CBRE Opens Tech-Enabled Office at 595 Tower in West Des Moines

CBRE has announced the opening of its new 8,000-sq.-ft. office on the second floor of 595 Tower development at 595 S. 60th St. in West Des Moines. The firm has relocated from Hubbell Realty Company building at 6900 Westown Parkway.

The new office is part of CBRE’s Workplace360 program showcasing the company’s “Future of Work” space standards, including innovative technology and a wider variety of collaborative spaces designed to support hybrid working.

CBRE launched its Workplace360 program in 2013 and has since opened more than 100 Workplace360 offices across the globe. A cornerstone of the Workplace360 model is its “free address” approach where there is no assigned seating. Instead, teams are assigned to various neighborhood work areas where they can use any unoccupied seat. As many companies move to hybrid work models, a free-address approach allows for any workstation or office to be used by any employees who are in the office on a given day.

“While we enjoyed our time at the Hubbell Realty Company building when our office was an affiliate location, our new Workplace360 space at 595 Tower truly solidifies our place within the CBRE family,” said Bill Wright, managing director for CBRE in Des Moines. “The building is a fantastic new five-story property set in the Jordan Creek Town Center neighborhood, with retail on the ground floor, offices including ours on the second and condominiums on the remaining floors. Our new space brings in our CBRE Valuation & Advisory Services team, who were working in a separate location, and includes all of the exciting features that come with Worklplace360.”

The office features several work areas, including focus rooms, huddle rooms and an open-space living room known as the CBRE “Heart,” which can be used for town halls, conference meetings and more casual work environments. In addition, new technology has been implemented that will grant employees instant and seamless access to several collaborative workspace chat and video applications. There will also be a large digital media display near the entrance for company announcements and a RISE café for both employees and guests to meet.

“The new Workplace360 office in Des Moines is a fantastic achievement which incorporates the latest elements of the Workplace360 program and serves as a showcase to both employees and clients alike,” said Peter Van Emburgh, global head of CBRE’s corporate real estate. “While the office is distinctly Workplace360, it also incorporates several hints of Iowa and Des Moines culture, truly making it stand out among similar new offices in the region.”

The office design, led by CBRE Design Collective, envisioned an office that seamlessly integrated key features of both Workplace360 and Iowa’s distinct culture. As a result, there are several pieces of artwork from local artists, Tom Gross and Candice Luten, displayed throughout the office, including an acrylic Des Moines cityscape item from Mr. Gross and a textured rope dimensional piece from Ms. Luten. The conference room names are also based on the three counties where CBRE is most active – Dallas, Jasper and Polk. Additionally, office employees collaborated with the CBRE Design Collective team on the palette selection, combining each group’s top palette selections, resulting in an organic design with industrial accents strewn throughout the office.