TheJobWalk E.49

Welcome to this week’s edition of TheJobWalk! JPMorgan Chase officially opens its $3B global headquarters in New York, ENR reveals this year’s top specialty contractors. HCA Healthcare and Good Samaritan Hospital break ground on a $1.3B expansion, Ahold Delhaize USA plans a $860M development. Out west, Vantage continues building its $3B data campus near Reno, NVIDIA and Oracle team up with the US DOE on two AI supercomputers, and Yondr Group secures a 163-acre site for more data centers. Let’s dive in!

NEWS
$3 Billion JPMorgan Chase Global Headquarters Opens

JPMorgan Chase has completed construction of its new global headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

The 60-story, 1,388-foot skyscraper spans 2.5 million square feet and accommodates up to 14,000 employees. The tower is fully electric and designed for net-zero operational emissions, making it one of New York’s most sustainable office buildings.

The project began with the demolition of the previous structure in 2019, followed by construction from 2021 through 2025. Structural topping out occurred in late 2023, and this week officially opened.

The estimated construction cost was around $3 billion, though JPMorgan Chase has not officially confirmed the final figure. The build came together by numerous contractors, with the general contractor being AECOM Tishman, along with architects from Foster + Partners & Adamson Associate Architects.

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PROJECTS
Build of The Week

$1.3 Billion Good Samaritan Hospital Expansion

HCA Healthcare and Good Samaritan Hospital have broken ground on their $1.3 billion expansion project at the San Jose, California campus.

The development includes 715,144 square feet of new construction and a new 469,920-square-foot patient tower, adding 234 private inpatient rooms for a total of 339 beds. The project also includes a new central utility plant and a 658-space parking structure, scalable to 265 EV charging spaces.

The project will create approximately 1,550 construction jobs. Groundbreaking is scheduled for October 2025, with full completion expected by 2032.

• General Contractors: TBD

• Client: HCA Healthcare / Good Samaritan Hospital

• Award: Hospital Campus Expansion

• Value: $1.3 Billion

• Location: San Jose, California

Movement in the field:

🏢 NC’s About to Get a Whole Lot of Groceries (and Concrete): Last week, Ahold Delhaize USA announced a huge $860M investment to build a new distribution center in Burlington, North Carolina. The new facility is set to add over 1 million sqft of space dedicated to fresh and frozen grocery items and will serve as a key logistics hub, supporting Food Lion's network of stores in the Southeast. This project is expected to create over 500 new jobs, breaking ground in 2026 with plans to be fully operational by 2029.

Key Details: Client: Ahold Delhaize, General Contractors: TBA, Award: Distribution, Value: $860 Million, Location: Burlington, North Carolina

🌐Yondr Plans High-Capacity 550MW Data Hub: Yondr Group has secured a 163-acre site in Lancaster, just south of Dallas, to build a 550MW critical IT load data center campus, marking its largest US investment to date. Construction is planned to begin in 2026, positioning the campus as a key hub in its expansion into the Dallas-Fort Worth market. This initiative reinforces Dallas’s status as one of the fastest-growing data center markets in the US.

Key Details: Owner/Developer: Yondr Group, General Contractor: TBD, Sector: Data Center, Value: TBD, Location: Lancaster (Dallas-Fort Worth), Texas

🖥️ Applied Digital Expands Digital Footprint with Polaris Forge 1 & 2: Applied Digital is scaling its AI data infrastructure in North Dakota with the Polaris Forge 1 and 2 campuses, together delivering over 1GW of capacity. Polaris Forge 1 in Ellendale began in 2022 and now powers operations for CoreWeave. The first 50MW just went live, with a 400 MW build-out underway under a $7 billion, 15-year lease. Polaris Forge 2 near Fargo broke ground in September 2025. The 280MW first phase is set to go live by 2027 under a $5 billion, 15-year agreement.

Key Details: Owner/Developer: Applied Digital, General Contractors: McGough, Sector: Data Center, Value: $13 Billion+ (combined contracted revenue), Locations: Ellendale & Harwood, North Dakota

🏜️ $3B in the Desert? Vantage is Building Data Gold in Nevada: Construction continues on Vantage's NV1 campus near Reno, Nevada. Announced in June, the development is part of Vantage’s nationwide expansion. The NV1 campus will include 4 buildings, totaling 1 million sqft across 137 acres of land. When complete, the data center will have a total capacity of 224MW. With groundwork progressing through late 2025, they are expected to have the first facility live in Q2 of 2026.

Key Details: Owner/Developer: Vantage Data Centers, General Contractor: TBD, Sector: Data Center, Value: $3 Billion (Estimated), Location: Storey County (Reno), Nevada

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WORLD
FENIX Museum of Migration, Netherlands

Stichting FENIX Museum has just redeveloped the historic Fenix Warehouse in Rotterdam, Netherlands, into the FENIX Museum of Migration, with design led by MAD Architects.

The museum combines adaptive reuse of the original 16,000 m² (172,000 sq ft) 1923 warehouse with a striking new steel “Tornado” structure. The Tornado forms a dramatic helix above the roofline, linking the heritage building with the new volumes and symbolizing the complex journeys of global migration.

Design work began in 2020, and construction just recently finished. The museum reopened its doors in May 2025; the project value and general contractor have not yet been publicly disclosed.

TECH SPOTLIGHT
DOE AI Supercomputing Campus

NVIDIA and Oracle are partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy to build two massive AI supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory.

The primary system, Solstice, will use 100,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. A second system, Equinox, will include 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and is set to go live in the first half of 2026.

Together, the systems will deliver up to 2,200 exaflops of AI performance, marking the largest AI supercomputing effort in DOE history.

These systems will support open-science AI research across fields including healthcare, energy, security, and materials science.

QUICK FIRE ROUND
Your quiz questions for this week:

What is the function of a slip joint in ductwork systems?

A. Prevent airflow turbulence // B. Allow for thermal expansion and contraction // C. Enhance acoustic insulation

Which test is commonly used to determine the air content in fresh concrete?

A. Slump test // B. Unit weight test // C. Pressure method

What’s the key reason to use a transformer in a commercial electrical system?

A. Increase system frequency // B. Convert between voltage levels // C. Reduce conductor size

In BIM coordination, what does a “clash detection” process identify?

A. Structural load failures // B. Scheduling delays // C. Spatial conflicts between building systems

Which of the following materials is best suited for thermal insulation in exterior walls?

A. Extruded polystyrene (XPS) // B. Gypsum board // C. Concrete masonry units (CMUs)

Check out the answers at the bottom.

WEEKLY FUNNY
Gotta let ‘em know we’re grindin out ere

REFLECTION
This week’s question to ask yourself✌️

Am I building a career that aligns with my values?

ANSWERS

Q1 B. Allow for thermal expansion and contraction // Q2 C. Pressure method // Q3 B. Convert between voltage levels // Q4 C. Spatial conflicts between building systems // Q5 A. Extruded polystyrene (XPS)

How many did you get?