Verizon Wireless Corporate Office
Mankato, MN | Commercial
Overview
With its clean, steel exterior, the Verizon Wireless Corporate Office serves as a gateway for a growing regional office and industrial center in Mankato. From conceptual planning to interior renovations, ISG has helped develop a building capable of adapting to constant change.
Opportunity
After a business acquisition, Verizon Wireless needed to update and expand its office in Mankato to accommodate the company’s fast growth and transform the space to the new corporate brand.
Solution
This iconic building has experienced many changes since its inception and ISG has remained a constant presence from the beginning. Originally created for a local wireless phone service provider, ISG was requested to design what would become the Verizon Wireless Corporate Office. Verizon Wireless moved into its new office because of the building’s capacity to expand, an important necessity for the fast-growing company.
Original designs for the building encompassed 77,000 square feet, and the state-of-the-art facility was constructed to host executive and general offices, conference rooms, public demonstration and technology labs, a customer service response center, lecture facilities, and employee lunchroom and break areas. Conference rooms were built in a variety of different sizes in central locations to meet the diverse meeting and training requirements of a communications company.
From the beginning, it was important for the facility to leave room for potential expansion. Planning ahead, the overarching design purposely prepared in anticipation of future growth, creating two separate construction phases to maximize the flexibility of the facility. The first phase was completed in 2000, with the second phase implemented a short four years later. This 55,000 square-foot addition nearly doubled the entire building’s size, increasing it to a total of 125,000 square feet. Architects crafted a circular, two-story lobby from which three wings radiate, providing a welcoming entrance for visitors and employees. The added space included more offices, an employee break area and café, an auditorium, and an additional conference and training center. An exterior balcony was also added, along with a 30 foot diameter domed skylight over a spacious, three-story atrium.