132,000sf | CHICAGO IL

What is an echo? The question the design team asked themselves in beginning the research for this project interview. They discovered a scientific definition but then also realized it as a cultural question about the future of a rapidly growing company.

Echo Global Logistics is a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services – has opened its renovated and expanded Chicago Headquarters. The new office space will help more than 2,000 Echo employees access leading-edge technology and training resources, collaborate with colleagues in new ways and complete their work across diverse and flexible environments. 

“The future of Echo is reflected in our expanded office, which is modern, energetic, and poised for great growth,” said Dave Menzel, president and chief operating officer at Echo.

The core focus of Echo’s new office is driving productivity and enabling employees. Through extensive workplace research, our team learned Echo’s sales teams required dynamic spaces that pushed beyond the traditional set up of three monitors and two phones on each team’s desk. Based on the data acquired from this research, the new office offers powerfully diverse environments from huddle spaces with informal seating for impromptu meetings, to focus rooms for quiet work, customer-centric conference rooms and larger team gathering spaces that all maximize employee choice in the workplace

architect of record | cannondesign