Colorado Real Estate Journal - July 15, 2015
Kaiser Permanente has signed a long-term lease for 80,000 square feet of office space in Meridian International Business Center. Gateway Plaza at Meridian will house Kaiser’s new National Claims Administration team. Nearly 250 employees who will process claims for multiple Kaiser Permanente regions, including Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, the Mid-Atlantic States and the Northwest, will work out of the building. The team will add up to 75 positions over the next 12 months, and by 2017 close to 400 claims department professionals will work in the building. “We are very excited to bring the team together in this new facility as we continue our important work to provide excellent service to Kaiser Permanente members in Colorado and across the country,” said Denise McKenna, vice president for Health Plan Service and Administration, Kaiser Permanente Colorado. Interior build-out of Kaiser’s space is scheduled to begin later this summer. Employees will start moving into the building in phases in late 2015 through spring 2016. They will have access to the latest standard Kaiser Permanente facilities design, including spacious training rooms, two large kitchen and break rooms, and multiple informal collaboration spaces. Jamie Gard and Courtney Hassan of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the landlord, The Westminster Funds, in the lease. David Welker and Todd Roebken of JLL represented Kaiser. With the Kaiser lease, the 147,560-sf Gateway at Meridian is essentially leased up, according to Gard.