The US Bancorp Center is a 467-ft (142 m) tall skyscraper in

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, United States. Completed in 2000, the 32-story building is the 13th-tallest in the city. It serves as corporate headquarters for US Bancorp (also referred to as

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) and Piper Sandler. A

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connects the building to the former

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department store building, and

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. Several low-rise buildings were demolished to make way for this building, including the 808 Building. This is one of the three contiguous blocks designed by

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from 1998 to 2001. The other two are 900 Nicollet Plaza and Target Plaza. It is the second-tallest office building completed in the United States in 2000, after the

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, also in Minneapolis. The building was among those damaged by rioting during the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul in May 2020.

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