Location: 1300 Block of Grand Avenue
Status: Completed in 2011
Developer: Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Architect: HOK Architects/RDG Planning & Design
Cost: $194 million
Category: Office
Etc:
- Construction of new 500,000 sq. ft. corporate headquarters for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa
- Five story office building, located in the heart of the Gateway West, features a large semi-private park
- Received LEED® Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
- The property around Wellmark's headquarters is lined with 96 trees, 1,200 shrubs and 30,000 perennials
- 1,500 stall parking deck with private health club and daycare to be built adjacent to the office, connected by skywalk