222 Hennepin opened in 2013 at the corner of Hennepin and Washington Avenues in downtown Minneapolis.  The project, built on a former Jaguar dealership site that had been vacant for years, brought 286 new apartments as well as the first grocery store to downtown Minneapolis.  The building was designed around an existing 300-stall parking ramp, a sustainability achievement that saved more than 20 million pounds of concrete and 1 million pounds of rebar.  The building itself has an art deco design that mimics the architecture found in downtown Minneapolis at a building height that is consistent with the warehouses found in the adjacent North Loop neighborhood. Through the addition of a long-awaited grocery, thoughtful design, and a connected resident community, the pioneering development connects and supports many downtown neighborhoods and was a catalyst for future downtown improvements.