First they helped the world’s largest automaker find the place;
now they’ll help with the space.
Toyota has also
hired developer KDC and design firm Corgan for the project. Real estate
strategy firm JLL previously assisted Toyota in analyzing potential sites
before the company chose Plano, and will be Toyota’s third partner in building
the company’s new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. JLL will support
project management services, helping keep the enormous undertaking on track and
on target.Toyota plans to move into its new headquarters at the southwest
corner of State Highway 121 and Legacy Drive in either late 2016 or early 2017.
The headquarters is expected to employ 4,000 workers in a 1 million-square-foot
property
The firm is quite familiar with the project; it helped
Toyota analyze potential sites before the company closed in on the Plano plan.
“We
are honored to partner with Toyota as they embark on the development of their
new state-of-the-art headquarters in Plano,” says JLL Managing Director Scott
Boer. “We believe the values and principles our two companies share are a
perfect match and will render an ideal workplace for Toyota and its associates
far into the future.”
“We are eager to move forward with the construction of
our new headquarters with an experienced team that has a history of
collaboration, like JLL and KDC,” says Doug Beebe, Toyota Motor Sales, Inc.,
corporate manager of Administrative Services. “JLL is a recognized industry
leader that will add tremendous value to our project by providing a single
point of contact to handle the consolidation and development in Plano.”
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