Technology companies aren’t the only ones with fashionable campuses, food trucks, and fitness centers, as Wal-Mart is encouraging 14,000 corporate employees to return to their offices.
Wal-Mart’s new Bentonville, Arkansas campus will be gradually open to employees throughout 2025, and the company is using the new 350-acre bargain as a way to get employees back to work. Its huge hanging fitness center-equipped with nearby day care facilities, 3 pools and a mediation garden. The Walton Family Whole Health & Fitness Center and child care facilities will open in late 2023.
The campus is located between Central Avenue and 14th Avenue, near Highway 102 in downtown Bentonville. There was an old company warehouse space and office building here. A huge grocery store will already destroy existing buildings and replace them with 12 new office buildings, some amenity buildings, parking lots and green spaces throughout 2022.
The cost of the program has not been announced.
“By demolishing and recycling these existing buildings and offices, we will revitalize existing land, contribute to the region’s economic growth and integrate with Bentonville’s broader community development efforts,” the company’s web site said. Stated on the site.
Wal-Mart’s new Bentonville, Arkansas campus will be gradually open to employees throughout 2025. The new 350-acre bargain is in the downtown area, and new buildings will replace old warehouses and office buildings.
Huge grocery stores have already destroyed existing buildings and will replace them with 12 office buildings, some amenity buildings, parking lots and greens throughout 2022.
Its state-of-the-art campus is comparable to Apple and Facebook campuses, with bikes and walkways (pictured) around several lakes. Retail giants said one of the new goals of the campus is to focus on a healthier, more environmentally friendly lifestyle for employees.
The fitness center (pictured) has both indoor and outdoor exercise areas, including a fitness studio and mediation garden (pictured).
There are also places on the campus where employees can sit away from their desks to work, take advantage of Wi-Fi-enabled outdoor spaces, and enjoy lunch.
The campus also has many lakes that collect and clean rainwater and are surrounded by greenery.
The campus is equipped with a variety of facilities, not just an office building. It also has a daycare facility, fitness center, 9 parking lots, and is dotted with food trucks and coffee bars.
The campus has many walking paths and bike paths to integrate the “natural beauty of the northwestern Arkansaw region”, “natural light, warm interiors, massive timber structures”, “trees, courtyards, landscapes,” Lakes from inside and outside the office. Employees have access to a Wi-Fi-enabled outdoor space that “supports a flexible workplace.”
Like many other “campuses,” Wal-Mart has food truck plazas in various locations throughout the campus. A coffee bar and grab and go station serving organic and healthy snacks and meals. Also, the pantry in the office on each floor is for those who prefer to bring their own food with coffee, a water filter, a food storage and a table.
The campus also has nine multi-storey car parks that can accommodate more than 1,000 cars, each with a bicycle and electric vehicle parking lot. Numerous parking spaces are designed to “allow employees to walk to adjacent office and amenity buildings in 5 minutes.”
We also encourage employees to travel using sustainable transportation such as bicycles.
Retail giants say employees are focusing on more environmentally friendly and healthy spaces to provide them with “all the tools for health,” and the fitness center is “inclusive.” Said.
The 360,000-square-foot facility will be located in the North Quad on the corner of Fifth Street and South East P Street. The building also has a cafe, youth activity center, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, multipurpose courts and a fitness studio.
Wal-Mart said he was “inspired” by Alice L. Walton’s Hall Health Institute in designing the center and “integrated mission and practice” in a “purpose-driven approach” to ensure the health of all employees. I said that I would like to give priority to welfare. .. “
Employees also take in natural light and use locally produced wood for the building
There are also outdoor and indoor tennis courts (pictured) for employees to enjoy around the North Quad.
There are courts and tracks where employees can play basketball and volleyball.
The track features four lanes and provides an overview of the court
The 73,000-square-foot facility features three pools, a viewing area, and youth amenities.
“When people feel supported, they are much more likely to take advantage of the opportunity to succeed-in and out of work,” the company said. “We are investing in the equipment they care about because our peers are at the heart of every decision in the design of our campus.”
The facility is “designed to harness the healing power of natural light,” and in addition to traditional training equipment, “robust and rethought programming” and educational spaces such as an educational kitchen provide health to employees. Provides a new way to support.
The day care facility is opposite the fitness center and the 73,000 square foot facility can accommodate up to 500 children. When the door opens, Axios reports that it will accept ages from 6 weeks to pre-kindergarten and eventually accept school children during the summer and after school.
There are classrooms and an outdoor plaza.
Wal-Mart’s new home office will also focus on sustainability. We use locally grown timber and a large stormy lake to collect and clean rainwater. We will also continue to focus on trees and transplant young trees from our current office on the new campus.
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