Workplace
Aligning business objectives with forward-thinking design
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DESIGNING SPACES THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE
EXPERTS YOU CAN TRUST
experience you can rely on
From urban high-rises to the cool co-working space down the street, we work with organizations to optimize and design office environments that support their goals, engage employees, and drive performance. Our workplace team is a dedicated group of designers who obsess about the trends, best practices, and challenges facing our clients. We’re committed industry experts and thought leaders who are passionate about the importance of workplace environments. We are here to provide an outside perspective, bring clarity, understand problems, and solve for the unknown.
Kim Marks Principal, Workplace Practice Leader Email: marksk@progressiveae.com Phone: 704.731.8057
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AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACES
focused on the needs of your business Our experience with corporate workplaces has taken us to cities around the world, 22 different states, and more than 700 individual projects. This broad range of experience has taught us that all organizations are different. Let us guide you to an answer that’s designed specifically for you. Talent attraction and retention. Top talent is shrinking and the shortage is challenging organizations to look at creative ways of attracting and keeping employees. Vibrant and engaging workplaces can go a long way in contributing to employee satisfaction. Your new workspace is going to be a dramatic change for employees. We promise not to leave you high and dry after design. Instead, we can work with you to navigate the change to your new space. Helping staff understand that their new space is a “tool” means they’ll get more out of their new work experience.
I would recommend Progressive AE to anyone who really wants to capture where the workplace of the future is going. But I’d also recommend them because they’re great people. – Tom Finke, CEO, Barings
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REPOSITIONING OFFICE SPACE
for today’s workforce
To attract top tenants, Class A and B office spaces are offering a wide range of amenities that tenant organizations can leverage to help attract their own talent. Today’s workforce has come to expect access to shared amenities including cafes, conference spaces, training rooms, co-working areas and fitness centers. The way we work has changed. Advances in technology mean companies are more efficient than ever before. This evolution is forcing business leaders to reconsider lease depths, physical presence, and the permanence of space. Office buildings from 50+ years ago were designed to accommodate a generation of users with different priorities and ways of working. Repositioning these aging spaces for today’s workforce has become a top priority for many commercial real estate professionals.
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FULL-SERVICE EXPERTISE
guiding projects from start to finish Just like you, we know our most important asset is our people. That’s why we’ve hired the best. Our workplace team is a dedicated group of 30+ designers. And since we’re a full-service firm, we’ll be able to guide your project from beginning to end. Equity in design. Inclusive design, also known as Universal Design, is the act of creating spaces that can be used and accessed by everyone. In fact, it often goes further than the American’s with Disability Act to develop a sense of equality among users. We’re experts in the field of Universal Design and our work has been internationally recognized for its dedication to access for all. There is no “one size fits all.” We’ve worked with owners, tenants, and landlords on projects of all scale and size - from 2,500 to 200,000 square feet. Each project is unique and each client comes to us with different goals. We’ll help guide and design your workplace with measurable results around employee satisfaction, engagement, and retention.
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OUR PROJECTS 1. Access One | Charlotte, NC 2. MetLife Retail Headquarters | Charlotte, NC 3. Steelcase Innovation Center | Portland, OR 4. Confidential Financial Client | New York City, NY 5. The Launch Factory | Charlotte, NC 6. MLive Regional Media Hubs | Grand Rapids, MI 7. Steelcase Red Thread | Boston, MA
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