Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened a 130,000-square-foot restaurant support center in Columbus, Ohio's downtown area at 500 Neil Avenue, according to a company press release.

Construction of the restaurant support center took over two years to complete with temporary relocations and interim workspaces in Columbus on North High Street and Nationwide Boulevard. The office building houses nearly 400 employees across finance, guest and employee relations, development, food safety, legal, people experience, technology, facilities and operations.

"The key ingredients to our success — creativity, camaraderie and inclusiveness — can best be achieved to their full potential when we're together in one innovative space," Marissa Andrada, chief diversity, inclusion and people officer, said in the release. "Columbus houses world-class diverse talent from all backgrounds and functions and we're excited to bring more opportunities for advancement to the community and Cultivate a Better World together."

The space was designed by female co-owned Semple Brown and used female-owned E2 Optics for technology cables throughout the building. Additionally, approximately one-quarter of the overall subcontracted work was awarded to businesses owned by underrepresented groups. The building was developed by Nationwide Realty Investors with the central Ohio construction company Elford Inc., serving as the general contractor.

Chipotle has 2,950 restaurants in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

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