Omnissa Signs 56k SF Lease at Former IBM Campus in Sandy Springs, GA

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Pickleball, Bees, and 56k Square Feet: Omnissa Scores Big New Digs in Atlanta! 🐝🎾

If you’ve been following the enterprise mobility space lately, you know Omnissa (the platform formed around VMware’s former End-User Computing division) has been making big moves. But their latest move isn't just about software updates or digital workspace management—it’s a physical one!

Omnissa just signed a massive 56,202-square-foot lease taking over the entire third floor of The Barfield in Sandy Springs, Georgia (just outside Atlanta).

For context, this site is the former IBM campus—a classic piece of tech history—that has been kept off the open market for decades. Now, Drawbridge Realty is pouring $10 million into modernizing the two-building, 236,191-square-foot complex into a tech-first, hybrid-work haven.

Why Mobility Engineers Should Care

We spend all day talking about digital workspaces—unified endpoint management (UEM), virtual desktops (VDI), and seamless remote access. But as tech companies recalibrate their return-to-office strategies, the physical workspace has to be compelling enough to compete with working from a home couch in sweatpants.

Drawbridge Realty seems to have gotten the memo. The upgraded campus features:

• 🏀 Outdoor Basketball & Pickleball Courts (Because what’s a modern tech campus without a quick pick-up game between deployment scripts?)
  
  
• 🐝 An On-Site Bee Sanctuary (Giving a whole new meaning to "hive mind" software architecture)
  
  
• ☕ Social Lounge, Café & Gaming Area via a grand central staircase
  
  
• 🧘 Yoga Studio, Fitness Center & Showers for the bike-to-work mobility crowd
  
  
• 🛋️ Wi-Fi-enabled Terrace Lounges so engineers can push updates under the sun
  
  

The Big Picture

Omnissa is officially the first major tenant to move into the newly repositioned campus, with move-in scheduled for next summer.

It’s great to see a flagship name in digital workspace management investing heavily in physical space that supports collaboration, wellness, and flexibility.

Are you back in an office, working 100% remote, or shooting hoops on a corporate pickleball court during lunch break? Drop a line in the comments!