Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Comserv unwraps present to future - 4/13/1983Comsery unwraps
present to future
To motorists on nearby high-
ways, it looks like a big blue pres-
ent — slowly being unwrapped.
It's the new $15.5 million world
headquarters of Comsery Corp. in
Eagan.
Near the roof, workmen on scaf-
folds are peeling away blue plastic
sheathing from the aluminum wall
panels of the four -level tower of
computer technology.
Down below, employees are
trickling in the door and movers
are hauling in computers from
small Comsery buildings around
Eaean and Mendota Heights.
One day last week, Richard P.
Daly, the Comsery president,
appeared as pleased as any new
homeowner while strolling around
his building rising on 81 acres be-
Eagan
tween the Minnesota River and
Highway 13 at Yankee Doodle
Road.
"The new building is a consolida-
tion of six facilities and improves
our operating efficiency," Daly
said. "The building also benefits
our image. We have customers vis-
iting us from all over the world."
He noted the plastic being re-
moved had protected the panels
during construction and prevented
the weather trom giving the alumi-
num a patchwork appearance.
A pond shimmers before the
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St. Paul
Richard P. Daly, president of Comsery
Corp., welcomes visitors to the compa-
ny's new world headquarters building in
Eagan. The recently completed $15.5
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front of the building facing the highway and
fresh sod is taking root.
When all the computers are moved in, their
heat will help warm the building, according to
Gary Paradise, vice president for marketing
and communications.
Another building feature is an open lobby
rising toward the ceiling with a bank of win-
dows facing, the river. Besides enjoying the
view, employees may tone up in the exercise
room which has a sauna or loosen up outside
on a jogging trail.
Altogether, about 400 employees will de-
sign and manufacture computer and educa-
Mike Barrett
million project stands between the Min-
nesota River and Highway 13 at Yankee
Doodle Road. About 400 employees will
work in the building.
tion programs in the 190,000- square -foot fa-
cility. Plans call for future expansion to
360,000 square feet as the company grows.
Comserv, a publicly owned firm with of-
fices across the U.S., in Canada, Mexico, Eng-
land and Ireland, posted net income of ap-
proximately $2.5 million on revenues of $25
million during fiscal 1982.
An open house for employees will take
place April 22 with a dedication to be set lat-
er.
Opus Corp. of Minnetonka began construct-
ing the building in the spring of 1982.
As Daly said, "The future looks extraordi-
narily bright and we're taking an aggressive
posture."