IBM Somers Office Complex
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The IBM Somers Office Complex is a complex of five office buildings formerly owned and occupied by IBM in Somers, New York, United States.[1] Situated on a Script error: No such module "convert". campus, the I. M. Pei-designed, glass pyramid-topped structures formerly housed the regional headquarters for the IBM corporation.[2]
Begun in 1984, the modernist Script error: No such module "convert". complex has been described as a "futuristic fortress".[3]
History
The complex was originally conceived in 1983 following the successful approval of a PepsiCo corporate campus nearby.[4] Constructed between 1984 and 1989, the $200 million complex allowed consolidation of 3,000 employees previously spread among several facilities in the surrounding area.[5] The complex has overcome initial complaints over excessive water usage and light pollution to become a business fixture in the Somers area.[4][6]
On September 29, 2016, IBM sold the property to a company called 294 Route 100, LLC (the address of the property) for $31.75M. The transaction was recorded on October 18, 2016. At the time of sale, the property was assessed with a full value of $122,150,943 and taxable value of $16,185,000.[7]
Layout
Approximately 2,000 IBM employees in Global Services, Software, and the Systems and Technology Group[3][8] once occupied Script error: No such module "convert". of office space in Script error: No such module "convert". hilltop campus consisting of four triangle-shaped main buildings and a central service building, each topped with a glass pyramid.[1][9]
Awards
In 1990 the Somers complex staff was given IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition "For the development of the multilayer ceramic thermal conduction module for high performance computers."[10]
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:I. M. Pei