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Discovery Square One

The building (Building1@DSQ) aims to serve as a catalyst for Discovery Square, a 16-block area on the south end of downtown that Mayo and local officials want to develop as a life science research campus. Representatives from Mortenson announced today to members of the Destination Medical Center Corporation (DMCC) Board of Directors the specific location where construction will take place on its hallmark Discovery Square project. The planned 60,000+ square foot, state-of-the-art research and development complex, currently being designed by RSP Architects and HOK, will be built at the corner of 4th Street SW and 2nd Avenue SW, according to Mortenson representative Jeremy Jacobs.

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Project Impact(s): Economic Development, STEM

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Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Mortenson and Mayo Clinic

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: Mayo Business Accelerator ; Mortenson ; Musicant Group ; Royal Philips ; University of Minnesota Rochester

Potential Collaborators:


Related Projects

DMC Discovery Square ; Discovery Square One ; Discovery Walk Co-designing ; Residence at Discovery Square (Third Ave Lofts Residence at Discovery Square)


Impacts 

Major Impact:  Biotec

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Economic Development, STEM

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Technology, Discovery Square

Community Health Impacts:


Type of Project

Building  

 

 

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Investments

Private: 35M

DMC: 4.9M

 

Reports on: Discovery Square One


Discovery Square One (June 24, 2019)

Royal Philips, an Amsterdam-based firm that works in a variety of health care markets such as medical devices and services, confirmed today that it plans to open a Med City office in the recently opened 89,000-square-foot One Discovery Square complex, on the corner of Fourth Street and Second Avenue Southwest.

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Groundbreaking Building 1 Discovery Square (November 06, 2017)
The building will be the first of several science and research complexes that could total up to 2 million square feet in the 16-block Discovery Square area.

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Building1@DSQ (Building 1 at Discover Square) (July 29, 2017)
The DMC Corp. board approved the project Thursday, agreeing to $4.9 million in related tax-increment financing for the developer, Minneapolis-based Mortenson Co.

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M. A. Mortenson Co. to lead DMC Discovery Square development (March 27, 2017)

M. A. Mortenson Co. will lead Mayo Clinic's development of up to 2 million square feet of research and education space in the Destination Medical Center Discovery Square district, the clinic announced today.

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Discovery Square Biolab (Mortenson) Status Updates to DMCC (February 13, 2017)
Discovery Square Updates from Mortenson: (1) Project Update (2) Phase 1 Project Team (3) Connection with DMC Development Plan (4) Schedule/Next Steps

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Other Community News and Reports having impacts on:

Economic Development, STEM
February 11, 2025: City SUPPORTING TRANSFORMATION - BOLD Unbound
City Council Study Session:

Video Recording Link

Presentation

Collaboration Commitment

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February 06, 2025: DMC Feb 2025 Key Topics
Feb 2025 DMC Board Meeting Key Topics:

Annual Report; Metrics and Accountability; 2nd Street SW Public Realm Enhancement; Public/Private Collaboration to advance City for Health brand; Video Recording

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February 04, 2025: City Council Approval of Seneca Site for Sports Complex
Authorizing finalization of negotiations with Seneca Foods Corporation to purchase the approximately 160 acres of property in the amount of $5,000,000 for the Rochester Sports and Recreation Complex, to be finalized by survey of the property.

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February 01, 2025: Rochester Sports Complex Community Inputs

ISIAH:  Ask Rochester City Council to Ensure Equitable Benefit of the Regional Sports Complex: "We believe it’s important that this complex offer equitable community benefit to residents and particular families who lack accessible recreation spaces and affordable, structured programs for their children."

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January 08, 2025: West Transit Village Housing City Council
Per PB reporting:

"A final plan for dividing a 14.1-acre Mayo Clinic parking lot into developable sections is expected to be reviewed Monday by the Rochester City Council. The site, being dubbed “West Transit Village,” sits between Second Street Southwest and Cascade Lake. It is currently used as a Mayo Clinic employee shuttle lot, and Mayo Clinic plans to construct a 2,500-stall parking structure."

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November 19, 2024: Workforce Development, Inc. presents The Downtown Business Pitch Day 2024
John Marshall High School eleventh grade Economics students will take center stage at the Chateau Theatre for the Downtown Business Pitch Day! 

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October 21, 2024: DMC September 2024 Job Creation Metric
Presentation Slides 

Video Clip of Job Creation Metric

 

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October 16, 2024: 2024 Destination Medical Center Reports
Proceedings

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting with 2025 Workplan Breakout

May 2024 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Joint Meeting

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

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October 02, 2024: Rochester Vision 2050
Call for inputs: Mayor Norton YouTube Messages

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

 

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October 02, 2024: OpenBeam to support collective impact
Presentation Slides of Education Portal for C2C Oct 9, 2024 Education Summit

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

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September 30, 2024: West Transit Village
September 2024 DMCC Board Update

September 2022 DMCC Board Status: NTH to run a developer selection process with Mayo

 

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September 30, 2024: Economic Vibrancy & Growth Management

City teammates providing an update on this work, specifically regarding legacy public infrastructure projects, Unbound, infrastructure investments and regulatory milestones.  

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August 02, 2024: Rochester Vision 2050
The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.

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Created by allnode on 2017/04/29

 

 

 

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