Hartford Business Journal

10 Hartford Business Journal • September 5, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Record-Journal Headquarters: 500 South Broad St., Second Floor, Meriden Employees: 85 I n Oct. 2015, the Record-Journal moved from a 110-year-old build- ing to a retrofitted new office space. The company wanted its office space to reflect its transformed culture and innovative mindset amid a changing media landscape, while also providing a more collaborative and fun space for employees that helped increase communication. Features include a work cafe designed to be used for lunch, informal meetings and company gatherings featuring kitchen amenities, a TV, coffee machines, vending machines, different height tables and chairs. The company put its mission statement on the wall for employees and the public to be inspired by. They also have a timeline to reflect the family business's 149-year-old history. There are six group meet- ing spaces, each featuring either a TV monitor for screen sharing and/ or white boards for brainstorming. They also have a large TV monitor visible to the entire office that shows real-time analytics of the company's website so the newsroom can see how people are engaging with news stories and make deci- sions on news coverage accordingly. P H O T O S | C O N T R I B U T E D LEGO Systems Inc. Headquarters: 555 Taylor Road, Enfield Employees: 980 capacity L EGO Systems Inc. renovated an outdated windowless manufacturing/warehouse space into a new state-of-the-art office that includes open floor plans that group together major business units with acoustic enhance- ments to mask background noise. A nod to LEGO's famed plastic build- ing blocks can be seen throughout the office. The office redesign also included the replacement of 220 feet of existing exterior wall with new glass-curtain wall, skylights and roof-mounted light tubes. There are also strategically located breakout spaces, open meeting spaces, huddle rooms, conference spaces and large group meeting spaces to enrich communication and staff teamwork. There is also a new food service space along with ample natural light. P H O T O S | C O N T R I B U T E D JCJ Architecture Headquarters: 120 Huyshope Ave., Hartford Number of Employees: 112 nationally / 67 in Hartford J CJ Architecture recently relocated its cor- porate headquarters to the fourth floor of the Coltsville East Armory Building, posi- tioned immediately below Hartford's iconic Colt dome. The 18,000-square-foot open floor space includes reception, gathering and assembly areas, private offices and meeting spaces and a design floor that brings together employees in a light-filled space. Exposed cast-iron columns, barrel-vaulted ceiling, orig- inal doors, white-washed walls and exposed mechanicals have been combined with sleek workstations, contemporary furnishings and state-of-the-art collaboration technology. P H O T O S | C O N T R I B U T E D COCC's Southington office has open collaborative areas including dry-erase walls and unique seating arrangements. West Hartford's JADE MARKETING GROUP, located in Blue Black Square, has an expansive lunch room, including a pool table, that allows for collaboration and networking among employees. P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D

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