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When we approach our real estate, we design our offices as spaces that feel like home, where we can welcome our entire Ohana (“family” in Hawaiian). This includes our employees, customers, partners and the communities in which we live and work. Known as the Ohana design standard, our philosophy incorporates sustainable materials, spacious social lounges for collaboration, mindfulness zones for meditation, a coffee barista bar, parent's rooms for nursing parents, focus on natural light and so much more. Consistent across our named towers globally located in San Francisco, New York, Indianapolis, and more on the way in Atlanta and London are our Ohana Floors. In a typical office setting, the top floor is often dedicated for executive offices. Instead, we take the most sought after floors and design them as open flexible hospitality spaces. During the day, our Ohana Floors are open for employee events and then on weeknights and weekends, these one-of-a-kind spaces with jaw-dropping views are made available for non-profits and foundations at no cost --- aligning with our values of giving back. Guess what Chicago, we're bringing an Ohana Floor to the top floor of Salesforce Tower Chicago with unobstructed 360 degree views of the city before you know it!

Our offices are physical expressions of our values and as a company, we believe the business of business is improving the state of the world. We're constantly looking at ways to push the limit and do what's best for our stakeholders, including the environment. Salesforce Tower Chicago will be one of the company’s most sustainable buildings to date pursuing LEED v4 Commercial Interiors Platinum certification and ILFI Net Zero Carbon Certification.

Today's announcement wouldn't have been possible without the world-class talent that keeps our Chicago office firing on all cylinders, and their continued commitment to the greater community. From Salesforce's beginnings, the company pioneered the Pledge 1% model where we dedicate 1% of employee time, 1% of the company's equity and 1% of our products to the community. To date, our local employees have dedicated over 125,000 volunteer hours to area non-profits including Habitat for Humanity, Cradles to Crayons, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Safe Haven and numerous others. The bar continues to be raised -- in honor of the news, our Chicago employees have pledged to volunteer 40,000 additional hours in 2019 alone!

Want a seat on the rocket ship? Check out your future #DreamJob by heading to salesforce.com/company/careers/. We look forward to having you along for the ride!