As office space options have evolved, so have tenants’ expectations. Not only do tenants want a space they can easily access and can grow in, but a space that epitomizes their brand.
This doesn’t just boil down to splashy paint, but everything from the electrical systems to the windows to the amenities needs to match a company’s perceived identity.
Finding and designing such spaces is BuzzFeed corporate real estate and facilities senior director Gabrielle Rubin Deveaux’s bread and butter. She didn’t find BuzzFeed’s current NYC digs, but she was tasked with designing and building it and helping the new media juggernaut move to it, all within 12 months.
That’s a lot to accomplish, but Gabrielle—who will be a panelist at Bisnow's Big NYC Office Event next week—tells us she was able to get significant headway when she asked BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti for three adjectives the space needed to embody.