So, Target is planning a ginormous development in Brooklyn Park. Great for Brooklyn Park. Sucks for Minneapolis.

I’ve never experienced the downtown office tower work environment, but I have been in the suburban corporate campus work environment. Both certainly have their perks. I guess as an individual, it’s more comfortable to be out on the corporate campus where your company caters to you like that. But overall, I’d rather see a business more integrated into the city.

Although, hell, most of the other huge companies in town have their corporate campuses out in the suburbs, so why should Target be any different?

The official headquarters and the current 10,000 downtown employees will stay right where they are. It’s the existing Brooklyn Park facility that’s getting expanded. Too expensive to build downtown. Faster and cheaper to build in Brooklyn Park.

Any guesses as to what the “two or more hotels” and “up to 3000 living units” planned for the development have to do with the Target Corporation?

(via Behind The Mortgage)

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