Elanco Breaks Ground on State-of-the-Art Campus, Creating Indianapolis’ Newest Landmark
More than a building, new headquarters represents Elanco’s endeavor to build a post-COVID workplace destination, the company’s next era of growth an innovation, an expanded downtown
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The company – which grew from a small division of Eli Lilly & Company to a
“When we talk about the new headquarters, we’re talking about ‘building as a verb, not a noun,’” said
Future-focused Design with the Environment and Community in Mind
The planned 220,000 square foot six-story office structure and connected innovation and collaboration buildings will occupy 40 acres of the former General Motors Stamping Plant site on the western edge of the
Influenced by new concepts of working post-pandemic, the campus is designed to create a more comfortable, casual work environment and serve as a destination for Elanco’s teams to collaborate with:
- Leading innovation laboratories.
- A variety of work settings, including outdoor work areas, to accommodate neurodiversity.
- An emphasis on open spaces for teams, customers and partners to connect.
- Enhanced interior environmental quality incorporating daylight, active circulation paths, and an air quality monitoring system to ensure adequate fresh air.
- Robust amenities and services designed to accommodate employee flexibility and evolving, personal workstyles while fueling the Elanco culture of ownership and innovation.
- Multi-use collaboration building designed to flex according to needs including a destination for major global customer events and scientific meetings.
The new headquarters’ design also supports Elanco’s sustainability pledge, featuring several important environmentally focused sustainability strategies:
- Planned use of renewable and low-carbon materials such as the timber roof structure, which is designed to avoid nearly 100 tons of emissions.
- Enhanced stormwater management capacity and native plantings on-site will help to manage on-site water use and build long-term resilience.
- Sustainability of Location: Redeveloping an idle space instead of developing grassland or greenspace.
Animal Health Epicenter
Elanco’s campus is also designed to serve as the foundation of a planned animal health epicenter in
“Broad access to the world’s animals coupled with a laser focus on creating pathways for innovation is what we believe sets Elanco apart as a sought-after partner,” continued Simmons. “We’re building something significant that will make animals, the city and our world better, and we’re designing our new headquarters with those partnerships in mind.”
Two such strategic partnerships have already come to fruition. In February, Elanco announced its initial seed funding to help create and launch Athian in partnership with
As announced in
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