Toyota has selected Cincinnati-based BHDP architecture to design the new facilities located in Georgetown, Ky. and York Township, Mich.
In order to increase investment in engineering and product development, the automaker will expand its technical center in Michigan to introduce 250 direct procurement and supplier engineering development positions from Erlanger to York Township. In addition, about 300 Erlanger-based production engineering positions will relocate to Toyota’s campus in Georgetown. The Georgetown building will have space for approximately 600 total employees. Both moves will take place by early 2017.
“These new facilities will be regional role models using renewable energy, recycling water, building biodiversity, and increasing the amount of low volatile organic compounds and recycled material within the construction,” Robin Haugen, general manager of production engineering announced.
Senior architect Tom Arends, seeks to design a workplace that “is sustainable, promotes collaboration, embraces diversity and builds a sense of excitement and accomplishment for team members with the ultimate vision of building always better cars”. This positive, sustainable environment is expected to benefit Toyota employees as well as the surrounding community of Georgetown, Ky.
Groundbreaking for both of the new facilities is scheduled for this upcoming spring, and they are expected to be completed by 2017.
As a continuation of this sustainable strategy for long-term growth, Toyota also announced that it would establish new headquarters in Plano, Texas.