HGA Signs 80,000 SF in Refurb Office

MINNEAPOLIS-In a convenient matchup, HGA Architects and Engineers has leased 80,000 square feet in a historic building, a former Ford manufacturing facility, where the company is acting as project architect for a $40-million renovation project. Owner United Properties is leading the project, located across from the new Target Field.

The property was built in 1912 as a vertical assembly plant and car showroom for Ford Motor Co. United Properties bought the building, operating as a Class C flex property in the city’s warehouse district in 2007 for $12.5 million, and launched its redevelopment of the building. The company first had to gain historic renovation design approval from the National Park Service, Minneapolis Historic Preservation Commission and the City of Minneapolis Planning Commission.