PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — 3M has placed 187.2 acres of its former corporate retreat, Wonewok, up for sale again.
The 680-acre executive getaway, located on Big Mantrap and Petit lakes north of Park Rapids, Minnesota, was originally put on the market in 2023.
In February 2025, Minnesota Land Trust and Northern Waters Land Trust announced they were purchasing 431 acres from 3M. The 16 parcels will then be donated to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to create a new Mantrap Lake Wildlife Management Area.
Six parcels, totaling 187 acres and 2.26 miles of “pristine shoreline,” are currently listed for sale with Colliers on its website at Colliers.com.
A Minnesota-based Fortune 500 company, 3M is a maker of adhesives, medical and home cleaning supplies, building materials and more.
‘An opportunity so rare’
Colliers describes Wonewok as “an opportunity so rare, it almost defies categorization.”
The setting is “a rare combination of natural lakefront beauty and purpose-built retreat infrastructure,” says Colliers.
Wonewok features 15 primary buildings dispersed throughout the property, with a gross combined building area of 58,622 square feet. According to Colliers, this includes 36 fully appointed guest rooms, six cottages and numerous activity facilities, such as a trap-shooting range, tennis courts, lodge, restaurant, driving range and putting green.
John McCarthy, senior vice president for Colliers at their Minneapolis office, said the real estate firm is “pleased with the initial interest. People look at it, and they’re just blown away.”
They do scratch their heads, he said, about how best to use the former conference center, located at 21254 County 24, Park Rapids.
Corporate entertainment “isn’t as robust as it used to be,” McCarthy said, with many companies, like 3M, trying to “right size.”
Colliers isn’t advertising an asking price, but McCarthy assures potential buyers that there was “a very good deal on it” because of 3M’s strong investment.
The property has been shown to private investors, resort owners and all sorts, according to McCarthy.
He said he’s not quite sure what the property will become, and Colliers is looking for ideas. It may not go to the highest bidder, McCarthy added.
McCarthy estimated that, within the next 45 days or so, Colliers will make a call for offers from interested parties.
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