OMAHA | HDR Headquarters | 255 ft | 15 Floors

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HDR to Build Downtown Omaha High-Rise Headquarters

Global architectural and engineering firm HDR announced Tuesday that it will build its new corporate headquarters in downtown Omaha — in a high-rise containing nearly 300,000 square feet of space and stretching up to 20 stories.

Currently a parking area, the site is bounded by Dodge Street, Capitol Avenue, 11th Street and 12th Street.

The selection from among multiple contenders culminates a year and a half search by the company, which operates in 225 locations around the world.

It returns HDR, which this year broke into the Top 10 of the largest U.S. design firms, from its existing suburban Omaha campus to the urban business district where it started out nearly a century ago.

Little said the new site will allow about 900 Omaha-based workers, now spread among three different buildings, to unite under one roof.

Worldwide, HDR has nearly 10,000 employees.