Medtronic/medtech reporter | Medtech

Burl Gilyard is the Star Tribune's medtech reporter.


Two major downtown Minneapolis towers face change as hybrid shuffle continues

Wells Fargo Center is now on the market, and Capella University cuts its space by more than half in the tower that bears its name.


Empire Foods takes over former Walmart in Brooklyn Center

Empire Foods Walmart Asian grocery Brooklyn Center


Minnesota's Largest Candy Store to relocate and expand

A project on Hwy. 169 is prompting the move to nearby Jordan, Minn.


Bloomington-based IT company ConvergeOne files for bankruptcy with $1.8 billion in debt

The plans, filed in Texas, will also transfer control of the company to senior lenders.


Medtronic study puts spotlight on how one of its heart devices can help women

Study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows how the Evolut TAVR can help treat women with aortic stenosis.


SkyWater Technology cancels option on land for $1.8B Indiana chip plant

Minnesota company continues to pursue federal CHIPS funding for its Bloomington facility.


Wings Financial foreclosing on portion of Normandale Lakes Office Park

New York-based owner Opal Holdings owes $40.3 million in unpaid mortgage to the credit union for the 8200 Tower of the largest office park in the Twin Cities metro.


After 3M split, Minnesota has a new public company in Solventum

The health care business has been two years in the making and will operate out of 3M's Maplewood headquarters for the first year, at least.


Another vestige of Carlson travel empire sold, this one to Amex spinoff for $570M

American Express Global Business Travel was a rival of what was formerly known as Carlson Wagonlit Travel in the corporate travel industry.


Minnesota med-tech hub backers pressing on, with or without federal money

Greater MSP, the group behind the collaborative effort, applied to land $60 million in federal funding.