Designs that empower connection.
Ford Land and our team of real estate experts have been innovating Ford Motor Co.’s global portfolio since 1970. Ford Land is on a journey to modernize and transform the workplace and the workplace experience. Our spaces speed innovation and production, prioritize wellness, drive human connection and empower employees to do their best work.
Our Work
Walls and Ceilings Should Set Us Free, Not
Confine Us
Workplace design with the human connection goes beyond the four walls of a workspace and influences the work people do and the communities who benefit from it. It inspires and excites.
- SIZE
- 2 million SF
- TARGET DATE
- 2024
Dearborn, MI
Central Campus Building
The transformation of the Ford Research & Engineering Center in Dearborn into a high-tech, efficient, forward-thinking campus for thousands of its designers is fully underway. It includes developing a 2 million square-foot central campus building on the site of the previous, 66-year-old Product Development Center. Outfitted with flexible workspace, plus studio and program space designed to the security, scale and function specifications of the Product Development Design teams, the Central Campus building places a higher emphasis on collaborative space than ever before.
Dearborn, MI
Ford Engineering Lab
When complete, the Ford Engineering Lab (FEL) will be a center of Ford Innovation and Engineering. With its deep-rooted history, the building will not only showcase our classic designs, but will also house the latest technologies Ford is pioneering. It will be a space where Engineers will be inspired by our storied past to build the future.
- SIZE
- 200K SF
- TARGET DATE
- Q2 2024
- SIZE
- 96,000 SF
- TARGET DATE
- Complete
Dearborn, MI
Ford Experience Center
The Ford Experience Center (FXC) is a social learning and hospitality hub designed to accelerate our collective understanding of Smart Vehicles for a Smart World for employees, dealers, and customers. The FXC will showcase company-wide emphasis on innovation and collaboration. Positioned across the street from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, the FXC will reflect how Ford’s future is powered by its innovative past.
Stratford, London
Studio 8 / HereEast, London
Studio 8 is a multi-functional research, prototyping and design facility, housed in the buzzing HereEast tech campus in Northeast London. This highly flexible space allows project teams to innovate through testing new ideas on full size prototypes while leveraging technologies and collaborating with diverse teams and customers within the Ford ecosystem.
- SIZE
- 10,600 SQ FT
- TARGET DATE
- April 2023
- SIZE
- 2.6 M SF
- TARGET DATE
- Complete
Chennai, India
Global Technology & Business Center, India
The Global Technology & Business Center (GTBC), with over 12,000 employees, serves as a hub for Ford Business Services, Mobility Solutions and Product Development for India and the world. The campus houses two office buildings with 12 floors each and one Amenities Building which includes a cafeteria, shops, a Wellness Center, a Fitness Center and a state-of-the-art Talent Center and a Technology Center.
More Projects
Dearborn, MI
Wagner Place
A unique 150,000 sq. ft. mixed-use development, located in the heart of Downtown Dearborn, is an exciting revitalization project. The upper floors feature inspiring office spaces, while the first-floor retail, restaurants and wellness tenants make this urban space a true destination spot for the region.
Shanghai, China
DX Hub
As the first full-fledged design center in Central Shanghai, and Ford’s sixth global design center, this state-of-the-art facility expands Ford’s existing design studio to include a showroom as well as an in-house clay model workshop. It further demonstrates Ford’s commitment to
the China market.
Naucalpan, Mexico
Global Technology & Business Center
When completed, the Global Technology and Business Center (GTBC) in Mexico will be a Ford hub of tech and innovation, hosting one of the largest engineering centers in Latin America.
Allen Park, MI
Allen Park Test Laboratory (APTL)
This cutting-edge testing complex is where Ford Motor Company tests passenger and motorsports vehicles to bring about greater fuel efficiency and performance for future Ford vehicles.
Dearborn, MI
Driving Dynamics Lab
This impressive 70,000 sq. ft. space is one of the first buildings in Ford’s master plan to transform their Dearborn Campus to be completed. The flexible design features open workspaces that can accommodate different groups and work styles. An open simulation lab and hybrid testing chamber are included to capture vehicle technologies and innovations.
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Research and Innovation Center
Located within the new 8West development on Atlanta’s Upper West Side (889 Howell Mill Road NW), the 24,000-square-foot FARIC space is designed to surpass standard Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance with a thoughtful, accessible layout that supports inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and innovation.
Stanton, TN
BlueOval City
This mega campus is envisioned to be a sustainable automotive manufacturing ecosystem. The $5.6 billion battery and vehicle manufacturing campus will be the largest in the Ford world – built for the next century. More than just a set of buildings, roads and infrastructure, BlueOval City is a beacon and physical manifestation of Ford’s vision to an electric future – Built for America.
Glendale, KY
BlueOval SK
In central Kentucky, Ford plans to build a dedicated battery manufacturing complex with SK Innovation – the $5.8 billion BlueOval SK Battery Park – creating 5,000 jobs. Twin battery plants on the site are intended to supply Ford’s North American assembly plants with locally assembled batteries for powering next-generation electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles.
Detroit, MI
Book Depository at Michigan Central
Originally built as a post office and mail-sorting facility, and then used as the Detroit Public Schools’ Book Depository, this historic, 1936 Albert Kahn-designed Art Deco landmark is now a center of innovation and technology. Michigan Central collaborated with Newlab to reimagine the building as a 270,000-square-foot dynamic workplace with purpose-built labs to advance innovation.