Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping (original) paper copy retained - Comserve Building Postal Service - 12/9/1985
Comserv's sale won't hurt building's style
by Amy O'Marro
Comserv Corporate Head- James Borgstrum said last vice may be one of the interested -imp M~
quarters are for sale, but its August that the spacious facility buyers, according to Mayor Bea
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porate official said. space last summer and sold four up an administrative processing _4 IRV
Comserv is a computer soft- acres of land to R.L. Johnson center. Members of the Eagan
ware firm. It's high-tech, Developers. Comserv has since City Council said they were con II~~r ~~~Fa
aluminum and glass head- decided to sell the building. Tom cerned that the interior of the
quarters near Highway 13 and Ahmann, Comserv chief finan- building, which includes a four-
Yankee Doodle Road won a cial officer, said the corporation story atrium, classrooms, a 72 4
Commercial Architecture would not be leasing back office cafeteria, video and exercise
Award from Corporate Report space. "We will probably vacate rooms, would be "gutted."
Minnesota magazine last because the option holder would Meg Harris, media relations
August. want to occupy the building."
But Senior Vice President The United States Postal Ser- COMSERV: To Page 6A The Comserv Corporation
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Postal Service looking at Eagan
From Page 1A plans. ty. Whatever we do with this
officer for the U.S. Postal Ser- Ahmann said he could not con- building will not distract from
vice Headquarters in firm or deny rumors that the the overall beauty of the area.
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comment on whether or not the buying the headquarters. "We we controlled and continue to
Comserv building was con- have the option to sell our control the architecture. It has a
sidered for the processing building. The firm interested in low profile, its facia and pillars
center. "People had suggested buying the building asked not to will be very complimentary to
sites in Eagan. We make a be identified.I am, not sure what Comserv. There will still be a
recommendation, at that point a the Postal Service is doing and good view of Blue Cross and
decision is made and funding is what plans they have." Blue Shield and of the river
approved. We have narrowed "I can't imagine anyone would valley," he said,
the suggestions to two sites. The buy a building that's two years Ahmann said it was
post office hopes to find and pur- old, with the aesthetic beauty of premature to say whether Com-
chase a building and adapt it. this building and change its in- serv Corporation will be moving
Right now we are in the process ward or outward appearance. out of Eagan. "At this point
of evaluating the two sites." She That party would select another there are no plans. We could not
would not say what sites are be- site. The uniqueness of the site is be in the position of both owning
ing considered. the location and the magestic a building and being somewhere
The administrative processing image as the building fits in the else. We will reach that decision
center would act as a postal data background of the (Minnesota) when the building is sold," he
center, Harris said. The center river valley," Ahmann said, said.
would handle payroll systems, "We are concerned about
computer services, customer ac- Eagan and our corporate
,counts and employee health responsibility to this communi- Children's
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