Rand Tower
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{{Infobox nrhp
| name =Rand Tower Hotel
| nrhp_type =
| image = Rand Tower dusk.jpg
| caption = Rand Tower Hotel from the west
| location = 527 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
| coordinates = {{coord|44|58|38.5|N|93|16|11|W|display=inline,title}}
| area =
| built = 1928
|locmapin =Minnesota#USA
| architect= Holabird & Root[https://www.docomomo-us-mn.org/modern-registry.html Minnesota Modern Registry], Docomomo US MN, accessed April 15, 2023.
| architecture= Art deco
| added = April 14, 1994
| refnum=84003937 {{NRISref|2007a}}
}}
Rand Tower Hotel is a 26-story high rise hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was one of the city's tallest structures when it was completed as an office building in 1929. It was converted to a hotel in 2020.
History
The Rand Tower Hotel was designed by Holabird & Root for Rufus Rand, a World War I aviator who was part of the family that owned the Minneapolis Gas Company (Minnegasco), now part of CenterPoint Energy. Rand had flown in the Lafayette Flying Corps during the war. Much of the building is covered in Art Deco ornamentation that follows an aviation theme and there is a sculpture Wings in the lobby by Oskar J. W. Hansen. The original builder was C.F. Haglin & Sons.
A skyway was attached to the building in 1969.Beach, James. [https://archive.today/20120919000530/http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2002/05/13/news/export502.txt The skyways turn 40]. Skyway News. Published May 13, 2002, retrieved on November 28, 2006. Rand Tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It was known for a time as the Dain Tower until Dain Rauscher relocated to the Dain Rauscher Plaza just down the street in 1992. It was purchased by Gaughan Companies in 2004. In 2008, Hempel Properties purchased the Rand Tower to house its headquarters.{{cite news|author=Grayson, Katherine|title=Rand Tower tower sold for $10.2M|url=http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2008/09/01/daily20.html|date=September 3, 2008|work=Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal|publisher=Advance Publications|accessdate=2008-09-04}} Maven Real Estate Partners purchased the building in 2017 for $18.7 million.{{cite news |last1=Niksa |first1=Matthew |title=Owner of Rand Tower converting it into boutique Marriott hotel |url=https://www.startribune.com/owner-of-rand-tower-converting-it-into-boutique-marriott-hotel/512798372/ |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Star Tribune |date=July 17, 2019}} Maven converted the office building{{cite news |last1=Niksa |first1=Matthew |title=Owner of Rand Tower converting it into boutique Marriott hotel |url=https://www.startribune.com/owner-of-rand-tower-converting-it-into-boutique-marriott-hotel/512798372/ |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Star Tribune |date=July 17, 2019}} into a 270-room hotel,{{cite news |last1=Niksa |first1=Matthew |title=Owner of Rand Tower converting it into boutique Marriott hotel |url=https://www.startribune.com/owner-of-rand-tower-converting-it-into-boutique-marriott-hotel/512798372/ |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Star Tribune |date=July 17, 2019}} at a cost $110 million.{{cite web | url=https://www.startribune.com/rand-hotel-tower-opens-this-week-after-110-million-renovation/573216991/ | title=Rand Hotel Tower opens this week after $110 million renovation | website=Star Tribune }} The Rand Tower Hotel opened on December 2, 2020, as part of the Tribute Portfolio division of Marriott.{{cite web | url=https://www.oxford-capital.com/rand-tower-hotel-opens-december-2/ | title=Rand Tower Hotel Opens December 2 }}
See also
References
External links
- [https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/msptr-rand-tower-minneapolis-a-tribute-portfolio-hotel/overview/ Rand Tower Hotel, Minneapolis, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel official website]
Rand Tower
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104094709/http://www.emporis.com/building/randtower-minneapolis-mn-usa Rand Tower Hotel at Emporis.]}}
- [http://www.lileks.com/mpls/rand/ Rand Tower Hotel tribute by James Lileks]
Oskar J.W. Hansen
- [http://decoarchitecture.tumblr.com/post/6103790549/sculpture-rand-tower-minneapolis-minnesota Wings sculpture by Oskar J.W. Hansen]
- [http://decoarchitecture.tumblr.com/post/1288567952/rand-building Rand Tower Hotel entrance]
- [http://thisoldpalette.blogspot.com/2007/06/oskar-j-w-hansen-1892-1971.html Oskar J. W. Hansen (1892-1971)]
Rufus R. Rand
- [http://mnaviationhalloffame.org/hofpages/hofR1.html Rufus R. Rand at the Minnesota Aviation Hall Of Fame.] Scroll down to bottom of page.
- [http://greatriversnetwork.org/index.php?q=Rand+Mansion&brand=cms Rand Mansion] in Wayzata, Minnesota
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Category:Art Deco architecture in Minnesota
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Minneapolis
Category:Office buildings completed in 1929
Category:Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Category:Projects by Holabird & Root
Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Minneapolis
Category:Hotels established in 2020