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A Workplace Built to Carry the Story Forward

The Pasha Group Headquarters


Some companies move cargo. Pasha moves history. For over a century, the Pasha Group has carried goods, people, and stories across oceans, and its new San Rafael headquarters was designed to carry that legacy forward, one meeting, one conversation, one crossed path at a time.

Pasha's new home at Kerner Blvd was never going to be a standard-issue office. With a global logistics and transportation business built on movement, connection, and adaptability, the company needed a workplace that mirrored the way it actually operates: flexible, collaborative, and unmistakably its own on an accelerated timeline. One Workplace partnered with Brereton Architects, Helf Art & Design and GCI to build exactly that: a headquarters designed with Pasha's people, not just for them.

Project Highlights

Client: The Pasha Group
Architect: Brereton Architects
Branding/Storytelling: Helf Art & Design
Contractor: GCI General Contractors
Furnishings: One Workplace
Account Manager: Angela Thomas and the AKA team
Designers: Grace Ryser, Adrienne High
Creative Lead: Nicole Montenegro
Project Manager: Sammy De Leon
Client Experience Specialists: Dannielle Alley, Rileaigh Britton

Two floors

45,000 Square Feet

Full two story HQ furnishings

Meeting/collaborative spaces - Boardroom, Training Room, Hybrid Meeting Rooms, Connected Lounge, Huddle Rooms, Traditional Meeting Rooms

Workspaces - Private Offices, Open Office, Social Hubs, Cafes 

Project schedule from start to finish - 22 weeks

Photography by Cesar Rubio

Designed With Them, Not For Them

The design team's starting point wasn't a floor plan, it was a series of conversations. Engaging Pasha employees to understand their values and work modes shaped every decision that followed. The result is a building calibrated for how Pasha people actually think and work throughout the day: focus, collaboration, socialization, learning, and rejuvenation, each supported by a distinct kind of space. That approach, supporting wellbeing first, let the workplace follow, threads through every square foot of The Pasha Group's new headquarters, from its meeting rooms to its social hubs to the artifacts on its walls.

Every material choice at Pasha's new headquarters was made to do double duty: function as workplace design and as storytelling. Working closely with Helf Art & Design, the project team curated artifacts and art throughout the building that trace Pasha's history as a global logistics and transportation company.

Workspaces Built for Flexibility

A close look at Pasha's conferencing needs revealed a simple truth: one type of meeting room was never going to cut it. Every space, regardless of size or formality, was built for seamless video conferencing, interactive whiteboarding, and screen sharing, so meetings are just as effective whether everyone's in the room or scattered across time zones.

Adjustable-height worksurfaces, visual privacy at seated height, smart storage, and thoughtful acoustic treatment give every open workstation the flexibility to support a range of working styles, today and years down the road. Where space allowed, lounge furniture and breakout nooks were tucked into team areas, and high-back upholstered chairs with tablet arms line the building's perimeter, offering quiet spots to focus or check email with bay views close at hand.

Looking back on what we accomplished together with One Workplace, I can’t imagine a better partner for the creation of Pasha’s new headquarters. Given our extremely tight timeline and extensive furniture scope, I had concerns about how we would bring our vision to life. One Workplace rose to the challenge and exceeded every expectation.

From programming and concept development to project management and installation, every phase of the process was executed seamlessly. The end result is a beautiful space that truly brings our vision to life and reflects the collaborative spirit that made it possible

Lance Williams, Brereton 

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