Gardner Builders is a hospitality company in the commercial construction business. We are a general contractor focused on delivering projects – both simple and complex – in a way that gives you complete confidence that you are in excellent hands.
From the very beginning, we set out to a place where people love their work and build awesome projects for our clients while providing them world-class service, collaboration and hospitality. We help our clients be the best at who they want to be. We work closely with our clients, designers, and our trade partners to deliver quality spaces. Our end purpose is to provide each one of our clients with an outstanding experience during the construction process.

Founded in 1955, and one of the most historic central business associations in the nation, the mpls downtown council (mdc) is a membership-based entity that works to create an extraordinary downtown. The mdc’s collaborative development of Intersections: Downtown 2025 Plan was designed to help downtown businesses, community leaders and citizens build on downtown assets and implement future goals. The mpls downtown council currently has approximately 450 member organizations ranging from Fortune 500s to start-up companies both downtown and throughout the Twin Cities. We have more than 35 events per year focused on networking, informing about important topics within our downtown community, and providing opportunities to engage with colleagues, clients and peers.