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Minnesota-based biotech company Calyxt received a 2018 NAIOP Minnesota Award of Excellence in the Office Built-to-Suit category. This prestigious award recognizes exceptional developments by NAIOP members and their teams. Calyxt believes that agricultural technologies can have a profound, positive impact on humanity. To support their goals of developing healthier foods for consumers while helping farmers…

Science Mill was selected as a recipient of a 2018 AIA Minneapolis Merit Award. The award recognizes a project that exemplifies a story of excellence beyond design, a design that focuses on the public’s interest, and a design solution that embodies all of the influences that shape the building. In addition, the Science Mill received…

Finance & Commerce announced the Target Center Renovation was selected as one of the Top Projects of 2017. The annual awards are judged on the degree of difficulty, creativity in design, innovative construction techniques, cooperation among contractors and management, and sustainability efforts. The Target Center, the urban multi-use arena that is owned by the City…

Tyler Bares Tyler Bares, a designer at Alliiance, was in the first class to graduate from Dunwoody College’s Bachelor of Architecture program and received the 2018 Academic Excellence Award from the Construction Sciences and Building Technology department. Every year, one graduating student from each academic area at Dunwoody receives the award reflecting a solid work…

Target Center is a nominee for the Sports Facility of the Year in the 11th Annual Sports Business Journal Award, which recognizes excellence over the past year! https://bit.ly/2GG9b3t

SENIOR ASSOCIATES Julie MacLeod  AIA, NCIDQ, LEED AP Senior Associate Julie brings strong design leadership to a wide variety of projects across the spectrum of Alliiance’s portfolio from corporate to aviation. She is a compelling communicator of design ideas, both graphically and verbally, and has gained the confidence of our clients. Julie has served key design…

The Xcel Substation Enclosures are finalists for an Architizer A+ Award in the Architecture + Landscape category! You can vote for this project by going to https://vote.architizer.com/PublicVoting#/winners/2017/plus/concepts/architecture-landscape The project is in the Architecture + Landscape category. Voting starts March 14th, 2017 and ends March 30th, 2017. Located along Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway – this new electrical…

Minneapolis, MN – November 11, 2016 – Alliiance is honored to announce that the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) restrooms have been awarded Cintas’ 2016 “America’s Best Restroom Award.” The restroom submissions were judged based on cleanliness, aesthetics, innovation, functionality, and unique design elements. Ten finalists were selected and then the public voted for their…

May 17, 2016 – The Xcel Energy Hiawatha Substation Enclosure in South Minneapolis is another award winning and community enhancing project planned and designed by Alliiance. Xcel Energy’s video shares their story of working with the City of Minneapolis, the community, and Alliiance. More information on this project can be found on the project page…

Minneapolis, MN – May 11, 2016 – Medtronic and the Minnesota Vikings announced Medtronic’s contribution of a new contemporary art sculpture on Medtronic Plaza, outside the Vikings’ new home at U.S. Bank Stadium. Funded privately by Medtronic and designed by Minneapolis design firm Alliiance, the monument is titled “The Horn.” The Horn sits as a…

March 17, 2016 – Gerald R. Ford International and Louisville International Airport in the news at Airport Improvement  

Minneapolis, MN – March 9, 2016 – Alliiance is pleased to announce the promotion of the following individuals from left to right, top to bottom: Scott Sorenson to Principal; Kari Gullixson, Paul Merrell and Joe Simma to Senior Associate; David Bower, Evan Hall, Julie MacLeod, Lauren Perich, Amber Sausen, Amy Sonbuchner, Jill Vowels and Shane…

Minneapolis, MN – February 29, 2016 – Target Center in the Business Journal Read more here