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SCENE
WEAVER
DLR Group reimagines the past lives of Minneapolis'
Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton building into a
Canopy by Hilton that bolsters the fabric of a neighborhood.
BY ANNMARIE MARTIN

J I M K R U G E R | K R U G E R I M AG E S

WHEN YOUR CLIENT OWNS the entire block, they obviously have more than the

typical vested interest in the project. Minneapolis developer Sherman Associates
didn't commission DLR Group's hospitality studio to design just another "stay"
option for its mixed-use development in the city's mill district. The developer wanted
the 183-room Canopy by Hilton to bring value to both the visiting and local communities by connecting them with each other, their surroundings and its history-in
essence, create a place that feels like home, no matter where you come from.
Surrounded by Minneapolis' storied past in flour production, the soul of
the Advance Thresher/Emerson-Newton building that would house the new
hotel was the perfect platform for the message. The 100-plus-year-old National
Historic Register site had several uses over the decades, most importantly as a
manufacturing facility of steam-powered wheat threshers until the 1930s. With
the decline of that industry came the exodus of many residents and other businesses, pushing the neighborhood into decline by the 60s. Fast forward to 2014
when Sherman Associates purchased the manufacturing plant and developed
a new ground-up building as its neighbor with 185 market-rate apartments, a
Trader Joe's and a Starbucks. According to DLR Group's hospitality leader and
principal Ed Wilms, it was the rehabilitation of the former factory into a hotel
that drove the city's approval of Sherman's planned unit development (PUD),
made possible in part by both the historic and state tax credits they received-
which required some elbow grease to acquire, BTW.
"The layout of the two buildings was by far the most challenging and rewarding
piece of the design," says Staci Patton, DLR Group's hospitality principal and leader.
With two sides-one at six stories tall and the other seven-connected by a central
atrium, it was non-compliant with the current codes for heavy timber buildings.
But the city's Chapter 14 Performance Compliance Method gave DLR Group the
opportunity to prove the building's safety by meeting (and sometimes exceeding) 21
different measures, including fire compartmentation, corridor walls, vertical openings, HVAC systems, smoke control, means of egress and several others.
Acoustics also proved to be a major concern, for guestrooms in particular,
since meeting the standards required thicker than average demising walls. Then,
there was the issue of keeping as many columns freestanding or as exposed as
possible (as required by the historic preservation consultant). And, bay spacing
on either side of the modified atrium space had to align, infilling some floors and
removing portions of others to bring the overall key count up to meet the owner's
business goals. That complex change helped achieve the same floor plate on every
story, but resulted in more than 30 room types.
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From the Editor
The Buzz
Master’s Mind
Scene Weaver
Sunset Strip Down
The Art of Business
Products: Lighting
Products: Products for the Outdoors
Exit Interview
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