A progressive strategy, design and delivery approach reinvigorates Abbott Nutrition’s real estate portfolio and empowers leadership to recruit and retain world-class researchers.

Abbott Nutrition is a subsidiary of a leading, globally diversified healthcare research and development company. Following years of growth, the organization found their dispersed Ohio facilities exhausted of usefulness and lacking in the modern workplace amenities that attract and retain their industry’s top talent. While the primary campus remained a vibrant hub of research and finance, additional locations had become lonely outposts with occupancy rates falling below 15%. Employees were fleeing to better serviced buildings or those locations which lessened their commute.

We proposed a bold move: switch to a ground-up construction, in an up-and-coming commercial office park. The new workplace breaks down silos by reducing private office assignments and implementing a judicious number of unassigned workstations. Open-concept benching systems define 80% of the workspace, and within those, nearly half are outfitted with sit-to-stand height adjustable table solutions. Amenities include centralized collaborative kitchens with farm-to-table pop-up markets and a central dining room that accommodates over 200 employees for annual gatherings.

The Verro Team completed this project while at Unispace.