page_title: IBM Somers Office Complex
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: IBM Somers Office Complex / History
caption_attribution_description: Facility at Somers
context_page_description: The IBM Somers Office Complex is a complex of five office buildings formerly owned and occupied by IBM in Somers, New York, United States. Situated on a 730-acre campus, the I. M. Pei designed, glass pyramid-topped structures formerly housed the regional headquarters for the IBM corporation.
  Begun in 1984, the modernist 1,200,000-square-foot complex has been described as a "futuristic fortress".
context_section_description: The complex was originally conceived in 1983 following the successful approval of a PepsiCo corporate campus nearby. Constructed between 1984 and 1989, the $55 million complex allowed consolidation of 3,000 employees previously spread among several facilities in the surrounding area.  The complex has overcome initial complaints over excessive water usage and light pollution to become a business fixture in the Somers area.
  On September 29, 2016, IBM sold the property to a company called 294 Route 100, LLC (the address of the property) for $31.75M.  The transaction was recorded on October 18, 2016.  At the time of sale, the property was assessed with a full value of $122,150,943 and taxable value of $16,185,000.
  On September 20, 2018, Sebastian Capital, what is considered the "landlord" of the place, held a special meeting with the town of Somers Board on approving a plan to renovate the campus into a boarding school. Developer Tim DeScripo says that if the academy be put into real life, it could be "one of the most important and relevant schools in the country and the world."
caption: View from plaza
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