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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 award winning g architectural is bigger than Comserv's needs. Blomquist. The Postal Service is ucai i ww uub ue ateieu,a wi 111eCUt'pULdL1U1111t an U11eaSe 1WKIIIg [Ul' an Lagan site to set M . o 'g~ _ IN 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 ~ 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. VVd511111g+U111, L.Vy WUIUU 1N6 ! ww1 3c1I ."o -t-_ _wu- VV1U1 We 116.L, JU1LLLlull1.U111V1CA, 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 e !1