As proudly announced by commercial real estate firm Hughes Marino and reported in Pacific Northwest real estate news site The Registry, Clark Nuber (#89 on the INSIDE Public Accounting Top 100 with $56,428,415 in revenue) is moving into two floors of the old Microsoft stomping grounds in Bellevue, Washington. Ready for the big reveal?
Wow. This is apparently the view from the office, at least we’ve surmised as much based on the submitter’s caption “View from Microsoft Office.”
We thought this was the view from Microsoft Office:
Here are some better pictures from CBRE in case anyone’s looking for “what’s arguably the best combination of views, location and amenities in Bellevue’s CBD” for a mere $55 per square foot.
Clark Nuber has occupied the same office for nearly 25 years so they were long overdue for a change of scenery. The new building is recently renovated and includes a new conference center, “athletic-quality” gym and spa, bike storage, EV charging stations, and a sick outdoor plaza.
Enough about the amenities though. Let us call attention to this quote from The Registry story:
During the beginning stages of the design process, Erin Green, director of operations at Clark Nuber, expressed how important it is to ensure each seat honors the various ways different team members work.
“The pandemic taught us that people can be productive in a variety of ways,” said Green. “We seized the opportunity to rethink, reimagine and reshape our habitat.” The new office will see a different mix of private offices, open plug-and-play workstations and team rooms arranged in a way that “democratizes daylight,” showing how Clark Nuber puts their people first and truly prioritizes this new space for the betterment of their team’s culture.
Being work-from-home slobs who work in poorly lit apartments and under the moody light of coffee shops (yes, people still do that), we had to Google “democratizing daylight.” It was either that or ask the comment section to guess what that means and some of you work in even darker, danker caves than we do. The first result was this 2011 article about Aflac:
A dark workspace is an unhealthy workspace, and Aflac’s executive management and board of directors knew it well. Although the past 20 years have seen the insurance company making a push toward eco-friendly practices—including reducing energy consumption by more than 30 percent per square foot in its offices—a significant renovation of the company’s customer service center (CSC) would be the most dramatic effort to date. The work performed centered on giving employees access to the building’s windows and views, creating healthier indoor air quality, and reducing energy consumption by more than 40 percent.
OH. It’s windows. Got it. Nice.
Clark Nuber Leases Two Floors Vacated by Microsoft in Bellevue’s City Center Plaza Building [The Registry]
