Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
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Most likely explanation is that the folks in the executive suites all live in the western burbs
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Why do you say its cheaper to have a HQ downtown? I'm pretty sure its cheaper in the burbs, and thats why businesses go there.Can someone explain why companies would pay more to HQ in the suburbs than downtown? I genuinely just don't know.
I mean, I've been around West End and do think it's nice, but not necessarily more so than downtown..
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I think many suburban office buildings include more things in their base rent (like free parking, etc.) than their downtown counterparts. That may have something to do with the disparity.
Meanwhile, I've said it before and the newest report doesn't change a thing: 10% vacancy for Class A office space is the only number that matters. Class B doesn't really enter into it, especially since it will be very difficult to upgrade any of those existing offices to Class A.
And once you're down to 10% (depending on what's going on with the sub-lease market), you're going to have a hard time finding the large, contiguous blocks of space that even a mid-sized tenant would need. If a building has 10,000 sf available on floors 4, 9, and 15, that doesn't do anything for a tenant who's looking for 30,000 sf (and by the way, they'd like it on an upper floor with a view).
You're not going to have somebody build a tower on pure spec, but I think we're getting to the point where large users aren't going to be able to find the space that they want and will start to coalesce around one or two new buildings.
Meanwhile, I've said it before and the newest report doesn't change a thing: 10% vacancy for Class A office space is the only number that matters. Class B doesn't really enter into it, especially since it will be very difficult to upgrade any of those existing offices to Class A.
And once you're down to 10% (depending on what's going on with the sub-lease market), you're going to have a hard time finding the large, contiguous blocks of space that even a mid-sized tenant would need. If a building has 10,000 sf available on floors 4, 9, and 15, that doesn't do anything for a tenant who's looking for 30,000 sf (and by the way, they'd like it on an upper floor with a view).
You're not going to have somebody build a tower on pure spec, but I think we're getting to the point where large users aren't going to be able to find the space that they want and will start to coalesce around one or two new buildings.
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Based off of the article twincitizen posted earlier, some of the office parks in St. Louis Park and Bloomington are more expensive than downtown. These are what I'm wondering about.Why do you say its cheaper to have a HQ downtown? I'm pretty sure its cheaper in the burbs, and thats why businesses go there.Can someone explain why companies would pay more to HQ in the suburbs than downtown? I genuinely just don't know.
I mean, I've been around West End and do think it's nice, but not necessarily more so than downtown..
EDIT:
This
Office market update, and the news ain't great: http://finance-commerce.com/2014/12/loo ... ice-space/
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I've been around Normandale Lake a bit over the years, and it's pretty nice for a suburban office complex. I'm sure the park and lake being right next to it are part of the draw, plus there are a number of restaurants and hotels nearby. That said, I think most office space in the suburbs is going to be less expensive than in downtown.
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Downtown employment numbers for largest 15 employers, end of 2014: http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... ps-in.html
While Target shrunk their downtown presence by 2,500 people last year (moved to BP), employment total among the top 15 stayed pretty flat (up 1%), so I guess there's a silver lining there. USBank, HCMC, Xcel, and RBC Wealth Management added the most new downtown workers. TCF's 1,000 employees will be leaving soon, so that'll be another gap to fill. USBank is growing like crazy, and will probably keep adding jobs downtown, but they also have a sublease deal at Best Buy HQ in Richfield that can keep growing as Best Buy stagnates, shrinks, or (gasp!) goes away. USBank also has the two Meridian Towers leased in Richfield, so they are presumably pretty comfy there at 494/35W. Wells Fargo, of course, will be consolidating employees at the new Downtown East campus.
While Target shrunk their downtown presence by 2,500 people last year (moved to BP), employment total among the top 15 stayed pretty flat (up 1%), so I guess there's a silver lining there. USBank, HCMC, Xcel, and RBC Wealth Management added the most new downtown workers. TCF's 1,000 employees will be leaving soon, so that'll be another gap to fill. USBank is growing like crazy, and will probably keep adding jobs downtown, but they also have a sublease deal at Best Buy HQ in Richfield that can keep growing as Best Buy stagnates, shrinks, or (gasp!) goes away. USBank also has the two Meridian Towers leased in Richfield, so they are presumably pretty comfy there at 494/35W. Wells Fargo, of course, will be consolidating employees at the new Downtown East campus.
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A bummer to see Target moving so many people out of downtown (plus people getting laid off thanks to the Canadian expansion failure), but also good to see bright spots.
US Bank is projecting a lot of growth, as noted, and I think most of it will be downtown. Yeah, they have the Best Buy HQ space, but Best Buy really has done a lot of recovery, and their last quarter blew away expectations. I think they've at least stabilized.
Another bright spot is the Star Tribune. They added a lot of employees during this last year and they've indicated that they'll continue to do so. They seem to have regained their confidence now that the combo of bankruptcy and a crappy economy have waned.
US Bank is projecting a lot of growth, as noted, and I think most of it will be downtown. Yeah, they have the Best Buy HQ space, but Best Buy really has done a lot of recovery, and their last quarter blew away expectations. I think they've at least stabilized.
Another bright spot is the Star Tribune. They added a lot of employees during this last year and they've indicated that they'll continue to do so. They seem to have regained their confidence now that the combo of bankruptcy and a crappy economy have waned.
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I'm suspicious of the 63% growth listed for Xcel. I feel like I would have noticed a thousand new employees downtown over the past year.
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Marketing firm Young America leaving namesake Minnesota town for the big city
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... esake.html
"Young America Corp. is moving about 100 employees and its corporate headquarters to downtown Minneapolis in May, leaving Norwood Young America, the town for which it was named.
Young America leased 17,000 square feet on the seventh floor of the Lumber Exchange Building at 10 S. Fifth St., said Ken Sherman, principal of Minneapolis-based Sherman Group, which owns the building."...
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... esake.html
"Young America Corp. is moving about 100 employees and its corporate headquarters to downtown Minneapolis in May, leaving Norwood Young America, the town for which it was named.
Young America leased 17,000 square feet on the seventh floor of the Lumber Exchange Building at 10 S. Fifth St., said Ken Sherman, principal of Minneapolis-based Sherman Group, which owns the building."...
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Great to see another tenant going into this landmark. Hopefully this will help to encourage more updating to the building.Marketing firm Young America leaving namesake Minnesota town for the big city
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... esake.html
"Young America Corp. is moving about 100 employees and its corporate headquarters to downtown Minneapolis in May, leaving Norwood Young America, the town for which it was named.
Young America leased 17,000 square feet on the seventh floor of the Lumber Exchange Building at 10 S. Fifth St., said Ken Sherman, principal of Minneapolis-based Sherman Group, which owns the building."...
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The article makes it quite clear that the move DT is, in large part, due to the need to recruit talent in the technology and digital marketing areas.
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Avison Young, a Canadian based real estate brokerage, opens an office in the Accenture building:
http://www.avisonyoung.com/fileDownload ... 5Final.pdf
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... enson.html
http://www.avisonyoung.com/fileDownload ... 5Final.pdf
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... enson.html
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With the acquisition of URS by engineering firm AECOM the two companies will be consolidating their 200-300 person combined workforce sometime this summer. URS is currently in Fifth Street Towers and AECOM is in LaSalle Plaza.
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How that acquisition didn't raise a bunch of anti-trust red flags is totally beyond me.
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Why the Twin Cities is an attractive office market on a national scale:
http://m.bizjournals.com/twincities/blo ... -next.html
http://m.bizjournals.com/twincities/blo ... -next.html
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^^^ That is an advertisement.
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Yea, hopefully it works.
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So for those of you hoping for Target to save the day and help the growth of Minneapolis, maybe even build a new tower at some point, this is happening:
http://www.startribune.com/business/294837161.html
For those without a subscription, Target is cutting several thousand positions over the next two years, primarily at headquarters, to try and achieve $2b in cost saving while investing in tech and stock buybacks.
One analyst even said this:
"That popping sound you hear is the downtown Minneapolis bubble."
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"Wonder if any downtown Minneapolis apartment builders are rethinking things w/Target's big job cuts? strib.mn/1vZiUtY"
http://www.startribune.com/business/294837161.html
For those without a subscription, Target is cutting several thousand positions over the next two years, primarily at headquarters, to try and achieve $2b in cost saving while investing in tech and stock buybacks.
One analyst even said this:
"That popping sound you hear is the downtown Minneapolis bubble."
and
"Wonder if any downtown Minneapolis apartment builders are rethinking things w/Target's big job cuts? strib.mn/1vZiUtY"
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Ugh. Our world doesn't revolve around Target. Many of the people I know who are living downtown don't even work for Target. A lot are going there to work for smaller businesses or start ups or law firms even. I am ANALYZING that this won't really affect much of the downtown cycle. Then again, I'm just an optimist who says what I see.
I thought Target gave up on building a new tower after the debacle with Lisa Goodman and the NIMBY squad.
I thought Target gave up on building a new tower after the debacle with Lisa Goodman and the NIMBY squad.
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