Design firm Mancini Duffy’s New Media Group continues to expand its roster of projects for innovative new media companies. Among recently acquired projects are:
- Avanade, a software integration and web-hosting company, which is a joint venture of Microsoft and Andersen Consulting. Mancini Duffy is designing the company’s first New York office at 1345 Ave. of the Americas, two-phase build-out of 20,000 sq.ft. accommodating 100 to 180 persons within a “hoteling” concept.
- CondeNet, the Internet group within Conde Nast, which is relocating to 60,000 sq.ft. at 1440 Broadway. The three-floor Manhattan space will include a consolidated server facility and high-tech conference areas for websites such as Style.com and Swoon.
- DLJDirect, a 90,000-sq.ft. expansion of the headquarters office space at Harborside Financial Center, Jersey City. The project includes a 110-person Call Center and a 4,600 sq.ft. data center.
- GCI Group, the public relations division of Grey Advertising, which is relocating from the Company’s headquarters at 777 Third Ave. to 825 Third Avenue, Manhattan, and will occupy five floors totaling 55,000 sq.ft. The space will incorporate one floor of executive/conference area, as well as four floors of general office space.
- Mercator, a software development company, awarded three projects to Mancini.Duffy including a 60,000 sq.ft. headquarters relocation in Wilton, Connecticut; a 15,000 sq.ft. facility in Bannockburn, Illinois; and an 18,000 sq.ft. facility in Burlington, Massachusetts.
- Office.com, a service from Winstar, is relocating to a 28,000 sq.ft. floor at 685 Third Avenue, Manhattan. Office.com provides a website that focuses and harnesses the potential of the Internet for the work world.
- Wheelhouse, a software integration and web-hosting company, awarded three projects to Mancini Duffy including a 25,000 sq.ft. office facility in New York City; a 25,000 sq.ft. building in San Francisco; and a 5,000 sq.ft. expansion of the company’s headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.
From officeinsight