In the ’70s, the complex was known as Cedar Square West, and it was part one of a multi-stage building complex that would have been a national landmark.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2023/10/brutalist-utopias-new-documentary-offers-redemptive-moment-for-minneapolis-riverside-plaza/

What’s unique to the game is that while waiting for James to return with the medicine, you have a multi-stage combat encounter fighting alongside David, involving a few standoffs against multiple waves of infected and a climactic battle with a bloater.

Source: https://kotaku.com/last-of-us-tlou-recap-s1e8-david-james-troy-baker-ellie-1850191358