NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Columbia Property Trust announced today that it has been named one of the 2021 Best Workplaces in New York by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work®. Ranking #57, Columbia is a first-time honoree on this prestigious list, which recognizes companies based on analysis of survey responses from more than 78,000 current employees in the New York State, tri-state, and metro areas. In that survey, 92% of Columbia employees said their company is a great place to work, representing a positive response rate well above the average U.S. company.
“As an office real estate company, we are in the business of providing exceptional workspace for other companies, and therefore our success begins with fostering a great workplace for our own team,” said Nelson Mills, CEO of Columbia. “We have invested for many years in creating a very special culture among our team at Columbia – one that values all contributions and backgrounds, service to each other and our stakeholders, and excellence in all we do. Our commitment and connection have only grown stronger over the past year, and we are honored to see that reflected in Columbia being recognized as one of the best workplaces in New York City.”
The Best Workplaces in New York list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization, a designation Columbia first received in 2020.
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any other aspect of who employees are or what their role is.
Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work, stated of all those named to the list, “Earning a spot on the Best Workplaces in New York list is an especially significant award this year, as the pace and shape of work has changed dramatically. Leaders at these companies have shown exceptional care for their people. And this support resonates with all employee groups. It doesn’t matter what pronoun they use, their experience level or their pay grade, all people have a great experience.”
Columbia has previously also been named to the Crain’s New York list of the "Best Places to Work in NYC 2020," where the Company ranked as the City's fourth best Medium-size employer and the 12th best place to work in New York City overall.
About Columbia Property Trust
Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP) creates storied properties for legendary companies in New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Boston. The Columbia team is deeply experienced in transactions, asset management and repositioning, leasing, development, and property management. It employs these competencies to grow value across its high-quality, well-leased office portfolio of 15 properties that contain more than six million rentable square feet, as well as four properties under development, and also has more than eight million square feet under management for private investors and third parties. Columbia has investment-grade ratings from both Moody’s and S&P Global Ratings. For more information, please visit www.columbia.reit.
About the Best Workplaces in New York™
Great Place to Work® selected the Best Workplaces in New York™ by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 78,000 employees at Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work Trust Index™ survey. Read the full methodology.
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About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
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