Ford Motor Company’s new headquarters is double the size of its old one with room for twice as many employees.
It has seven restaurants as part of a 160,000 square-foot (14,864-square-meter) food hall, office space, design studios and fabrication shops.
And, of course, cars.
The “crown jewel” of Ford’s headquarters, according to Ford Land's global design and brand director, is a showroom that she likened to a “James Bond villain’s lair.”
“But it is impressive. When you're in it, you feel like you are in the center of automotive design,” Jennifer Kolstad said, after leading a media tour of the new 2.1 million square-foot (195,096 square-meter) HQ.
“Its principal function is decision-making,” she said. “It's where we showcase our new product, and our executives make decisions about what we will take to market.”
Ford is moving its headquarters for the first time in seven decades, relocating to the newly constructed building 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) away in its longtime home of Dearborn, Michigan.
The new structure is being called “Ford World Headquarters.” It is part of a larger campus that will take the name of the current HQ: Henry Ford II World Center. Henry Ford II was the grandson of company founder Henry Ford and the uncle of Bill Ford, the automaker's executive chairman.
Ford’s current headquarters, known as “The Glass House,” opened in 1956. The Glass House will be demolished. The company expects to complete its move in 2027.
The new HQ “is a building that really brings together all of Ford Motor Company onto a campus here in Southeast Michigan,” said Jim Dobleske, Ford Land CEO. “By the time we're done with this facility, we'll have over 14,000 people within a seven-minute walk and another 9,000 within a nine-minute drive.”
Some workers already have set up shop inside the new headquarters, which is to be the site of a grand-opening celebration on Sunday.

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