HGA's design includes a community park, which is scheduled to be completed in spring and will comprise an outdoor shaded square featuring a bocce ball court, large community tables and regularly scheduled visits by local food trucks. HGA's design responsibilities also included common areas such as the lobbies and future office layouts.

“In the contemporary workplace, traditional boundaries between the anchors of life—home, work, recreation, wellness, entertainment and more—are intentionally being blurred,” said Louis Kaufman, design principal at HGA. “With decades of experience in the design of the changing office, HGA brought unique insight to the interpretation of The Cannery, an environment meant to facilitate the seamless integration of all facets of daily life. We've designed the campus to operate as an urban hub, offering connectivity of tenants both among each other through shared gathering spaces and to their daily needs with walkable amenities and useful common areas.”

The property's history played a significant role in the overall design inspiration for The Cannery. Starting in the early 1900s, the property served as the Libby, McNeil and Libby Fruit, and Vegetable Cannery. After Libby's closed its doors in the 1980s, the property was redeveloped to convert its existing canning warehouses into offices. In that retrofitting and renovation, the structure was covered and its natural materials were hidden from floor to ceiling.

The design vision sought to marry the historic character with the modern interior design elements required for innovative office tenants. As a result, the exposed core of the building is now revealed, which is a significant departure from the traditional office environment found at the existing site. Interior elements suitable for tech campuses—open work areas, natural full-height lighting and interior glazing partitions to create order—are also integrated throughout the property.

At the same time, HGA's design uses materials authentic to the property, including brick, steel, concrete and divided lite glazing. Details such as structural beams, stamped numbers on each concrete column from the locations of original machinery and existing divided lite window systems give a nod to the history of The Cannery.

“An urban area can be described as a man-made place with high density in terms of people and architecture, and blending old/historical and new/refined,” Heather Kampa, HGA associate vice president and interior design lead, tells GlobeSt.com. “For the purposes of workplace and the built environment, Louis stated it really well that boundaries (such that you see in rural or suburban areas) 'between the anchors of life–home, work, recreation, wellness, entertainment and more–are intentionally being blurred'.”

The Cannery's current tenant roster also includes NORR Architects, UC Davis Telemedicine and Formation Environmental. The office leasing team at Cushman & Wakefield in Sacramento is representing the remaining tenant spaces at The Cannery.