US Bancorp Center
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The US Bancorp Center is a 467-ft (142 m) tall skyscraper in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. It was completed in 2000 and has 32 floors. It is the 13th-tallest building in the city. A skyway
Skyway
In an urban setting, a skyway, catwalk, sky bridge, or skywalk is a type of pedway consisting of an enclosed or covered bridge between two buildings. This protects pedestrians from the weather. These skyways are usually owned by businesses, and are therefore not public spaces...

 connects this building to the Macy's Department Store Addition and 900 Nicollet Plaza. Several low-rise buildings were demolished to make way for this building, including the 808 Building. This is one of the three contiguous blocks designed by Ellerbe Becket
Ellerbe Becket
Ellerbe Becket, an AECOM Company, is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based architectural, engineering, interior design and construction firm – ranked as one of the world's largest architectural firms – and with offices in Dallas, TX, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC, Dubai,...

 from 1998–2001. The other two are 900 Nicollet Plaza and Target Plaza
Target Plaza South
Target Plaza South is a 33-story skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, which serves as part of the corporate headquarters for Target Corporation.The building was designed by architects Ellerbe Becket of Minneapolis and was completed in 2001...

. It is the second-tallest office building completed in the US in 2000, after the Ameriprise Financial Center
Ameriprise Financial Center
Ameriprise Financial Center is a in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was completed in 2000 and has 31 floors. It is the tallest building completed in the US in 2000. This building is the largest single-tenant skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis. The headquarters of Ameriprise Financial moved here from...

, also in Minneapolis.
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