Centene Corporation dedicated its new East Coast headquarters in Charlotte. The first phase of construction, which broke ground in August 2020 and is anticipated to be completed in 2022, will span nine floors and include 800,000 square feet of meeting and office space. The second phase is set to begin in 2024, and once completed, the 2.4 million square foot campus will accommodate a total of 6,000 employees. The campus, which is located at University Research Park, will include a number of employee amenities including a childcare and early education center, a variety of dining venues, auditorium, fitness center, healthcare clinic and pharmacy, solar charging electric car stations, walking trails, mobility hubs, and a stand-alone building housing a corporate learning and development center named Centene Tech University. The Charlotte campus will support the company's local health plans and serve as an East Coast headquarters for the enterprise, providing innovation and advanced technology for Centene's West Coast campus in Sacramento, California and the company's global headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Centene has hired 700 employees in North Carolina over the past 12 months and continues to actively recruit in multiple areas such as information technology, finance, compliance, health economics, business analytics, human resources, and quality. Prior to the announcement of the new East Coast headquarters, the company employed 600 employees in North Carolina. When completed, this campus will serve as a model for the future of hybrid collaboration and engagement, enabled through a modern infrastructure.