Cafaro Building New Headquarters

YOUNGSTOWN, OH—The Cafaro organization, a shopping center developer, has decided to build a new 50,000-square-foot headquarters attached to the Eastwood Mall Complex in Niles, OH, a suburb of Youngstown. The project will be the largest new office building constructed in the Youngstown-Warren metro region in the past decade, company officials say. Cafaro was founded in 1949 in Youngstown and has maintained its headquarters in that city ever since. However, after evaluating its ongoing needs, its current office design, and plans for future growth, the company has decided to move eight miles out of town.

“When our current offices were built in 1965, our organization and the shopping center industry was fledgling” says co-president Anthony Cafaro, Jr., “but since that time we've grown exponentially. Moving our offices to Eastwood Mall allows us to create a campus environment with a multitude of amenities for our employees. Our new office will be but one component of a larger strategic plan that will further bolster the Eastwood Mall Complex as the region's premier retail, dining, entertainment, and lodging focal point.”

Phillips/Sekanick Architects, Inc. of Warren, OH is designing the new office and adjoining conference center. The structure will feature a three-story glass atrium, interior skywalks and a sweeping circular staircase. About 200 Cafaro employees will use the building.

Their new home will have large, open work areas intended to foster more collaboration. The design will also use up-to-date technology systems that will enable clear communication with Cafaro's properties across the country. The building will include walls constructed of glass which will provide employees with natural light. As an added bonus, employees will have direct access to the shopping and dining amenities inside the mall, including the adjacent three-story, 27,000-square-foot Fizek Fitness Center, the Residence Inn by Marriott hotel, and in the near future, the conference center.

Cafaro co-president William A. Cafaro notes that “The ongoing support we have received from the people of Trumbull County was instrumental in our decision to embark on this new project. Although we seriously contemplated relocating outside of the Valley, we realized that Trumbull County is and always has been our home.”