Gaviidae Common

Gaviidae Common

The interior of Gaviidae Common I in 2018
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates	44°58′38″N 93°16′17″W / 44.97722°N 93.27139°W / 44.97722; -93.27139
Address	500–700 Nicollet Mall[1]
Opening date	1989
Developer	Brookfield Asset Management
Owner	Common I: Nightingale Properties (first and second floors); Greater Twin Cities YMCA (fifth floor, parts of third and fourth floors); United Properties (parts of third and fourth floors); Gaviidae Commons LLC (parking garage) Common II: KBS Companies
Architect	César Pelli Lohan Associates
No. of anchor tenants	2
Total retail floor area	443,000 square feet (41,000 m2)
No. of floors	5
Public transit access	Metro Transit  Blue   Green  At Nicollet Mall

Gaviidae Common is a mixed-use shopping mall and office complex on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first phase of the mall, Gaviidae Common I, opened in 1989 and is adjoined to Gaviidae Common II by a series of skyways. Phase II opened in 1991. A joint venture designed by Argentine American architect César Pelli and Chicago-based Lohan Associates, the mall occupies 443,000-square-foot (41,000 m²) of retail and office space spread across five floors. Following the closure of the mall's food court and several tenants in 2013, the top three floors of Gaviidae Common II were converted into office and recreational space for the adjoining RBC Plaza.

The mall houses the state's largest barrel-vaulted ceiling and contains loon-inspired artwork designed by Deborah Sussman and Paul Prejza. Loons belong to the family Gaviidae, hence the shopping center's namesake. Gaviidae Common is anchored by Walgreens and YMCA, both of which were added to the mall's lineup of stores after an extensive renovation of the shopping center. Saks Fifth Avenue, the mall's original anchor tenant, converted into a discount store in 2005, before closing in 2015. Neiman Marcus opened along with phase II in 1991 but closed in 2013.