Earlier this month, CommonGrounds announced it had signed a 44,183-square-foot lease at 99M, an 11-story, 234,000-square-foot, LEED Gold, Class-A office development in Washington, DC's Capitol Riverfront.

CommonGrounds will open at the building in late March, 2020, joining the Organization for International Investment (OFII), Pyxera Global, Credit Union National Association, IAM National Pension Fund and The Retail Industry Leaders Association in the new building.

Also, in 2019, CommonGrounds opened new workplaces in Minneapolis, Portland, and Salt Lake City and is opening three additional locations this summer with nine more under construction.

“As a former resident of Philadelphia, it is an honor to announce our new location coming to 1700 Market,” says Jacob Bates, CEO for CommonGrounds Workplace. “The Center City location is fantastic, sitting just a few blocks between City Hall and Rittenhouse Square. Our premium enterprise-grade workplace is a great compliment to the diverse and evolving business community providing a complemental alternative to a modern high-quality corporate headquarters.”

CommonGrounds' regional headquarters is in Philadelphia. There are currently 15 employees in this location with active hiring underway, the company states. The Philadelphia location will support CommonGrounds headquarters, in San Diego, and its East Coast growth plans and projects currently under construction. In March, CommonGrounds announced a lease in Atlanta's Midtown that will open in early 2020.

“With our growing regional headquarters and our bullishness on Philly's vibrant business community, we are very excited to incorporate our HQaaS (Headquarters-as-a-Service) product in this market,” Bates says. “We have found that people and businesses need various typologies of spaces to be productive and reduce friction in their workday. We have designed multiple spaces to accomplish this throughout our new location including video-ready conference rooms, phone booths, think rooms, well-being rooms and additional event and larger gathering areas.”

The renovation of the CommonGrounds space will be overseen by the company's in-house design division. Sound abating demountable wall systems by Italy-based Tecno and customizable enterprise-grade furniture by San Francisco-based Pair will be utilized in the workplace.