On the first Monday of the month, the office will host an “all hands” meeting - sort of like a happy hour for the L.A. That is in addition to standard tech company perks like the free, full-service kitchen equipped with waffle irons and a frozen yogurt machine. There’s also a room designated for virtual reality demonstrations.Įmployees were polled about what kinds of services they wanted at the new site. In addition to Goldman’s entertainment partnerships and Beers’ automotive unit, the office will house marketing teams and members of Oculus and Instagram. Blake Beers, automotive lead for Facebook It’s so important to us to have a big presence here to facilitate the local community “We explored concepts that are integral to the Facebook way of working - agility, flexibility and innovation - and crafted them into a space that evokes L.A.’s culture of arts and entertainment,” said Brian Stromquist, design manager at Gensler. That’s where a cloud-like paper cut-out installation by local artist Chris Natrop dangles from the ceiling. To open up the space and flood it with natural light, a portion of the second floor was removed to make room for a staircase and atrium. NEWSLETTER: Get the day’s top headlines from Times Editor Davan Maharaj > Gensler helped Facebook design its interiors, a whimsical two-story space brightened by colorful murals and posters that echo the company’s best-known mottos (“Move Fast And Break Things” and “Fail Harder”). That would put Facebook’s rent at over $150,000 a month. The company also declined to say how much it pays in rent, though Muhlstein of JLL said market rates for commercial property in the area are going for about $4.50 a square foot per month. Live and the 128-story Shanghai Tower), the new owners spruced the property up with bright colors, built open communal spaces and invited food trucks to park curbside during lunch.įacebook declined to say how long its lease is at Playa Jefferson. architecture firm Gensler (designers of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and JW Marriott at L.A. In 2011, the complex was sold to Vantage Property Investors for $35 million. Previous tenants include Citibank, which housed a research and development team there that came up with the first ATM machine.
Playa Jefferson, built on former farmland, used to be a nondescript collection of concrete office buildings.
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