First Look: Armada's 90,000-square-foot expansion
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One of Armada's corner conference rooms, which are open to all workers. Photo: Ryan Deto/Axios
Another large Pittsburgh company is bringing workers back into the office, and it's incentivizing them with a swanky new upgrade.
Why it matters: Logistics company Armada is Pittsburgh's third-largest privately held company — behind Giant Eagle and 84 Lumber — and its new headquarters in Wexford gives it room to expand.
Driving the news: Armada opened its new offices Tuesday in the Innovation Ridge development in the North Hills.
- The company gave Axios Pittsburgh a sneak peek on Monday.
Context: Armada was established in 1890 as a meatpacking company on Pittsburgh's North Side and has expanded over the years, mostly in the food service logistics industry, to serve clients in the U.S. and across the globe.
- It generated about $5.8 billion in revenue last year, according to Forbes.
- It was named McDonald's U.S. supplier of the year in 2025.
The big picture: Armada moved from a 15,000-square-foot office in Fox Chapel into a 90,000-square-foot three-story building.
- The company is initially occupying 65,000 square feet, aiming to fill the entire space as it expands.
State of play: Over 300 workers will return to a hybrid schedule three days a week in office and two days remote.
- Armada has been mostly remote since the pandemic, with workers coming into the office five days a month.
Zoom in: The new offices include a massive training center on the first floor, 26 conference rooms peppered throughout the building, several private phone and meeting rooms, six desks with attached treadmills, and sweeping views of preserved wetlands and woods.
- Corner spaces are maintained as conference rooms to give the best views for collaboration, not executive leadership.
Between the lines: That's to provide workers with collaborative space and to make it as attractive as possible, according to Armada CEO Chris O'Brien.
- "Connecting the dots is what we do. We are right in the middle of a supply chain, and that takes a lot of collaboration."
Zoom out: Pittsburgh companies like PNC, Highmark and BNY also recently brought workers back to the office.
The bottom line: O'Brien says the company is pushing to expand its reach and name recognition.
- He hopes to expand Armada into general manufacturing and automobiles, as well as Pittsburgh's burgeoning fields of life science, health care and robotics.