The Ledger, Core & Shell

Location: Bentonville, Arkansas

Program: Flexible Office, Conferencing, Amenities, Retail

Area: 230,000 gsf

Status: Completed 2022

Ledger is a mixed-use commercial building containing spaces that range from offices and conference rooms to retail - inspired by and designed to represent the Bentonville community.

Ledger blends into its urban context by inviting the public in from Main Street, connecting the street grid with a breezeway, and adapting to the surroundings with its stepping terraces and all-glass exterior. Easily recognized by the ramps zig-zagging along the building’s east side, it offers a unique experience for pedestrians and bikers, creating public spaces of transition to nurture community and connection. For a tactile and meaningful experience, the copper cladding lining the ramps allows Ledger to age and develop with its context, transforming and giving back to the community over time.

The community-centered design and functionality create a six-story neighborhood-like experience in Ledger, blurring the line that separates the working environment from the outdoors. With generosity being a central part of its concept, it goes beyond the idea of a regular office building, inviting its users to find new ways of connecting work, community, and Bentonville’s biking culture.

Design Team

Michel Rojkind and Callaghan Horiuchi + Marlon Blackwell Architects

Collaborators

Structural & Facade: Studio NYL

Structural: Engineering Consultants, Inc.

MEP, Civil & Landscape: Harrison French & Associates

Geotechnical: McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Lighting: TM Light

Parking: DESMAN

Code: Code Solutions Group

ADA: The McIntosh Group

Architect of Record: Marlon Blackwell Architects

Contractor: Nabholz Construction

WeWork: James Slade, Adrian Yau, Yoshio Fukumori, Isaac Smeke, Danielle Kemble, Fiona Ho, Arie Salomon, Edwin Garcia, Ivonne Gama, Ian Gu, Calvin Lee, Brandon Medeiros, Greg Rogers, Jake Williams, Chris Smiley, Valmik Vyas, Emma Fairchild, David Dubrow, Andrew Davies, Celia Dick, Michael Bruckmann, Daniel Hallett, Seema Bhangar, Sylvain Blanchard, Nick Nienaber, Jelena Ivanisevic, Star Davis, Leela Shanker