Ryan Companies US, Inc.: Minneapolis  

Minnesota Leadership Team (left to right): Collin Barr, President, Minnesota Region; Cindy Nielsen, Administrative Services Manager; Jim Person, Director of Field Operations; Mike Cairl, Executive Vice President, Construction; Jeff Steinke, Regional Director of Management; Rick Collins, Vice President of Development; Will Jensen, Vice President of Architecture & Engineering; Gary Prinsen, Vice President of Construction

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Ryan is also one of the region's largest construction companies. Recent design-build construction projects for third-party owners include:  Target Technology Center - Elk River , a two-story Gander Mountain store in Eden Prairie, Lexus of Maplewood, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School/Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center and Upper Landing.

We specialize in providing fully integrated solutions throughout the US with particular expertise in office, industrial, retail, medical office, hotel, apartment/condo, data center, renewable energy and higher-education projects. Major customers include: Target Corporation, The Hartford, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Oppidan Investment Company & Gander Mountain, Best Buy, Polaris Industries, Inc., US Bancorp, Toro, UnitedHealth Group, Allina Hospitals & Clinics, QLogic, Transoma, University of St. Thomas, Rottlund Homes and University of Nebraska.

Our Minnesota employees are just as passionate about giving back to our communities as our owners. They truly live the Ryan core value of "Building Community." This includes serving food at Catholic Charities' homeless shelter, building homes for Habitat for Humanity, picking up litter for the Adopt-A-Highway program, supporting Children's Cancer Research Fund, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Girl and Boy Scouts of America, mentoring and scholarship programs at North High School and United Way.

Our architecture/engineering/construction/development professionals are vigorous in providing sustainable, environmentally-friendly site, building and operations solutions for our customers. Polaris Industries' research and development facility in Wyoming, MN, was the Minnesota team’s first LEED project and we’re currently developing Two MarketPointe, which will not only be LEED, but an incredibly high-performing, energy-efficient building. Minnesota has 29 LEED accredited individuals across construction, architecture & engineering and development.