Jamie Dimon pulled out the stops to lure bankers back into the office\u2014and to incentivize them to stay late.<\/p>\n
JPMorgan Chase\u2019s new $3 billion skyscraper on 270 Park Ave in Midtown Manhattan is packed with amenities designed to make full-time office workers actually want to return to the office, including 19 restaurants and an assortment of coffee shops that employees can order from in a building-specific app.<\/p>\n
The new 60-story headquarters opens this week, and at full capacity, it can hold 10,000 employees. The tower is also outfitted with a gym, a company store, and biometric access\u2014and it\u2019s open all hours of the day. David Arena, the head of global corporate real estate at the bank, told<\/a> CNBC the new HQ will serve as a blueprint for the global bank\u2019s future offices worldwide.<\/p>\n \u201cWe tried to future-proof the building,\u201d Arena said Tuesday.<\/p>\n Architect Norman Foster, whose past work includes Apple\u2019s headquarters in California and Hearst Tower in Manhattan, said the project may top his previous designs. He told<\/a> The Wall Street Journal last week: \u201cIn terms of leisure, entertainment, lifestyle, I would say that every level of this\u00a0 tower pushes those boundaries further than anything we\u2019ve done before.\u201d<\/p>\n Dining options on-site range from Morgan\u2019s, an English pub, to a Michelin-starred vegan restaurant and a cafe that serves protein shakes from an Airstream trailer, according to CNBC. The tower has 50% more hospitality space than any previous JPMorgan property, Arena said.<\/p>\n The six-year-long rebuild of JPMorgan\u2019s headquarters exemplifies Dimon\u2019s push for in-person collaboration, which he believes is essential for creativity<\/a> and young worker development<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n