Best Buy Corporate Campus

One unique design element of the Best Buy Campus is the 215,000-square-foot, two-level connector called the Hub. The design intent was to create an environment that is "fun, flexible and productive, while acting as a catalyst for learning, collaboration, community and creative solutions."

The main 1,000-foot-long level of the Hub links the four office towers and the 6,700 car, two million square foot, five-level parking ramp. The Hub features:

• a full-service cafeteria
• two large auditoriums
• a bank
• Caribou Coffee
• a convenience store
• Minute Clinic
• a full-service fitness center
• multi-user conference rooms

Drawing on deep real estate development experience, the project team negotiated a significant tax increment financing package for the project and coordinated site acquisition. As a redevelopment of an aging commercial and residential area, the project involved complex negotiations with approximately 90 separate landowners.