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in the cancer community that we’re focused on in New Jersey?”
Gilead — which made news at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic for its antiviral drug remdesivir — focuses on preventing and treating life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer, boasting more than three decades of history. The company planted
a flag in New Jersey in 2020 when
it acquired Morris Plains-based Immunomedics, with plans to create an East Coast hub in the state as part of a major expansion.
Its plans at Latitude became public in spring 2022 after it signed a lease with Vision Real Estate Partners
and Rubenstein Partners LP, which spearheaded a sweeping overhaul
of the two-building, 700,000-square- foot property on Interpace Parkway, in a deal brokered by Newmark’s David Simson and Todd Ward. The space now represents one of Gilead’s largest investments in a physical
U.S. site outside of its California headquarters and manufacturing facilities, as it aims to tap into New Jersey’s rich pool of talent
in oncology and other health care fields.
According to the company, the space is designed to accommodate more than 400 seats, with 32 hoteling and 150 focus or collaboration rooms for a workforce that spans corporate affairs, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, commercial and general administrative functions. The drug maker, meantime, has three designated collaboration days in
the middle of the week that allow team members to convene with their colleagues, while still providing flexibility for travel or other commitments.
In the process, employees get to enjoy amenities at one of the state’s most distinctive office properties, which includes multiple dining options, fitness areas and a host
of other common spaces inspired
by U.S. cities — from New York to Denver to Los Angeles — with a theme that channels the straight line, east-to-west layout of Latitude’s two mirror-image buildings.
Jill Massey is Gilead Sciences’ vice president for global medical strategic operations.
“The pickleball court has been a big hit,” Massey said.
Internally, Gilead’s other spaces include a library, a well-being
room and an interfaith room, as wells as a community hub and a
host of individual workstations.
It also carries on a tradition from Immunomedics, whereby each conference room is named after a person whose life has been impacted
by a Gilead medicine.
“We also wanted to provide that piece of inspiration to come to work,” Massey said. “Remember what we’re here for: We’re here for the patients that we’re all trying
to serve (and) to work with your colleagues in a comfortable setting to get that done. And that’s really how we’ve made the transition easier.” RE
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