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30 March/April 2019 | DELAWARE BUSINESS Bringing Tradition and Innovation Together BY DAVID ROSEN

THE 11 stories of the building. The open COMPANY moved into its newly floorplan was designed to maximize renovated, state-of-the-art global natural light throughout the building, headquarters in the historic DuPont and the new workspaces are equipped Building in January, renewing with sit/stand desks and ergonomic its commitment to the City of chairs. Every aspect of the renovation Wilmington and beginning a new was designed with the company’s chapter in the young company’s four- employees and their well-being in year history. mind, Vergnano said. The move also marks a new More than 500 panels of reclaimed beginning for the 106-year old marble were salvaged from the DuPont Building, a registered historic original building and used in the landmark which occupies an entire renovation, preventing nearly 50 tons city block in downtown Wilmington. of material from entering landfills. The building also includes Hotel Additionally, the building contains DuPont and The Playhouse on more than 70 conference rooms, a . video recording studio with cutting- “This building is a perfect edge technology and a large, ornate metaphor for our company. At event space named ‘The Nobel Chemours, we call ourselves ‘a Room,’ which was once the original 200-year-old startup,’ and parts of ballroom in the Hotel DuPont. this building will have the feel of a startup and parts of this building will “While every one of us will walk every day into a building that has more connect to that 200-year old history,” Chemours Chief Executive Officer than a century of history, we’ll come to work in a corporate headquarters Mark Vergnano declared in a speech at the company’s ribbon-cutting event that is sleek, open and modern – just like the company that we’re building on January 15. The event was attended by U.S. Senator Tom Carper, together,” Vergnano said at the ribbon cutting. n Delaware Governor John Carney, Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and more than 100 other local government, business, and community leaders. Chemours was spun-off from DuPont and became a standalone Site DeSign environmental Surveying company in 2015. Later that year, the company began evaluating potential locations for its global headquarters in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Chemours chose Wilmington because of the area’s highly educated local workforce, close proximity to several key customers, and favorable changes to the state’s corporate tax structure. The company moved into the DuPont Building, now owned and operated by The Buccini/Pollin Group, after a 20-month renovation that transformed the building’s interior into a light-filled, modern and elegant open workspace environment. Both Chemours and The Buccini/Pollin 302.323.9377  landmark-se.com Group are members of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce. Due Diligenceplanning & DeSignpermitS & approvalS Approximately 850 employees, contractors and consultants will work in wetlanDSbog turtleSconStruction-phaSe ServiceS Chemours’ new headquarters, which will occupy 280,000 square feet in

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