IBM Somers Office Complex
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| name = IBM Somers Office Complex
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| image = IBM Somers.JPG
| caption = Regional headquarters
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| building_type = Corporate Offices
| architectural_style = Modernist
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| cost = $55 million
| location = Somers, NY
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| owner = Sebastian Capital
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| coordinates = {{coord|41.32072|N|73.67855|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| start_date = July 1984
| completion_date = October 1989{{cite web|url=http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8307/s.html |title= IBM Office Building Complex |access-date=2009-06-28 |publisher=Pei Cobb Freed & Partners }}
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| floor_area = {{convert|1200000|sqft|m2}}
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| architect = I. M. Pei
| architecture_firm = Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
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The IBM Somers Office Complex is a complex of five office buildings formerly owned and occupied by IBM in Somers, New York, United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh092203-story01.html |title=It's Time for an iSeries BladeCenter |access-date=2008-08-31 |last=Morgan |first=Timothy |date=2003-09-22 |work=IT Jungle |publisher=Guild Companies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829205306/http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh092203-story01.html |archive-date=2008-08-29 |url-status=dead }} Situated on a {{convert|730|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus, the I. M. Pei-designed, glass pyramid-topped structures formerly housed the regional headquarters for the IBM corporation.{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EEDD1439F933A25754C0A965948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=Somers Complex Adapts to Times |access-date=2008-08-31 |last=Oser|first=Alan |date=1983-07-10 |publisher=NYT}}
Begun in 1984, the modernist {{convert|1200000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} complex has been described as a "futuristic fortress".{{cite web |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFD8173AF934A25751C1A964958260 |title= At an I.B.M. Complex, Fear and Disbelief |access-date=2008-08-31 |last=Steinberg |first=Jacques |date=1992-12-17 |publisher=NYT}}
History
The complex was originally conceived in 1983 following the successful approval of a PepsiCo corporate campus nearby.{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D9113BF936A35751C1A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title= Town Copes With Growth And Trouble It Can Bring |access-date=2008-08-31 |last=Foderaro |first=Lisa |date=1989-12-05 |publisher=NYT}} Constructed between 1984 and 1989, the $200 million complex allowed consolidation of 3,000 employees previously spread among several facilities in the surrounding area.{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DD163FF931A25754C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title= Commercial Property: Westchester Offices; 20% Vacancy Casts a Pall in Once-Booming Suburb |access-date=2008-08-31 |last=McCain |first=Mark |date=1987-07-12 |publisher=NYT}} The complex has overcome initial complaints over excessive water usage and light pollution to become a business fixture in the Somers area.{{cite web |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DE103CF936A35757C0A96F948260&sec=&spon= |title= To many in North Salem, Skyglow Has No Romance |access-date=2008-08-31 |last=Foderaro |first=Lisa |date=1989-04-05 |publisher=NYT}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://lewisboro.dailyvoice.com/business/ibm-sells-somers-campus-for-3175-million/690120/|title=IBM Sells Somers Campus For $31.75 Million|last=Auchterlonie|first=Tom|date=2016-11-07}}
Layout
Approximately 2,000 IBM employees in Global Services, Software, and the Systems and Technology Group{{cite web |url=http://connection.ebsscohost.com/content/article/1017762632.html |title=Possible job cuts at IBM's Sommers campus |access-date=2008-08-31 |date=1999-10-18 |work=Westchester County Business Journal}} once occupied {{convert|1200000|sqft|m2}} of office space in {{convert|730|acre|km2}} hilltop campus consisting of four triangle-shaped main buildings and a central service building, each topped with a glass pyramid.{{cite web |url= http://www.eetimes.eu/18302149 |title= IBM sets its sights on communications silicon |last=Lammers|first=David |access-date=2008-08-31 |date=1999-07-30 |publisher=United Business Media}}
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."{{cite web |url=http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/corprcpr.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115110749/http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/corprcpr.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2008 |title=IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition Recipients |access-date=2008-08-31 |publisher=IEEE}}
See also
References
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Category:1989 establishments in New York (state)
Category:Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York