• by Steve McClellan  @mp_mcclellan, May 20, 2019

WPP has unveiled plans for new campus to house its agency operations in Paris. The new facility is due to open in 2021. 

The holding company has agreed to a 12-year lease with owners Ardian and LaSalle Investment Management. The building, once an automobile factory, is currently undergoing a major restoration led by Baumschlager Eberle Architecture, in partnership with BDG architecture + design, a WPP company, that will also be designing the interior office space.

Paris is the latest major WPP co-location in Europe.

It recently opened its Amsteldok campus in Amsterdam, while Madrid and Milan are due to open later in 2019.

Mark Read, CEO of WPP, stated: “Our campus strategy is about creating fantastic, dynamic work spaces and social areas which inspire our people to do their best, most creative work. Providing world-class working environments encourages innovation, makes it easier for people to work together, and delivers the best integrated offer to our clients.”