American Association for Retired Persons

As the nation’s largest nonprofit, AARP has empowered its 38 million+ members to choose how they live for over six decades. Though situated in a vibrant neighborhood, their headquarters building had not been renovated in nearly two decades and was becoming dated, inefficient, and inflexible. AARP sought to update their space with modern furnishings, branded design elements, and to achieve LEED Gold certification. Through savvy space planning, effective project management, and Haworth’s Integrated Palette product offerings, Price Modern helped them utilize their floor plan more efficiently.

Our team incorporated an abundance of new amenities, a variety of collaborative spaces, and adaptable workstations and private offices – all while maintaining full business operations and building systems. By pulling enclosed spaces away from the perimeter and fronting them with glass, natural light floods the space unimpeded, increasing employee well-being. The ratio of owned versus shared space was increased to nearly 1:1.5, including ample collaborative spaces such as a coffee bar, fitness center, cafeteria, conference center, and an auditorium. “We went from lots of ‘me’ space to lots of ‘we’ space,” explains Najeeb Uddin, Chief Information Officer at AARP. For our performance on this project, Price Modern was recognized as AARP’s 2018 Supplier of the Year