PLANO, Texas, Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- It's official.
Dallas-based Corgan will be
Toyota's lead architect for its new North American headquarters
campus in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
"After a search that included some of the finest architectural
firms in the world, we are thrilled to welcome Corgan as designers
of our North American headquarters in Plano, Texas," said Doug Beebe, corporate manager of Administrative
Services at Toyota. "Corgan is a world-class firm that has
designed many beautiful corporate campuses and other projects, both
here in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and around the world.
We are looking forward to seeing the design elements of this campus
that Corgan will deliver to provide a collaborative and innovative
workspace."
Corgan President and CEO
Bob Morris said, "We are inspired by
the challenge to create a facility that will bring Toyota team
members and associates from across the U.S. together in one
building for the first time. It will be an honor for us at Corgan
to help welcome Toyota to north Texas by creating a home for them where
they will immediately feel comfortable and empowered to do their
best work."
The firm is already designing the temporary office space Toyota
will occupy in Plano until the
permanent campus is built.
Corgan has delivered impressive results working on corporate
headquarters for State Farm, Southwest Airlines, Bulova, Blue Cross
Blue Shield and Fossil, among others. The international firm has
also been recognized for its design leadership of major hospitals,
airports, schools, performance venues and a wide range of other
project types. In addition, ninety of its projects are LEED
registered and 47 are LEED certified.
Toyota recently purchased the land for the new headquarters site
and expects to begin occupying the campus in late 2016 or early
2017. Last month, Toyota selected Dallas-based KDC Real Estate Development &
Investments, one of America's leading commercial real estate
development and investment firms, as lead developer for the
project.
Once completed, the headquarters will be home to about 4,000
Toyota employees.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Toyota Media Line – (310) 468-5297
Corgan: Ann Franks – (214)
757-1670
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the world's top automaker and creator of the
Prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live
through our Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands. Over the past 50
years, we've built more than 25 million cars and trucks in
North America, where we operate 14
manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than
40,000 people (more than 32,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North
American dealerships (1,500 in the U.S.) sold more than 2.5 million
cars and trucks (more than 2.2 million in the U.S.) in 2013 – and
about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years
are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the
country, with a focus on education, safety and the environment. As
part of this commitment, we share the company's extensive know-how
garnered from building great cars and trucks to help community
organizations and other nonprofits expand their ability to do good.
For more information about Toyota, visit
www.toyotanewsroom.com.
About Corgan
Corgan is a leading architecture and interior design firm with
deep technical expertise and a reputation for great service. From
its founding in 1938, Corgan has grown into one of the largest
U.S.-based design firms focused on architecture. Recognized three
consecutive years as the Best Large Architecture Firm to Work by
ZweigWhite, Corgan employs more than 400 professionals in its
offices in Dallas, Houston, New
York, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Beijing and Dubai. As its design opportunities have
expanded from local to international, Corgan has developed special
expertise in corporate, aviation, healthcare, education and mission
critical facility design, as well as digital visualization services
through Corgan MediaLab.
For more information visit Corgan's website at
www.corgan.com.
SOURCE Toyota