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Spectrum Reuses 300,000-SF Parking Deck

EAGAN, MN-The parking facility is part of a three-phase, 300,000-sf Spectrum Commerce Center project. It is the largest reuse of an existing structure in Minnesota, and perhaps the US.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on January 25, 2002

EAGAN, MN-Spectrum Development Group has reused a 300,000-sf parking deck from the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport that was scheduled for demolition to construct a second level parking area. When the nine-year-old parking deck was scheduled for demolition, the Eagan-based development group arranged to have the parking deck disassembled and moved piece-by-piece four miles to a 20-acre site near Highway 55 and I-494.

Spectrum then used the individual sections, which on average are 60 by 10 feet and weigh about 29 tons each, to construct a second-level parking area for a new office/showroom facility, the Spectrum Commerce Center. The second level will serve as the parking deck for the new center so tenants can enjoy the landscaped grounds and outdoor areas.

Company officials say the new approach addresses the problem of what to do with existing building materials that are being replaced by new construction in the same location.

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