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Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. Unveils RealPage Headquarters in Dallas, Texas by HGA San FranciscoNovember 3rd, 2017 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: v2com HGA San Francisco, one of San Francisco’s premier full-service architecture firms specializing in workplace environments, is pleased to announce its completion of RealPage Dallas. Considered the nation’s leading property-management software company, RealPage has experienced exponential growth since launching in 1998. In response, the fast-growing company consolidated its Dallas, Texas headquarters—previously composed of four disparate locations—under one 400,000 square-foot roof.  The RealPage headquarters main lobby features a double helix staircase – a unifying element that visually and physically connects the building’s four floors, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography
 Each neighborhood offers a coffee bar where employees can relax and unwind during the work day, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography In developing its design for the company, HGA San Francisco placed significant emphasis on advancing the culture and ideals of RealPage, specifically how colleagues work and communicate. Led by HGA San Francisco lead architect Melissa Pesci, who has designed multiple RealPage locations in San Francisco, Irvine, Chicago, Seattle, Barcelona, South Carolina, and Georgia, among other cities, the design approach for the Dallas headquarters exemplifies the gold standard in thoughtful workplace design. It seeks to reveal not only a refreshed environment, but also a forward-looking vision paired with a workplace strategy that promotes collaboration and efficiency.  Huddle rooms within each neighborhood allow for privacy and concentration, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  New amenities like a fitness center help bring together RealPage employees, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography In response to the original campus, where employees were often siloed, the new headquarters is designed at the human level with the belief that places for eating and daily activities are just as important as meeting spaces. The first thing Pesci’s team did was knit together the company culture by creating important amenities, such as a farmers’ market-style cafeteria and coffee bar, gym, training and conference center, film and sound studio, auditorium, and an open workplace with custom furniture system by Steelcase that is adaptable to the company’s changing needs.  The flexible, open plan supports RealPage’s fast-growth strategy, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  Lead architect Melissa Pesci of HGA San Francisco humanized the building’s large floor plates by creating distinct neighborhoods, color-coded to identify different departments and functions, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography “RealPage is a global technology company, and their headquarters needed to convey its culture, while at the same time respond to the specific site conditions and programming requirements,” says lead architect Melissa Pesci. “Our design approach sought to humanize the large floor plate through ‘neighborhoods’. Within each neighborhood are workstations and hubs. The hubs are made up of private offices that are adjacent to a coffee bar, as well as open, collaboration space and closed collaboration space.”  Breakout areas allow for intimate meeting settings, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  RealPage’s open space strategy supports collaboration and communication among departments, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography To achieve such an ambitious design, HGA performed a multitude of in-house services to maximize time and budget given the project’s fast-track schedule. From interior design and architecture, to engineering, lighting design and environmental graphics, HGA’s multifaceted practice attributed to the ultimate success of the space by incorporating a “lean” project delivery method. Additionally, HGA came on board as a trusted partner at the start of the project to oversee the site selection process and assist with planning for the complex project.  New amenities like the farmer’s market-style cafeteria help create one workplace culture, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  Located abundantly throughout RealPage’s headquarters, work pods accommodate individual work styles and preferences, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography “The RealPage headquarters move needed to be very strategic. Working with HGA allowed us to bring in creativity, flexibility and nimbleness,” says Sandy Seaton, Vice President of Real Estate & Workplace Solutions. “The idea of bringing all of our employees together and creating one workplace culture with new amenities like the work café, fitness center and neighborhoods has created a cohesiveness that didn’t exist before.”  Private focus rooms allow for concentration, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  A flexible furniture system allows groups to reconfigure the conference room as needed, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography As a design firm that consistently strives to meet and exceed client expectations, HGA is proud to have completed the RealPage Dallas headquarters, which is now home to more than 2,000 employees. Watch the RealPage Dallas Headquarters video here.  HGA San Francisco created a variety of seating options for the farmer’s market-style cafeteria, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  The design for the RealPage fitness center lets in natural light and frames the outside view, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography About HGA San Francisco HGA is an integrated architecture, engineering and planning firm. With offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento and Los Angeles; Minneapolis and Rochester, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Washington, DC, the nationally recognized firm has developed expertise in the corporate, healthcare, government, arts, community and education, since 1953. HGA’s culture for interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge sharing and design investigation helps prepare its clients for the future with responsive, innovative and sustainable design.  HGA San Francisco cantilevered huddle rooms to create focal points within the central, three-story atrium, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  The neighborhood concept helps make the office spaces feel more intimate, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography About RealPage RealPage is a leading global provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry. Clients use the company’s platform to improve operating performance and increase capital returns. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Richardson, Texas, RealPage currently serves over 12,000 clients worldwide from offices in North America, Europe and Asia.  The new RealPage headquarters in Dallas, Texas brings together four disparate locations under one roof, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  Private conference rooms offer amenities for video conferencing, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography  HGA San Francisco has designed multiple RealPage locations in San Francisco, Irvine, Chicago, Seattle, Barcelona, South Carolina and Georgia, among other cities, Image Courtesy © Benny Chan Photography
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