Target workers come back to smaller quarters downtown; the company gave up its leased space in City Center, which is struggling compared to its occupancy before the pandemic.
Other office towers are being converted to residential mixed-use properties. And yet others are turning to smaller tenants, Duininck said.
He pointed to one downtown property, the Kickernick Building in the Warehouse District, where the owner went from a single tenant to nearly 50 tenants in about a year, many of them artists and small businesses. That building is now preparing for an art event expected to draw 1,000 to 2,000 people later this month, Duininck said.
Compared to where downtown was two years ago, “there’s been growth and steady improvement,” Duininck said.
This week’s Target Together meeting should bring a sea of red downtown as workers tend to wear the company’s signature color.
The meeting is hosted ahead of the holiday shopping season as a way to energize employees around the company’s goals.