With 3M’s healthcare spin-off eyeing the former Blue Cross Blue Shield campus in Eagan for its new headquarters, city officials have sought to clarify exactly where Solventum’s more than 1,100 employees might land.

The 55-acre Blue Cross campus maintains a general address of 3535 Blue Cross Road, but Solventum — currently based at 3M headquarters in Maplewood — wants the building across the street from the original Blue Cross headquarters.

“Solventum is considering renovating a different building located at 1750 Yankee Doodle Road, on the west side of Highway 13,” city spokeswoman Sara Leier Horwath said Friday.

The Yankee Doodle Road location could host 600 to 800 employees per day, according to city staff documents prepared for the Eagan City Council.

Solventum and the city have been tight-lipped about other details, waiting instead for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) to take the lead as it reviews the company’s requests for two types of relocation assistance this month.

The Eagan City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution supporting the company’s loan applications to both the Minnesota Investment Fund (MIF) and the state’s Jobs Creation Fund to renovate an existing building on the Blue Cross campus into “a high-tech medical research and development facility.”

The size of the two loan requests was not spelled out in the council documents. DEED would be responsible for reviewing and administering the loans. A spokesperson for DEED had no immediate details to share Friday.

The package would include $100,000 in loan forgiveness that would otherwise be paid to Eagan’s revolving MIF fund.

Also Friday, Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire released a brief written statement through Horwath, which said: “We’re thrilled about the prospect of Solventum joining the Eagan business community. Their presence would further strengthen our position as a hub for innovation and economic growth.”

The 55-acre Blue Cross Blue Shield site became available last year after many of the insurance company’s roughly 3,000 employees opted for a hybrid work model. Solventum, which maintains some 20,000 employees across 300 offices in 38 countries, spun off from 3M in March.

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