The 8500 Tower is a 24-story high-rise office skyscraper in the city of Bloomington, Minnesota.

It is also the tallest building in Bloomington, as well as in all of the suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.

[2] The complex is considered to be at the center of "downtown" Bloomington - the business district that runs along the southern side of Interstate 494.

[3] The building, along with the rest of Normandale Lake Office Park, was owned by Equity Group Investments from 2012 to 2014, when it was sold to MetLife.

[4] The sale was speculated to be the largest in the history of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, though an exact price was not publicly disclosed.