Rand Tower Hotel is a 26-story high rise hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was one of the city's tallest structures when it was completed as an office building in 1929. It was converted to a hotel in 2020.
History The Rand Tower Hotel was designed by Holabird & Root for Rufus Rand, a World War I aviator who was part of the family that owned the Minneapolis Gas Company (Minnegasco), now part of CenterPoint Energy. Rand had flown in the Lafayette Flying Corps during the war. Much of the building is covered in Art Deco ornamentation that follows an aviation theme and there is a sculpture Wings in the lobby by Oskar J. W. Hansen. The original builder was C.F. Haglin & Sons.
A skyway was attached to the building in 1969.Beach, James. . Skyway News. Published May 13, 2002, retrieved on November 28, 2006. Rand Tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It was known for a time as the Dain Tower until Dain Rauscher relocated to the Dain Rauscher Plaza just down the street in 1992. It was purchased by Gaughan Companies in 2004. In 2008, Hempel Properties purchased the Rand Tower to house its headquarters. Maven Real Estate Partners purchased the building in 2017 for $18.7 million. Maven converted the office building into a 270-room hotel, at a cost $110 million. The Rand Tower Hotel opened on December 2, 2020, as part of the Tribute Portfolio division of Marriott.
See also List of tallest buildings in Minneapolis
References
External links Rand Tower Hotel, Minneapolis, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel official website Rand Tower
Rand Tower Hotel tribute by James Lileks Oskar J.W. Hansen Wings sculpture by Oskar J.W. Hansen Rand Tower Hotel entrance Oskar J. W. Hansen (1892-1971) Rufus R. Rand Rufus R. Rand at the Minnesota Aviation Hall Of Fame. Scroll down to bottom of page. Rand Mansion in Wayzata, Minnesota