park website
- "8500 Tower, Bloomington". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015.