Scott Paper Company - Headquarters

Headquarters

The headquarters of the company, when it was independent, was International Plaza, also known as Scott Plaza. The facility is located in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in Greater Philadelphia. The facility is north of Philadelphia International Airport and south of Pennsylvania Route 291. As of 2002 it consisted 654,000-square-foot (60,800 m2) of office space on 55-acre (22 ha) of land. The three buildings that it consisted of were Plaza I, Plaza II, and Plaza III. Plaza I had 188,000 square feet (17,500 m2) of space. Plaza II had 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) of space. Plaza III had 166,000 square feet (15,400 m2) of space; it served as Scott's research and development facility; Plaza III no longer exists. The complex was constructed for the purpose of serving as Scott's headquarters.

Scott Paper Company continually maintained its headquarters in Philadelphia, where the company was founded. Plaza I was completed in 1961. Plaza II was completed after 1961. Plaza III was completed in 1969. At one time there were 1,200 employees at the complex. Albert J. Dunlap took control of the company in 1994. Shortly afterwards, he began to move the headquarters, and its employees, off of the premises. Shortly after the takeover, several hundred employees worked at the facility. After the headquarters relocation, a man named Koll Bren bought the complex for $39 million, amounting to $54 per square foot. As of 2002, Plaza I had a vacancy of slightly above 5%, Plaza II had a vacancy of about 30%, and Plaza III was 100% vacant. As of 2002 several acres of land were leased to be used as parking for airport patrons. Plaza III was demolished in 2003.