Life Time Fitness Headquarters

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ERA has maintained a decades-long partnership with Life Time Fitness, providing structural engineering services for a diverse portfolio of projects including corporate offices, millwork facilities, media/events centers, and numerous athletic facilities including tennis and pickleball complexes.

A cornerstone of this relationship is Life Time’s Corporate Campus in Chanhassen, Minnesota. ERA provided structural design for Corporate Office 1, a 105,000 sf, three-story building completed in 2008. This facility houses 700 employees and features six state-of-the-art conference rooms and a dramatic three-story atrium with a “floating” boardroom. The building includes a sophisticated Data Center with redundant power infrastructure and custom cooling distribution, utilizing waste heat to warm the underground parking during winter months. The adjacent Corporate Office 2 project demonstrates ERA’s adaptability in long-term development. Initially, only the below-grade levels were constructed alongside Corporate Office 1 in 2008. These levels were weatherized and preserved until construction resumed in 2018. During the completion of the three above-grade levels, ERA engineered significant structural modifications to accommodate Life Time’s decision to convert ground-level office space to additional parking, requiring strategic column relocations to create efficient drive aisles. This ongoing relationship showcases ERA’s ability to provide innovative structural solutions across a wide range of facility types while adapting to evolving client needs.

Location	Chanhassen, MN
Year Completed	2008 (Corp 1) 2019 (Corp 2)
Sq. Ft.	105,000 (Corp 1) 105,000 (Corp 2)
Team Collaboration	Owner/Developer: Life Time Fitness Architect: Life Time Architecture and RSP Architects General Contractor: FCA Construction (Corp 1), Life Time Construction (Corp 2) Steel Supplier: LeJeune Steel (Corp 2) Structural Engineer: ERA Structural Engineering
Structural Systems	Composite Steel Superstructure Cast-in-Place Concrete Below-Grade Parking Precast Concrete At-Grade Cast-in-Place Elevator/Stair Shear Wall Cores Steel Joist/Beam Roof

Life Time Fitness Headquarters

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Chanhassen, MN

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