Posted on Nov 1, 2022
Cerner will squeeze workers into one Kansas City campus, and abandon its other office spaces
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Cerner, the city's largest private employer, is closing its world headquarters in North Kansas City and Realization Campus in South Kansas City. The moves come just months after the company was acquired by Oracle in a multi-billion-dollar deal.
Just months after being acquired by Oracle, Cerner plans to close its world headquarters in North Kansas City and its Realization Campus in south Kansas City and move employees to its Innovations Campus at the former Bannister Mall site.
Oracle told employees in an email Friday that the move was intended to allow workers to have more flexibility and better utilize their 2-million-square-foot facility on Hillcrest Road off I-435.
"As you know, Oracle Cerner strongly supports workplace flexibility to help our employees perform their roles in the most productive way possible," the email read.
The two campuses will close as of November 30.
Just months after being acquired by Oracle, Cerner plans to close its world headquarters in North Kansas City and its Realization Campus in south Kansas City and move employees to its Innovations Campus at the former Bannister Mall site.
Oracle told employees in an email Friday that the move was intended to allow workers to have more flexibility and better utilize their 2-million-square-foot facility on Hillcrest Road off I-435.
"As you know, Oracle Cerner strongly supports workplace flexibility to help our employees perform their roles in the most productive way possible," the email read.
The two campuses will close as of November 30.
Cerner will squeeze workers into one Kansas City campus, and abandon its other office spaces
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..."Since it’s opened, quite a few Cerner employees have moved to this area,” Sharp said. “And now we’re seeing more development on the site, such as the recently opened Hampton Inn and the Arvest Bank that’s under construction.”
Cerner started building the Innovations Campus in 2014. At the time, Cerner officials said they expected that some 16,000 employees would work at the new office park. Kansas City leaders approved a tax increment financing plan to aid with the cost of the Innovations Campus.
But growth at the Innovations Campus had not been quite what was envisioned when the project started.
Sharp said he is disappointed the Marion Park Drive location could be sitting empty. Cerner bought the offices belonging to the former Marion Laboratories in southeast Kansas City as one of the company’s first major office expansions in the Kansas City area.
“It is distressing though that the Realization Campus will be closed,” he said. “That’s a major office facility here. That’s certainly not a welcome development.”
..."Since it’s opened, quite a few Cerner employees have moved to this area,” Sharp said. “And now we’re seeing more development on the site, such as the recently opened Hampton Inn and the Arvest Bank that’s under construction.”
Cerner started building the Innovations Campus in 2014. At the time, Cerner officials said they expected that some 16,000 employees would work at the new office park. Kansas City leaders approved a tax increment financing plan to aid with the cost of the Innovations Campus.
But growth at the Innovations Campus had not been quite what was envisioned when the project started.
Sharp said he is disappointed the Marion Park Drive location could be sitting empty. Cerner bought the offices belonging to the former Marion Laboratories in southeast Kansas City as one of the company’s first major office expansions in the Kansas City area.
“It is distressing though that the Realization Campus will be closed,” he said. “That’s a major office facility here. That’s certainly not a welcome development.”
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