Our 2015 Top News

Read some of our top news from 2015.

Street Smart
Architecture MN
1/2015
The Nic on Fifth® was carefully designed to connect to the street but not to draw too much attention to itself, allowing it to fit into the downtown Minneapolis streetscape and skyline with ease.

Industrial Developers Confront Land Scarcity
GlobeSt.com
2/13/2015
Midwest Warehouse will be the sole tenant of the 604,565-square-foot logistics center based in the Chicago suburb of North Aurora.

“Gateway” to Luxury, Context through Design-Build
Construtech
2/25/2015
Our design-build process is integral to delivering the Central West End Luxury Apartments in St. Louis, Mo.

NAIOP Awards Shine Spotlight on Industry
Colorado Real Estate Journal
2/26/2015
Verve, a luxury multifamily development in Denver, recently one NAIOP Colorado’s Multifamily Development of the Year.

Land Rush Is Heating Up Across All Commercial Sectors
National Real Estate Investor
4/22/2015
With construction increasing across the country, land acquisitions are also hot.

Operation Breakthrough Wins $62,000 in National Contest
Kansas Real Estate Rama
4/23/2015
Operation Breakthrough was the inaugural Gerry Rauenhorst Building Community Award Winner.

Starbucks Coming to Mixed-Use Center in Iowa
Chain Store Age
5/28/2015
Starbucks and Barefoot Campus Outfitter will fill spaces in The Foundry, a luxury student housing development in Ames, Iowa.

Another Spec Development Comes to Iowa
GlobeSt.com
5/29/2015
Gateway Industrial Center will join Corporate Woods Industrial Park on our Iowa portfolio.

AmerisourceBergen to Build Three Distribution Centers
CoStar
6/2/2015
We’ll develop, design and construct a distribution center for the company at Valley Park Business Center in Shakopee, Minn.

Fit Me Kate: St. Catherine University Upgrades Fitness Facilities
American School & University
6/25/2015
Opus Design Build completed construction on an expansion and renovation at St. Kate’s in St. Paul, Minn.

Construction Begins on Downtown Xcel Headquarters
Amarillo Globe-News
6/29/2015
Construction is underway for Southwestern Public Services’ (a division of Xcel Energy) headquarters.

Opus, JE Dunn Announce Partnership
Finance & Commerce
7/21/2015
Our healthcare group has partnered with JE Dunn on major healthcare construction projects.

Large Developer Joins Healthcare Arena
GlobeSt.com
7/27/2015
We’ve entered a partnership with JE Dunn Construction on major healthcare construction projects.

Twin Cities' Construction Boom Continues
GlobeSt.com
7/30/2015
We’re building a new facility for CenterPoint Energy in Golden Valley, Minn.

Top Projects: The Nic on Fifth
Finance & Commerce
9/16/2015
The Nic on Fifth® has been named one of Finance & Commerce’s top projects of 2014.

Many High-Tech Players Will Stay in Suburbs
GlobeSt.com
9/17/2015
With other tech companies moving to Chicago’s CBD to attract talent, others, including Renishaw and their new facility in West Dundee, are staying in the suburbs near their employment pool and O’Hare.

Opus Group Completes Three Luxury Off-Campus Student Housing Projects
StudentHousingBusiness.com
10/29/2015
We completed projects in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Columbia, Mo. and Ames, Iowa.

Opus Providing a Kickstart for Multifamily Development in Saint Paul’s Seven Corners?
RE Journals
11/2/2015
On the edge of urban: West Seventh will have the best of urban and suburban appeal.

NAIOP AZ Names 2016 Chair and Board
GlobeSt.com
12/2/2015
Larry Pobuda, senior vice president and general manager of Opus Development Company, L.L.C., will join the board of Arizona’s chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.