KPMG opens new NYC headquarters

November 24, 2025 10:00 AM

KPMG officially opened its new headquarters in New York City on Nov. 5.

The new space covers 12 floors in Two Manhattan West, a new building in the Manhattan West development at the corner of Ninth Avenue and 31^st Street, and will bring together all of the Big Four firm's New York City-based staff, who had previously been spread over a handful of buildings across the city.

"You could say, 'Oh, it's just a building,' but it's not; it's more than that," KPMG deputy chair and managing principal Atif Zaim told Accounting Today. "It makes you feel a different way. It makes you do things differently. The level of energy is different, and when the clients come in and their impression of the brand and of the organization — it's different."

"We couldn't be more excited," he added. "It puts a smile on my face every morning I come here."

"We have a bold vision for what we are intending to do with the firm for the next five years, and this just fits so neatly into that vision," Zaim said. "The connectivity between the bold vision that we're laying out for the firm, and this bold move and moving to this new part of town, is 100%, and really helpful as we message, particularly internally to our to our employees."

The view onto 9th Avenue from KPMG's new office building

"As we have grown, we've taken additional space, and sometimes it's not available in the main building we were in at 345 Park Avenue," he noted. "So we've been in different places, and that, I would say, is a big reason to pull everyone together in a building that can house all of us together. For the first time probably in a couple of decades we'll all be together."

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One of the key design elements of the entire space is that there are no outside offices: The exterior windows all open onto shared spaces, ensuring that all staff have access to extraordinary views of Manhattan, and to natural light.

"That's a plan we've adopted all around the country," Zaim said. "When we're moving into new spaces, that's a standard part of design, to have the offices in the inside so you can have a natural light to be shared by everyone, versus just those sitting in those offices with their doors closed."

Maps of New York City are incorporated into the decor

The 12 floors are divided into four "zones" based on Manhattan neighborhoods: Central Park, Midtown, Downtown and the Financial District, with maps of New York worked into the décor.

"It's New York; New York is our headquarters, and to make a statement in New York and a recommitment to New York as a place for our headquarters, that's very important, and it really resonates with us," Zaim said. "It is a big, vibrant market, our biggest market in the whole country, and to be able to make a statement and to recommit to this marketplace is important too."

The majority of the office spaces aim to maximize collaboration among teams, with a variety of seating, workstation and office designs to allow different units to choose the right combination of privacy and communal workspaces.

"You can imagine how important it is, that physical proximity, for collaboration, and we can tell — where teams are physically proximate, they do collaborate more," Zaim said.

A collaboration space in KPMG's new offices

Technology is integrated into every space to allow seamless interaction with remote colleagues and clients.

"You could say we are a tech company that provides professional services," Zaim noted. "So when you're bringing clients in to show them what we can do for them, doing it in an environment that supports that statement obviously that makes it a lot easier."

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Seating is highly flexible, with "neighborhoods" replacing assigned seating, and the ability to pick the most congenial environment — from private to communal — for the task at hand.

Another variety of seating at KMPG's new offices

At every step in the design process, KPMG consulted its employees on how they work and the kind of space that would best facilitate that.

"This is the type of space that we want to provide for our employees, and the type of space that we want to bring our clients to," Zaim explained. "The talent market over the long term is going to remain competitive, and the type of space they work it matters to our employees."

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The new office includes a space for KMPG's Ignition practice, which offers high-level advisory services that combine data, technology and a collaborative process to help clients innovate.

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The Ignition space includes this full-wall screen to help immerse clients and team in their work.

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The importance of collaboration and flexibility are on display in this meeting room in the Ignition space, where the orange handles on the backs of the chairs allow staff and clients to quickly and easily reconfigure the seating arrangements into smaller breakout groups.

Nods to the profession and to the firm's past and future are incorporated into much of the space's design, from pictures of KPMG's founders to these abacus-themed lights in the main lobby.

The focus on staff is evident everywhere; on the wall above, each tag includes a new employee's name and their start date with the firm.

A Common Grounds coffee spot in KPMG's new offices

A number of employee-friendly amenities are spread throughout the space, including the Common Ground coffee bar (complete with barista) on the 24^th floor; The Manhattan employee lounge on the 17^th floors; two grab-and-go cafes; a fitness center; a golf simulator; and a terrace with skyline views.