Harding Township-based Kimmerle Group, a multifaceted design, real estate, planning, development, and branding practice, has completed a new office buildout for All American Healthcare (AAH). A connector of high-quality and professional healthcare staff, AAH expanded within its existing building from a 3,000-square-foot space to a 17,000-square-foot, full-floor office at 494 Broad Street in Newark to accommodate its rapid growth. Kimmerle provided interior design, branding and graphics and furniture specification/procurement services for All American Healthcare.
Kimmerle Newman Architects and Kimmerle Workspace designed a bright, open-concept floor plan that features bench workstations, glass-front offices and conference/huddle rooms with custom reclaimed wood tables. There are also many open area collaborative and breakout spaces. Each room is named after a U.S. city or region, and furniture/graphics support the colors and aesthetic of the region. Additionally, Kimmerle incorporated exposed brick walls found during construction, giving the space a raw, industrial loft feel.
Kimmerle worked with AAH to create a space that was fun and inviting for its 100 employees, a place that encouraged staff to come back to the office and enjoy their time there. AAH’s new space includes a multitude of natural wood tones, black metals and a variety of colors and textures. Added amenities include a new theatre room, which is equipped with stadium seating for trainings and large company gatherings. There is also a large game room with TVs and lounges, and a centralized café.
“The overall design of All American Healthcare’s new space was deliberate, to make the space a place where people want to come to work. It’s not just another office; it has character, comfortable places to work, hang out and meet in, as well as the technology to support it,” said Meghan Richard, a senior associate at Kimmerle Group who led the project.
“Going from a 3,000-square-foot space pre-pandemic to a 17,000-square-foot space post-pandemic wasn’t going to be easy. We were clear up front with Kimmerle about the importance of creating a unique workplace experience that would be both practical and inspiring, while at the same time, encouraging extreme collaboration,” said Paul Ruderman, chief executive officer of All American Healthcare. “We also wanted this new space to serve as an exciting recruiting tool to hire inspired employees looking to build their careers at a vibrant company with a creative office.”
Ruderman continued, “Kimmerle worked hard to understand the unique workplace experience we wanted to design; the team grasped the importance of finding the sweet spot between creating a highly functional workspace and one that has the essential “wow” factor we were looking for. Kimmerle could not have been a better creative and pragmatic partner in this transformational phase of our company’s growth. They knocked it out of the park.”
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