As Yelp expands into multiple floors, this presented the unique opportunity to break through theMart’s floor plates. The second phase of design, features an expansion into the fifth floor of theMart, adding an extra 15,000 square feet to their offices. In addition to conferencing and teaming areas and 100-seat training room, the offices feature a 180-seat break area with full-time barista staffed coffee bar, post-work beer bar, and game room. The first phase of offices occupies 50,000 square feet of space for 375 employees of Yelp’s growing presence in Chicago.
Own – just as the users of their website express themselves to whomever is interested in listening. This exposed and raw environment is the perfect stage for Yelp’s workforce to inhabit and make their A central corridor, connecting auxiliary paths through the office, features pops of red accent color recalling Yelp’s iconic burst logo. Community spaces are detailed to recall bridges and transit framework. In contrast with that “below-ground” aesthetic, new room enclosures are simple, bold, and utilitarian, like the refined structures that line Chicago’s streets. It is as if portions of the space were built with materials found beneath the ‘L’ tracks or in some back-of-the-house service area. New finishes were selected to complement this raw and vibrant expression of the urban condition: rough clay tile, hefty timber planks, and bolted steel beams evoke an urban aesthetic. Mechanical systems are purposefully left uncovered to feature their messy vitality. Layers of past finishes were stripped from the columns and ceilings to reveal the bare structure. Yelp’s offices embrace a similar exposed honesty in the design of the workspace. These consumer reviews expose and reveal their unvarnished personal experiences of commerce.
But today, the building is a hub for tech companies looking for an authentic urban environment with floors large enough to accommodate future expansion.Īt its core, Yelp’s business is fueled by the candid, varied opinions of the masses. Originally built as a vast showroom for goods, theMart itself functions as a small city with a daily population of 15,000. Their new office occupies a significant corner of the majestic Merchandise Mart, overlooking the junction of the Chicago River’s branches. Today, after a recent transformation, the building has become a hub of tech companies looking for an authentic urban environment with floors large enough to accommodate growth and expansion. The Mart, itself a small city with a daily population of 15,000, was originally built as a vast edifice for showrooms of goods. Their new office occupies a significant corner of the majestic Merchandise Mart overlooking the nexus of the three branches of the Chicago River below. Yelp, the top ranked user driven review and recommendation website and app, was drawn to locating their growing Midwest offices in a part of Chicago that is surrounded by the raw energy of urban life – the elevated train line, the resurgent river, an eclectic neighborhood of offices, restaurants, shops and residences. Valerio Dewalt Train has completed the third phase of a new office design for review and recommendation site Yelp located in Chicago’s historic Merchandise Mart. Location Chicago, Illinois, United States ,.
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