Jamie Dimon pulled out the stops to lure bankers back into the office—and to incentivize them to stay late.
JPMorgan Chase’s new $3 billion skyscraper on 270 Park Ave in Midtown Manhattan is packed with amenities designed to make full-time office workers actually want to return to the office, including 19 restaurants and an assortment of coffee shops that employees can order from in a building-specific app.
“We tried to future-proof the building,” Arena said Tuesday.
Dining options on-site range from Morgan’s, an English pub, to a Michelin-starred vegan restaurant and a cafe that serves protein shakes from an Airstream trailer, according to CNBC. The tower has 50% more hospitality space than any previous JPMorgan property, Arena said.
As a vocal proponent of working from the office rather than remote, Dimon has led JPMorgan’s overhaul of 125,000 workspaces around the world over the past five years, with plans for 75,000 more. The new headquarters, according to Dimon, sets the gold standard. “We think of the building as a recruitment tool,” Arena told CNBC. “A workplace needs to be a destination, it needs to be commute-worthy. It needs to provide an elevated experience for employees, for clients and for visitors.”
