Proposal for Northline Credit Union
One front door. Everyone in by July 9, 2028.
Your headquarters and flagship branch in the former Ostrander Press plant, with the cost and the date known before construction starts.
What you want
Three buildings, three cultures and a shuttle van. You bought 1840 Tessler Street NE to give 380 people one front door.
From three addresses to one
What changes when downtown, Roseville and the St. Anthony lending office come together under one roof.
| Item | Today | At 1840 Tessler Street NE |
|---|---|---|
| Where staff work | Three leased buildings, linked by a shuttle van | One headquarters with a flagship branch on the ground floor |
| Designed for | 2019 headcount, five days a week | Anchor days Tuesday through Thursday: 240 people on peak days |
| Meeting space | 11 conference rooms, booked solid | 30+ meeting rooms, most of them small, plus phone booths |
| Contact center | One wall of windows facing a parking lot | Daylight from the office block's steel-sash windows, with acoustic separation |
| Rooms for people | No good wellness, mothers' or quiet room | A wellness room, a mothers' room and a quiet room |
| Financial classes | About 140 a year, in rented church basements | A 120-seat community room with its own entrance |
| Parking | Paid parking downtown | 140 free stalls on site |
The big idea
The press hall is already your atrium. So the money goes to the roof, the windows, the rooms and the branch.
Use the building, don’t fight it
The 1964 plant already has the hard part: a hall 24 feet clear to the bottom chord, lit by three clerestory monitors. We build on that.
The press hall becomes the commons
Café, all-hands space and team neighborhoods sit under the riveted trusses and the monitors. No new atrium cut through the floors.
Roof and windows first
A new roof over the press hall and new windows in the office block that keep the steel-sash look. This is where the building needs the money.
A library, not a bank
A flagship branch built around conversations: six coaching rooms, a small business center and a two-lane drive-up.
The south docks become a front door
The two old loading docks open up as glazing for a community room. It has its own entrance, so local groups can use it at night without opening the headquarters.
Our recommendation
Option B: the full headquarters and branch, under a guaranteed maximum price (GMP), the most you’ll pay for construction.