JRM Construction Management has completed The Exchange, a hospitality-driven culinary and amenity destination located inside JPMorgan Chase’s new global headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in New York City, marking one of the most complex interior build-outs within the tower. Delivered in partnership with AECOM Tishman, the project spans 28 floors and serves as a central anchor for the building’s employee amenities.
Hospitality-Driven Dining Redefines the Workplace Experience
Designed as a market-style hospitality experience within the workplace, The Exchange reimagines corporate dining by blending convenience, design, and culinary diversity at scale. At the heart of the space is a 19-station gourmet food hall inspired by restaurateur Danny Meyer, offering a rotating mix of local and international food concepts tailored to a global workforce.
Dining and convenience options include Morgan’s Irish Pub, a communal social space for employees, along with Park Avenue Express, a grab-and-go marketplace. The program also features on-demand food delivery to employee desks, brand-name food partners such as Little Dirt Candy, Sweetgreen, Daily Provisions, and Starbucks, and coffee bars on every floor. A dedicated artisanal café, The Corner, rounds out the experience with specialty coffee roasts and locally sourced treats.
Complex Construction and Signature Installations Define the Build
Beyond its guest-facing elements, The Exchange represented one of the most technically demanding construction scopes within JPMorgan Chase’s headquarters. JRM led execution using advanced coordination strategies, precision engineering, and specialized installation techniques to deliver the project within an active high-rise environment.
Key construction elements included 13 custom-engineered cooking hoods suspended more than 28 feet above the food hall floor, as well as 330 engineered structural studs, each standing 27 feet tall, installed to support large-format stone panels. Crews also installed more than 30,000 square feet of end-grain Bavarian white oak flooring, which was finished in place under specialist supervision to ensure consistency and durability.
Among the project’s most distinctive features is a restored 1969 Airstream trailer, which was disassembled offsite, rigged into the tower using an external hoist, and reassembled to function as a signature juice bar. Additional logistical challenges included the installation of 15 integrated fire shutters, one of which measured 35 feet long and required tower crane delivery.
The Exchange is further defined by two large-scale art installations that integrate directly into the architecture of the space. One features a suspended constellation of 357 hand-blown glass spheres created by a Czechoslovakian artist, while another showcases a feature wall made up of hand-baked ceramic plates crafted by a UK-based artist and installed individually on site.
Together, the culinary program, technical execution, and integrated art elements highlight JRM Construction Management’s ability to deliver highly complex, hospitality-forward environments at scale. The project underscores the firm’s expertise in blending construction precision with experiential design to support one of the world’s most ambitious and high-profile corporate headquarters.
Originally reported by JRM Construction Management in Construction Dive.
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