JPMorgan plans to open his new office at 270 Park Ave. in Midtown Manhattan in November 2025. (Credit: JPMorgan Chase)
Back to the office is taking a whole new meaning while companies rebuild offices with many amenities for their employees.
Wall Street Titan Jpmorgan Chase is an excellent example, opening a $ 3 billion headquarters with advantages, including lunch, the side of the carsine and a sprawling health and wellness center.
At the opening, 270 Park Ave. – New York’s largest electric tower – will become the new house for 14,000 employees. Designed by the architect Norman Foster, the building “will define the modern workplace with the 21st century infrastructure” by boasting of intelligent technology and 2.5 million square feet of flexible and collaborative space, according to JPMorgan .
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The biophilic design of the building, an architectural style that increases connectivity to nature, will include an in -depth use of natural plants. The building will also provide 30% more light than a speculative office building led by a developer and incorporates circadian lighting to reduce the impact of electric light and promote a healthier interior environment.
The renovated JPMorgan office space at 270 Park Avenue in Manhattan. (Foster + Partners)
When the plan behind the new World Headquarters was unveiled in 2022, the company said that it joins experts such as Joseph Allen, director of the Harvard University, and the expert in well-being Deepak Chopra. He was also a parent with Danny Meyer of Union Square Hospitality Group, who advised JPMorgan on a “well-being and hospitality experience” for employees, which includes a food room with various food operators and healthy menus.
David Arena, head of world real estate of JPMorgan Chase, told Fortune that Meyer helped JPMorgan, the largest American bank with around 4 billions of dollars in assets, create an environment like “Eataly or something better”.
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There are 19 different restaurants, some of which include table service. Employees can also have food delivered directly to their office, according to Arena.
Its health and well-being center will offer a range of fitness services, including yoga and cycling rooms, physiotherapy and other medical services, modern mother’s rooms for breastfeeding and spaces of prayer and meditation.
The renovated JPMorgan office space at 270 Park Avenue in Manhattan. (Foster + Partners)
Norman has also doubled the amount of outdoor and fresh air spaces in the building. Its advanced HVAC filtration systems will also constantly clean up outside air as it enters the building, while cleaning the recirculated air.
According to JPMorgan, there will be 50% of more municipal spaces and 25% of space volume per person, offering more flexible choices for workers. At the top of the 60 -story tower, there will be a conference center with city views without obstruction where the company will host events for customers and employees.
“He has become more and more obvious to everyone that this place, the physical place, is really important for people, for his energy, for the way they feel and their way of feeling their business,” said Declared Arena in an interview with fortune earlier this month.
While the restrictions linked to the cocovan have softened and the return mandates took effect, the companies began to introduce fun advantages and reorganize office spaces to motivate employees to return to the work environment .
JPMorgan employees were informed last month that all workers had to be in power five days a week from March, although 60% of its workforce is already doing it.
Walmart, who is currently bringing back most of its workers to its main hubs, has recently opened a new campus for its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.
A plan of the Helen amphitheater on the new Walmart campus in Arkansas. (Walmart)
The campus, covering around 350 acres, includes 12 office buildings, bicycle and hiking trails and equipment such as a daycare center and a wellness center of 360,000 square feet.
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Last year, Amazon opened two new offices in its head office at Puget Sound in Bellevue, Washington. One of them, named Dynamo, provides more than 300,000 square feet with new offices, while the other, Sonic, offers 19 workspace floors on more than 400,000 square feet.
In September 2023, Amazon opened the doors to its new office in the emblematic building of the Lord & Taylor department store after a renovation of several years. The Midtown Manhattan office includes a coffee, a courtyard and an outdoor terrace with a dog race and a view of the State Building Empire for more than 2,000 employees.
