Conagra's offices inside Merchandise Mart total over 168K SF on one floor. That footprint is equivalent to three football fields and enough space to bring together 790 employees in marketing, legal and finance from Conagra’s grocery, frozen foods and snack operations. Perkins+Will associate principal Eric Mersmann said designing an office with such a large floor plate presented some unique challenges.
Mersmann said Conagra wanted to bring together its workers on a single floor while still having everyone commingle in centralized locations. Given Merchandise Mart's design, there are only a few places in the office's north and south ends to penetrate access to Conagra's center, dubbed "The Market." Perkins+Will used pathways on the east and west ends of the floor to provide that access to the middle. Mersmann said the resulting plan essentially resembles a farm plot for office workers.
"It starts to look like rows of grain," Mersmann said.
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