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Nissan Announces Tennessee Headquarters Construction Details


June 2006
 Filed under: NISSAN Car News | NISSAN Headlines
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (June 15, 2006) — Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced construction details of its future headquarters, which will be located in the Cool Springs area of Franklin, Tenn.
The headquarters, which will encompass approximately 450,000 square feet, represents a capital investment in excess of $100 million.
“From this location, Nissan expects to realize significant new operational synergies,” said Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn, who announced details of the headquarters alongside Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen at a celebration on the grounds of the 50-acre Cool Springs site.

“Taking cross-functional teamwork to a higher level will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of all of Nissan’s North American operations, while offering employees more possibilities for personal growth and career development,” he added.

To help functional groups work together, the new building will break down physical barriers between groups and departments through features such as large, alternating atriums with open stairways on each of its nine main floors. This design feature will enable NNA employees to walk from floor to floor, while also creating informal discussion zones for impromptu “stairway” meetings. Each floor’s open environment will also include informal meeting areas.

Other building “tools,” such as furnishings, equipment, the interior environment and amenities that include as a fitness center, cafeteria and conference center, are designed help its headquarters employees work comfortably and more efficiently.

The building’s inner structure, developed in part through benchmarking some of the most successful North American corporate headquarters, will be housed in an outer structure with a fluid, S-shaped form. The headquarters also reflects a respect for the environment, leaving the property’s green spaces intact and taking an environment-minded approach to light, heating and air conditioning in the building’s interior.

Gresham, Smith and Partners, NNA’s architectural/engineering firm, will design and engineer the new North American headquarters, which is slated for completion in mid-2008. Skanska Building USA Inc. will be responsible for pre-construction services for the project.

Also at the ceremony, Nissan announced that it will donate $200,000 to the newly established Math and Science High School of Tennessee. The institution will be a public, residential, competitive high school where students study a specialized curriculum built around science and mathematics.

The new building announcement coincides with the transition of Nissan’s headquarters operations, which will function in interim facilities at the Bell South Building in Nashville until the new headquarters is complete. More than 42% of headquarters employees and more than 45% of professional, managerial and executive employees have chosen to relocate to the Nashville area as Nissan transitions out of its Gardena, Calif., location this summer. Nissan to date has received 40,000 resumes, drawn from across the country and from diverse industries, for the open headquarters positions. Almost 60% of total openings have been filled.

In North America, NNA’s operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information on NNA and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.nissannews.com.

Source: Nissan

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