For its new headquarters, PTC, a market leader in Internet of Things and augmented reality systems, took an 18%-year lease on the top nine floors of the 17-story, 400,000-sf 121 Seaport building in Boston. The company's goal for the elaborate fitout of that 250,000-sf space was to "make its headquarters a global model for excellence in the use of workplace technology." End-to-end collaboration between PTC and its Building Team was instrumental in achieving that goal. It started several months before construction began when project architect Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA) conducted visioning and commissioning sessions with PTC and its owner's representative, Cresa. The client also engaged the MIT Center for Real Estate to evaluate the most appropriate technology options for the project. Because PTC's new headquarters would be 100% unassigned seating, the Building Team constructed 5,000-sf mockups of the proposed office spaces at PTC's old headquarters in Needham, Mass., to show employees how the new workspaces would feel and function.
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