An office building under construction in downtown St. Paul at 401 Robert Street North allows tenants to rearrange their offices as easily as they do their living rooms. Floor plates and carpet tiles lift out and slide easily back into place, offering quick, neat access for repairs and upgrades. A fiber optic backbone carries huge amounts of data. Tenants can transmit very large files such as graphics and video quickly without overloading the system.
Movable walls make it easy to move or remove private offices.
The L-shaped floor plan offers maximum flexibility in space planning. Elevators and other core elements are located in the crook of the L, providing a large uninterrupted space where personnel are free to form and re-form in work groups as needed. Nine of the 13 floors offer approximately 50,000 square feet of uninterrupted floor space. Back-up generators compensate for power outages while other equipment eliminates peaks and dips in the power flow caused by brownouts and surges. Sensors control lighting levels in workspaces, providing even lighting and reducing power costs.