HOUSTON-ExxonMobil plans to develop a new office campus in north Houston for employees currently working in a variety of locations throughout the metro area. The complex will be located on a 385-acre wooded site on company-owned land near the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road.

The new campus will contain multiple low-rise office buildings, a laboratory, conference and training centers and facilities such as child care, a wellness center and other employee amenities. Employees will move in phases as the buildings are constructed, beginning early 2014. Full occupancy for Houston-based employees is expected by 2015. It is expected that most employees working in the corporation’s Houston Upstream head office activities, along with ExxonMobil Chemical Company and various staff support services, will be based at the campus.

The decision to build a new campus rather than continue to lease space is the result of a study of the company’s US office requirements, according to a statement from ExxonMobil. The global energy company said further study will determine whether any other US office locations will be located at the campus in the future.