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The '''IDS Center''' is a mixed-use 57-[[Storey|story]], {{convert|241|m|ft|adj=on|order=flip}} [[skyscraper]] in [[Minneapolis]]. The building was completed in 1972 becoming the [[List of tallest buildings in Minneapolis|tallest building in Minneapolis]] and the [[List of tallest buildings in Minnesota|tallest building in the state]], both titles the building still holds today. The IDS Center surpassed the height of the city's then-tallest building, the 32-story [[Foshay Tower]] (built in 1929), and went on to dominate the Minneapolis skyline throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s. The IDS Center is still one of the city's major buildings.
The '''IDS Center''' is a mixed-use [[skyscraper]] in [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]] that is 57 stories, {{convert|241|m|ft|adj=off|order=flip}} tall. Completed in 1972, it is the [[List of tallest buildings in Minneapolis|tallest building in Minneapolis]] and the [[List of tallest buildings in Minnesota|tallest building in the state]]. The building became the tallest when it surpassed the 32-story [[Foshay Tower]], which was built in 1929. The IDS Center has been a defining structure in Minneapolis's skyline since its completion.


The IDS Center originally housed the headquarters of [[Investors Diversified Services]] (now Ameriprise Financial) and the [[Dayton Hudson Corporation|Dayton-Hudson Corporation]] (now the Target Corporation). The building, in addition to offices on its main floors, has several local [[radio]] and [[television]] broadcasting systems on its roof.
The building originally housed the headquarters of both [[Investors Diversified Services]] (now Ameriprise Financial) and the [[Dayton Hudson Corporation|Dayton-Hudson Corporation]] (now the Target Corporation) from the 1970s until the early 2000s. The building also has local [[radio]] and [[television]] broadcasting systems on its roof.


The IDS Center's ground floor notably houses a multi-level lobby, shopping area, and glass-covered urban park called the '''Crystal Court'''. The building has appeared in several films and television shows, including in the 1970s sitcom ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''<nowiki/>'s [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence|opening sequence]].
The IDS Center's ground floor notably houses a multi-level lobby, shopping area, and glass-covered urban park called the '''Crystal Court'''. The building has appeared in several films and television shows, including in the 1970s sitcom ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''<nowiki/>'s [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show opening sequence|opening sequence]].

Revision as of 20:49, 6 July 2022

IDS Center
Owner Hudson Filippi
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
Location80 8th Street S.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates44°58′34″N 93°16′21″W / 44.9760°N 93.2724°W / 44.9760; -93.2724
Construction started1969; 56 years ago (1969)
Completed1972; 53 years ago (1972)[1]
Height
Antenna spire910 ft (280 m)
Roof792 ft (241 m)
Technical details
Floor count57 (52 occupied)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Philip Johnson
Johnson/Burgee Architects
DeveloperInvestors Diversified Services
(now known as Ameriprise Financial, Inc.)
Structural engineerSeverud Associates
Website
ids-center.com
Lower structures

The IDS Center is a mixed-use skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota that is 57 stories, 791 feet (241 m) tall. Completed in 1972, it is the tallest building in Minneapolis and the tallest building in the state. The building became the tallest when it surpassed the 32-story Foshay Tower, which was built in 1929. The IDS Center has been a defining structure in Minneapolis's skyline since its completion.

The building originally housed the headquarters of both Investors Diversified Services (now Ameriprise Financial) and the Dayton-Hudson Corporation (now the Target Corporation) from the 1970s until the early 2000s. The building also has local radio and television broadcasting systems on its roof.

The IDS Center's ground floor notably houses a multi-level lobby, shopping area, and glass-covered urban park called the Crystal Court. The building has appeared in several films and television shows, including in the 1970s sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show's opening sequence.

The building is on Nicollet Mall and is connected to several other downtown buildings via the Minneapolis Skyway System. For a few years the building's status as the tallest in the city was questioned, but the IDS Center was reaffirmed as the tallest building after new measurements in 2005.

History

Planning for the building began in 1962. Construction began in 1969. The 57-story IDS became the tallest skyscraper in Minneapolis when it surpassed the height of the 32-story Foshay Tower in 1972, ending that building's 43-year reign over the city skyline. Construction of the building was followed with great interest, and the topping-off ceremony was a major civic event in the city.[2] In addition to being taller, IDS occupies a much larger footprint than the obelisk-like Foshay.

Minneapolis with IDS Center 1972

A major severe thunderstorm hit the Twin Cities in June of 1979 breaking over 1,000 panes of glass on the IDS Center.[3]

Design and environment

A lobby and shopping area at the bottom of the tower is known as the Crystal Court, and provides skyway connections between the tower and four adjacent blocks.[4] The Concourse level is occupied by Globe College and University; originally this floor was an extension of the Crystal Court retail space and included a single-screen movie theater and shops. The building had a 51st floor observation deck until 1984.[5] Thousands of people came for one last visit on December 31, 1983. The 50th Floor formerly contained an east-facing "Orion Room" restaurant, a north-facing bar and cocktail lounge, a private south-facing dining club ("Tower Club"), all which were converted to office space. The west-facing "University of Minnesota Alumni Club" closed to the public in 1994.

As of ‹See RfD› 2025, the entire 50th floor consists of four large ballrooms with a single central kitchen. The rooms are collectively known as "Windows on Minnesota," and they serve as banquet space for the Marquette Hotel.[6]

Because of the IDS Center's peculiar and unique stepback design, termed "zogs" by its architect, Philip Johnson, each floor has up to 32 corner offices.[3] The area of Nicollet Mall in front of the IDS Center is familiar to television viewers: The character of Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show was seen on Nicollet Mall looking at an IDS shop in the opening montage of the show.[7] Across South 7th Street from the IDS was Donaldson's Department Store in front of which she tossed her hat in the air at the end of the opening sequence. A statue commemorating that shot stands approximately at the camera location of the view, created and maintained by TV Land.[8] She is also seen in the show opening dining with then-husband Grant Tinker at what is now the terrace of Basil's Restaurant on the hotel's third floor overlooking the Crystal Court, where diners can sit at the "Mary Tyler Moore Table."[9]

The IDS complex consists of five parts: the IDS Tower itself, an 8-story annex building along Marquette Avenue, the 19-story Marquette Hotel at 7th Street & Marquette Avenue, and a 2-story retail building that was originally dominated by Woolworth's.

The building has not been without structural problems. Since soon after its construction, the Crystal Court had issues with water leaking through the roof after rain or snow due to effects of Minnesota's extreme freeze-thaw cycle.[10] There are also frequent problems in the winter when ice falls from the tower and onto the court's glass roof panels, often breaking through.[11]

Due to mechanical floors, the numbering of floors in the building is slightly off as seen by the 51st floor technically being the building's 53rd floor.[11]

Tallest Building Debate

The Crystal Court

The owners of the Capella Tower (formerly First Bank Place) and the architects behind the design stated that it rose 774 feet (236 m) tall upon its completion in 1992. However, the height had been increased due to an engineering need. The construction team added an extra 10 inches (25 cm) to that, bringing the building to a total of 776 feet 0 inches (236.52 m).[citation needed]

In the years following completion, the actual height eventually became known as it was published in almanacs and other listings of building height. As area journalists reported on the sale of the IDS Center to the John Buck Company in 2004 and the death of designer Philip Johnson in 2005, they came face-to-face with the fact that the roof of the tower was one foot lower than its neighbor.

Emporis restored the IDS Center to first-place status in the city in February 2005 by including the height of the window-washing garage, although that has not completely ended the dispute. A spokesperson for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which sometimes handles height disputes, stated that it would be unlikely for the garage to be included in the official height because many would not consider it to be an integral part of the building's design.[citation needed] However, it was officially included in the IDS's height.

It is unclear if the height of the Capella Tower reaches to the top of the "halo" surrounding the screen walls (walls designed to hide cooling towers on the roof), so the height of the flat roof might be somewhat shorter, or that building might similarly be able to add to its height by including the additional structure. Presently, the IDS is considered to be 15 feet (4.6 m) taller than the former First Bank Tower.[citation needed]

Broadcasting

Communication spires on top of the building tower to 910 feet (280 m), the highest point in Minneapolis. A number of major FM radio stations which formerly broadcast from the site now use the IDS as a backup in case their primary location in Shoreview, Minnesota were to fail. One of the most notable broadcasters was 99.5 WLOL until the pop format signed off in late February 1991. In fact, one well-known reference was "From the top-top-top of the IDS Center, 99 and 1/2 WLOL Minneapolis-Saint Paul!" In 2009 the equipment was removed and digital towers were added for the national digital switch.[citation needed] Some television broadcasters using the towers include Univision affiliate WUMN-LD and KMBD-LD, which broadcasts HSN programming, while the area's major television stations use them for their STL towers and microwave relays to Shoreview and their studios and live trucks.

FM

FM radio stations
Frequency Call sign Name Format Owner
90.3 KFAI Fresh Air Radio Community Fresh Air, Inc.
90.7 K214DF
(KTIS-AM Translator)		 Faith 900 Christian University of Northwestern - St. Paul
93.3 W227BF
(KQQL HD-2 Translator)		 BIN 93.3 All-news radio Educational Media Foundation
(operated by iHeartMedia)
95.3 KNOF PraiseLive Contemporary Christian Educational Media Foundation
(operated by Christian Heritage Broadcasting)
96.7 K244FE
(KQQL HD-3 Translator)		 KFAN+ Sports Educational Media Foundation
(operated by iHeartMedia)
99.9 K260BA
(KFXN HD-3 Translator)		 K-Love Contemporary Christian iHeartMedia
102.5 K273BH
(KTCZ HD-3 Translator)		 Hot 102.5 hip hop Educational Media Foundation
(operated by iHeartMedia)
103.5 K278BP
(KTLK-AM Translator)		 News Talk 1130 News/Talk iHeartMedia
105.7 WWWM-FM
(WGVX Simulcast)		 Love 105 Soft AC/Oldies Cumulus Broadcasting

Television

Channel Callsign Affiliation Branding Subchannels Owner
(Virtual) Channel Programming
14.2 K14RB-D EWTN EWTN 14.1
14.3
14.4 		Program guide
Local programming
EWTN 		St. Michael Broadcasting, Inc.
15.1 KWJM-LD Infomercials 15.2
15.3
15.4 		Novelisima
Infomercials
Jewelry TV 		DTV America Corporation
25.1 KJNK-LD Telemundo Telemundo Minneapolis 25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6 		SBN
Cozi TV
LX
Evine
GetTV
33.1 K33LN-D QVC QVC 33.2
33.4
33.5
33.6
33.7
33.8 		HSN
Shop LC
Shop HQ
3ABN
NTD America
Classic Reruns TV
43.1 KMBD-LD QVC QVC
49.1 KMQV-LD Infomercials 49.2
49.3
49.4 		Timeless TV
Infomercials
Infomercials
  • Mary Tyler Moore's character was shown dining in Basil's Restaurant overlooking the Crystal Court in the introduction to The Mary Tyler Moore Show; it was not known as "Basil's" during that time.
  • The Crystal Court is featured in the video of Hüsker Dü's cover of the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song.
  • The building was briefly mentioned by Steve Buscemi in Fargo - "IDS Building, the big glass one, tallest skyscraper in the Midwest after the Sears - uh, Chicago...John Hancock building whatever..."
  • David Treuer's novel The Hiawatha describes the role of American-Indian labor in building the tower.
  • In the movie Purple Rain, Prince is seen looking in the window of a store on the Skyway Level of the Crystal Court.
  • In the movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and the short film The Crimson Permanent Assurance, the IDS Tower is among a group of buildings creating a large financial district.[citation needed]
  • In an establishing shot from the movie Shazam!, the IDS Tower stands in for Doctor Sivana's business headquarters.[citation needed]

Ownership and tenants

Ownership

The building was purchased by the John Buck Company in December 2004 for US$225 million. Just over a year later in January 2006, the company began looking for new buyers. In August 2006 it was sold to The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc., for approximately $277 million. Beacon Investment Properties of Hallandale Beach, FL purchased the building from Inland in April 2013 for approximately $253 million.[12][13][14]

Owners of IDS Center

  • Investor's Diversified Services (Now Ameriprise Financial) 1972-1981 Construction cost US$13.5 million[15][16]
  • Oxford Development 1981-2004. Purchase price US$200 million[17]
  • John Buck Company 2004-2006. Purchase price US$225 million[18]
  • Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc 2006-2013. Purchase price US$277 million[19]
  • Beacon Investment Properties (Now Accesso Partners, LLC) [20] [21] 2013-Present. Purchase price $253 million.
    • Joint Venture with Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd & Menora Mivtahim Insurance Ltd., both based in Tel Aviv.[22][23]

Tenants

The tower is leased to smaller businesses. The IDS has 1.4 million square feet (120,000 m²) of office and retail space. Tenants include:

The two main original tenants of the building were Investors Diversified Services and the Dayton-Hudson Corporation, both of which were headquartered in the building from 1972 until 2000.[30][31]

See also

References

  1. ^ Henry Breimhurst, [1], Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Nov 29, 1996.
  2. ^ "The IDS Center - Minneapolis Riverfront News - Minneapolis Riverfront Neighborhoods". millcitytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. ^ a b "All That Glass | Architecture MN Magazine". www.aia-mn.org. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  4. ^ "IDS Center Celebrates Grand Reopening of the Crystal Court - Minneapolis Riverfront News - Minneapolis Riverfront Neighborhoods". millcitytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  5. ^ "Best Observation Decks In Minnesota". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  6. ^ "About Wedding, Event Venue in Minnesota - Windows on Minnesota". www.windowsonminnesota.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  7. ^ "Marquette Hotel unveils revamp of iconic IDS restaurant space". Twin Cities. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  8. ^ "Mary Tyler Moore to Unveil Tam Toss Statue May 8". City of Minneapolis News. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  9. ^ "ids center mary tuler moore - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  10. ^ Susan Feyder, 34 years later, IDS may finally be high AND dry Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 4, 2007.
  11. ^ a b Minneapolis icons: IDS Center Fact or Fiction, retrieved 2022-06-29
  12. ^ "Beacon Investment Properties Joint Venture Buys Minnesota's IDS Center for $253M". National Real Estate Investor. April 26, 2013.
  13. ^ "57-Story IDS Center, Minnesota's Tallest Office Tower, Minneapolis' Signature Skyscraper, is Acquired by Beacon Investment Properties in a Joint Venture with Harel Insurance & Finance and Menora Mivtachim Insurance for $253 Million" (Press release). April 26, 2013.
  14. ^ Painter, Kristen Leigh (March 28, 2016). "IDS Center, tallest building in the state, is up for sale again". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  15. ^ Tribune, Rick Nelson Star. "Things you might not know about the IDS". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  16. ^ Ford, Joe (April 5, 2021). "How much did it cost to build the IDS Center?". answers-to-all.com.
  17. ^ "Timeline - IDS Center". ids-center.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  18. ^ "Field Trip - IDS Center". www.fieldtripper.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  19. ^ Staff, BMTN. "Deal on iconic IDS closes for estimated $255M". Bring Me The News. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  20. ^ "Beacon Investment Properties Has Changed Its Name to Accesso Partners LLC". www.businesswire.com. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  21. ^ Gilyard, Burl (2013-04-25). "IDS Center sold for $253 million | Finance & Commerce". Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  22. ^ Gilyard, Burl (2013-04-26). "IDS Center sale: Price 9 percent lower than 2006 sale | Finance & Commerce". Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  23. ^ Gilyard, Burl (2013-04-25). "IDS Center sold for $253 million | Finance & Commerce". Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  24. ^ a b c d "IDS Center could fetch $300M, depending upon credit of law firms - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal". Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  25. ^ "Dady & Gardner, P.A. In Minneapolis, Minnesota".
  26. ^ "Hubert White Celebrates 100 Years of Business". Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  27. ^ "Hubert White celebrates a century in business". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  28. ^ "Beacon". Beacon. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  29. ^ "Hall Law P.A. - a Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN) Personal Injury Law Firm". pview.findlaw.com. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  30. ^ "Minnesota by Design – IDS Tower and Crystal Court". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  31. ^ News, I. D. S. (2020-10-11). "The IDS Center". IDS Center. Retrieved 2022-06-29. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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