VOLUME 30, NUMBER 6
©2014 Law Bulletin Publishing Co.
June 2014
Building Big: Kraus-Anderson ready to wrap construction of largest offcampus student-housing project ever to open in Minnesota
By Dan Rafter, Editor
T
he Marshall, the new student-housing complex scheduled to open by the start of this academic year in Minneapolis' Dinkytown neighborhood, is a big project. How big? As John Solberg, a vice president with construction manager Kraus-Anderson Construction Company and lead project manager overseeing
the complex's construction, says, The Marshall will have 997 bathrooms alone. "The sheer mass of this job is impressive," Solberg said. "I mean, it has more than 990 bathrooms. Just think of all the corners that have to be taped by a dry waller. It can be hard to imagine or calculate just how much goes into a building of this size." Developed by owner/developer GEM Realty and EdR, The Marshall, once it begins accepting students from the nearby University of Minnesota, will rank as the largest off-campus student-housing complex ever built in the state of Marshall to page 22
A new look for Walgreens
Retailers change to meet their customers’ needs in flagship locations
By Dan Rafter, Editor
Y
ou know exactly what you’ll find when you step into that Walgreens store on the corner in your neighborhood: Makeup, lotion, 2-liter bottles of pop, discounted DVDs and disposable cameras. But what if you stepped into a Walgreens that offered a cafe with a made-to-order juice, smoothie and milkshake bar? What if you could order handrolled sushi and sashimi from your local Walgreens? And what if your neighborhood Walgreens boasted its own walk-in cooler stocked with craft beers and wines?
If your neighborhood featured a Walgreens flagship store, those craft beers, smoothies and sushi rolls would be yours. Walgreens, like many retailers, is opening deluxe versions of its stores across the country, mostly in highprofile, high-traffic areas. Walgreens now has 14 flagship stores located across the country. The latest opened June 25 in downtown Chicago in the north tower of the iconic Wrigley Building. Joe Jackman played a key role in the latest Walgreens. He's the chief executive officer of Jackman Reinvention in Toronto, and he and his team members have helped Walgreens create and design its 14 flagship stores.
“These are the best of the best,” Jackman said. “These stores are designed to amplify what a brand stands for. These are the most exciting versions of a store, the versions you won’t find elsewhere.” The flagship label applies not only to the interior of the stores -- the Walgreens in the Wrigley Building, for instance, has two floors, giving it enough extra space to offer new products and services such as a LOOK Boutique stocked with expanded skincare and hair care products, self-serve frozen yogurt and a healthcare clinic staffed by family nurse practitioners – but to the exterior of them, too. Jackman said that the design team made sure that the new Walgreens Retailers to page 20