Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters

1330 Grand Avenue

Completed: 2010

Design Architect – HOK, Chicago

Architect of Record – RDG Planning & Design

General Contractor – The Weitz, Co

Five stories, 660,000 sq ft. including a child development center, wellness facility and parking structure.

LEED platinum status: 50,000 gallon reclaimed water cistern and daylight harvesting

Awards:

  • The Communicator Awards – Silver Award of Distinction – 2011
  •             Engineering News Record (ENR) Magazine – Best Project of the Year 2011 – Midwest – 2011
  •             IIDA Great Plains Chapter – Silver Award – Corporate Division – 2013

Mankato Kasota Limestone and Glass Curtain Wall.