The effect of COVID on businesses is clearly illustrated by the decision by Target Corporation to move office workers from approximately one million square feet of office space in downtown Minneapolis buildings including the 51-story City Center where they were the major tenant.

Work-from-home has confirmed the productivity of white-collar workers and management obviating the need for offices in a central location.

In the future many Target workers displaced from downtown Minneapolis buildings will either continue to work from home or be located in existing Target facilities in Nicollet Mall or at the Brooklyn Park Campus.  It is estimated that 3,500 Target employees were housed in the City Center building.