• by Steve McClellan  @mp_mcclellan, December 31, 2015

Interpublic Group is moving its company headquarters to 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY. The holding company said it marks only the third headquarters in the firm’s 54-year history. 

From the founding of the company in 1961 through 2004, IPG's offices were located in the Time Life Building at Rockefeller Center. For the last decade, IPG has made its home in midtown Manhattan's Grace Building. 

With the move, IPG corporate will share an address with more than a dozen IPG agencies. including DeVries, FutureBrand, Genuine, Golin, Jack Morton, Octagon, Rogers & Cowan and Weber Shandwick. IPG corporate will occupy three floors. 

In the newly built-out reception area of the IPG floors, the company will showcase creative work from its advertising and communications firms using a media wall created by IPG digital marketing agency Genuine. Among the agencies whose will work will be showcased are Deutsch, FCB, Huge, The Martin Agency, McCann, Mullen Lowe, R/GA, and Weber Shandwick. 

"The move to 909 is an important one for IPG," said Michael Roth, Chairman and CEO, Interpublic. "We've made open-architecture a key principle at IPG, where agencies collaborate seamlessly on behalf of shared clients. Co-locating with a number of our brands is a showcase for how this collaborative and open culture is an ongoing part of our company's DNA.”

Roth also said the move would accrue “significant cost savings for our company over the next 12 years," adding over three-quarters of all refuse and electronics in the new space will be recycled.

909 Third Avenue has been designated a LEED-Silver Certified Building. The company's building management (Vornado) has also launched a trademarked Energy Information Portal, a tool that enables tenants to monitor their energy usage.

IPG said it recently became the first U.S.-based ad holding company to sign on to the U.N. Global Compact, a sustainability initiative.