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IBM Somers Office Complex

Field	Value
name	IBM Somers Office Complex
image	IBM Somers.JPG
caption	Regional headquarters
building_type	Corporate Offices
architectural_style	Modernist
cost	$55 million
location	Somers, NY
owner	Sebastian Capital
coordinates
start_date	July 1984
completion_date	October 1989
other_dimensions	750 acre
floor_area	1200000 sqft
architect	I. M. Pei
architecture_firm	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

The IBM Somers Office Complex is a complex of five office buildings formerly owned and occupied by IBM in Somers, New York, United States. Situated on a 730 acre campus, the I. M. Pei-designed, glass pyramid-topped structures formerly housed the regional headquarters for the IBM corporation.

Begun in 1984, the modernist 1200000 sqft complex has been described as a "futuristic fortress".

History

The complex was originally conceived in 1983 following the successful approval of a PepsiCo corporate campus nearby. Constructed between 1984 and 1989, the $200 million complex allowed consolidation of 3,000 employees previously spread among several facilities in the surrounding area. The complex has overcome initial complaints over excessive water usage and light pollution to become a business fixture in the Somers area.

On September 29, 2016, IBM sold the property to a company called 294 Route 100, LLC (the address of the property) for $31.75M. The transaction was recorded on October 18, 2016. At the time of sale, the property was assessed with a full value of $122,150,943 and taxable value of $16,185,000.

Layout

Approximately 2,000 IBM employees in Global Services, Software, and the Systems and Technology Group once occupied 1200000 sqft of office space in 730 acre hilltop campus consisting of four triangle-shaped main buildings and a central service building, each topped with a glass pyramid.

Awards

In 1990 the Somers complex staff was given IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition "For the development of the multilayer ceramic thermal conduction module for high performance computers."

References

"IBM Office Building Complex". Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
Morgan, Timothy. (2003-09-22). "It's Time for an iSeries BladeCenter". Guild Companies.
Oser, Alan. (1983-07-10). "Somers Complex Adapts to Times". NYT.
Steinberg, Jacques. (1992-12-17). "At an I.B.M. Complex, Fear and Disbelief". NYT.
Foderaro, Lisa. (1989-12-05). "Town Copes With Growth And Trouble It Can Bring". NYT.
McCain, Mark. (1987-07-12). "Commercial Property: Westchester Offices; 20% Vacancy Casts a Pall in Once-Booming Suburb". NYT.
Foderaro, Lisa. (1989-04-05). "To many in North Salem, Skyglow Has No Romance". NYT.
Auchterlonie, Tom. (2016-11-07). "IBM Sells Somers Campus For $31.75 Million".
(1999-10-18). "Possible job cuts at IBM's Sommers campus". Westchester County Business Journal.
Lammers, David. (1999-07-30). "IBM sets its sights on communications silicon". United Business Media.
"IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition Recipients". IEEE.

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