Oakridge Corporate Complex: A Workplace Designed for People
A healthy, flexible headquarters campus that helps a growing company attract and keep talent.
- Client: Oakridge Holdings (2021)
- Project Value: $135 Million
- Time to Completion: 23 months
- Location: Dallas, 2021
- Project Type: Commercial
- Project Size: 2 buildings, 600,000 square feet
Project Overview
The Oakridge Corporate Office Complex is a two-building headquarters campus in Dallas created for a fast-growing financial services company. The buildings offer flexible open-plan floors, quiet focus rooms, a staff restaurant, a fitness centre and an auditorium, linked by a landscaped courtyard with shaded seating. Daylight reaches deep into every floor through central atriums, and fresh-air ventilation, natural materials and planted terraces create a healthy working environment. The campus was designed to WELL and LEED Gold standards, supporting both staff wellbeing and the company's sustainability goals.
Challenges
The client needed the Oakridge campus ready before its existing office leases expired, leaving no room for delay. Ambitious wellbeing and sustainability certifications set strict requirements for air quality, materials and energy use, and the large central atriums demanded complex structural and fire engineering. The company also planned to move more than 2,000 staff in a single weekend.
Solutions
Structo delivered the Oakridge complex by planning certification, structure and the final move together from the very beginning. A fixed handover date shaped every decision, and the team worked closely with the client's facilities staff so that the buildings were fully ready for people on the first working day.
Results
The Oakridge Corporate Office Complex was handed over on the agreed date, and the move weekend went exactly to plan. The campus achieved both WELL and LEED Gold certification, and staff surveys show significant improvements in satisfaction and wellbeing compared with the old offices. The company credits its new headquarters with helping it attract talent in a highly competitive job market.
