Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, announced it will move its Atlanta office later this month to the third largest building in Atlanta at One Atlantic Center, 1201 W. Peachtree St. NW in Midtown.

The move is due to the growth of the office, driven by an increase in demand by national and local clients with legal needs in areas of labor and employment, health care, real estate, and white collar and internal investigations. Polsinelli opened its Atlanta office in 2014 with a focus on labor and employment and litigation matters.

With the largest block of office space dwindling in the Midtown Atlanta area, Polsinelli took advantage of the strong activity to secure premier space and signed a 15-year lease with Hines for two full floors (45,000 RSF). Polsinelli’s national real estate broker, Tom Tunnicliff, of Cushman & Wakefield in Chicago, and John O’Neill in Atlanta negotiated the deal. Internationally-known Johnson/Burgee Architects designed the iconic tower built in 1987, which features Spanish Rosa Porrino granite and the familiar pyramid-shaped copper roof. Polsinelli will occupy floors 10 and 11 of the 50-story structure.

“We have been deliberate in our planning to maintain the firm’s distinctive culture and core values,” said Polsinelli’s Chairman Russ Welsh. “Our investment in quality hires and the organic growth of our existing practices firm wide are aligned with the growth we’re seeing in Atlanta. We will continue to expand our resources and footprint to best support our clients’ individual business challenges and opportunities.”

The Atlanta office represents clients including:

- Hospitals and health care systems

- Real estate developers and financiers

- National retailers

- Automotive manufacturers

- Internal consumer products manufacturers

- Pharmaceutical companies

Polsinelli is working with HOK on the interior design and selected Humphries & Company, LLC as general contractor. The interior design will be similar to the sleek, contemporary and open style office space the law firm recently built for its new offices in Dallas, Washington D.C. and New York City. The space plan accommodates for 65 attorney offices, a central staircase, multipurpose room and generous conference space.

“This move was necessitated by the significant growth the office has realized just in the past two years,” said Nancy Rafuse, Office Managing Partner of Polsinelli’s Atlanta Office. “This new space will provide a great work environment for current and future staff.”