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The world is continually changing, and so is the way we work.
Whether employees are remote, onsite, or hybrid, many organizations are rethinking their office spaces and work processes to create working environments that promote collaboration, improve engagement, encourage innovation, and increase satisfaction.
Planning for and executing these real estate changes, however, isn’t always easy. Obstacles such as file cabinets, obsolete IT assets, furniture, and cluttered employee workstations can take up valuable space, create risk, decrease productivity, and make project execution difficult.
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- 90%A recent IDG Study indicated that 90% of organizations are planning on making changes to their workplace within the next 6–12 months.
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According to a recent CBRE study, 87% of corporate real estate leaders are focused on portfolio optimization as a top priority.
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Years of normal operations and employee turnover can leave the workplace cluttered and disorganized.
In addition to negatively impacting productivity, collaboration, and space usage, employees may not be motivated to return to and work from a messy office.
A recent study from the Economist indicates that 93% of organizations are ready to clean up legacy information assets; however, executing a cleanup project in-house could consume valuable resources and even lead to the risk of data breach.
Our Clean Start experts can help you maximize your space and reduce clutter through the secure and sustainable consolidation or recycling of:
- Paper records
- File cabinets
- Outdated IT assets
- Employee workstations
- Other information assets
- Office equipment
Moving or restacking an office space can be stressful, and the last thing you need is the risk of exposing your organization to a data breach during project execution.
Unfortunately, confidential information located in filing cabinets, storage closets, and at employee workstations not only creates risk, but also wastes valuable space.
While some organizations turn to traditional moving or real estate services companies for help, most don’t have the expertise, trained, and vetted employees, or secure chain of custody to handle paper records, IT assets, and other sensitive materials.
Iron Mountain Clean Start can help with a complete set of services that you need for a successful move or restack, all under a single vendor and following our unique approach to project planning and execution:
- Pack, move, and store records offsite
- Securely shred outdated documents
- Sort, pack, and move employee workstations
- Disposition or remarket obsolete IT assets
- Move furniture and equipment from site to site
- Store pallets and equipment offsite
- Decommission furniture, fixtures, and equipment
- Transition to a digital workplace
Clean Start can support a successful and secure move or restack project execution while also helping you optimize space usage in your new or refreshed workplace.
Contact UsAs employee work habits evolve, so does the need for physical office space.
A recent CBRE survey found that 87% of corporate real estate leaders are focused on portfolio optimization as a top priority; however, closing an office location is never as simple as turning the lights off and locking the doors.
Sensitive information assets located throughout the facility, often commingled with personal employee items and office equipment, can expose your organization to a data breach if not properly handled and managed.
While traditional moving companies and real estate service companies can support office closure projects, most don’t have the expertise, trained and vetted employees, or secure chain of custody to correctly handle and manage your organization’s most valuable assets.
- Pack, move, and store records offsite
- Securely shred outdated documents
- Decommission furniture, fixtures, and equipment
- Disposition or remarket obsolete IT assets
- Move furniture and equipment from site to site
- Sort, pack, and move employee workstations
- Store pallets and equipment offsite
- Move and/or store artwork
Best of all, Iron Mountain can provide all these services and more under a single vendor with our unique approach to planning and executing your office closure.
Contact UsGlobal merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is experiencing record levels as companies look to leverage M&A to drive transformational change, per a recent Deloitte survey.
Real estate portfolio optimization and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity are experiencing record activity levels as companies look to identify synergies and cost savings, and drive transformational change.
However, portfolio-wide real estate initiatives and M&A integration can be impeded by obstacles such as widely dispersed facility locations, large volumes of files or other assets, and conflicting processes and tools for sharing and protecting information.
Turn to Iron Mountain Clean Start to successfully navigate portfolio-wide real estate initiatives and M&A activity. With experts and resources located throughout the world, our team can help to:
- Dispose or recycle obsolete or redundant assets
- Unite compliance and retention policies
- Eliminate stand-alone processes and policies
- Securely close unneeded office locations
- Identify and address security breach risks
- Adapt to a digital future across the organization
Whether you need support for a single office or a standardized process to support the integration or closure of multiple locations, turn to Iron Mountain to simplify project management under one vendor.
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Learn more about how Clean Start has helped organizations optimize space, reduce risk, and enhance sustainability
Law firm relied on clean start to declutter, reduce risk, and become more organized
After years of normal operations, M&A activity, and employee turnover, a US-based law firm struggled with a cluttered and disorganized workplace.
Helping a global bank optimize and reduce space
A global 500 bank needed to optimize office space utilization in order to downsize its real estate footprint and reduce costs.
Large bank uses clean start to quickly and securely move forward with m&a activity
When a large financial institution acquired a smaller bank, there were redundancies in office locations, with over 30 branches and regional offices identified as candidates for closure.
Supporting a secure office closure and move
A global pharmaceutical company needed to close and move from a 125K sq. ft. office building during the start of the pandemic.

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What are the benefits of using Iron Mountain for restacking office space?
Iron Mountain helps you maximize and improve the functionality of your physical office space. We provide professional labor and management to reorganize your floor plans and move critical assets. This process is essential for companies looking to optimize workspace for a smaller footprint or reinventing the office environment. We handle the heavy lifting while you focus on managing your people and culture.
- We offer Offsite Records Storage to remove bulky files from your floor, which helps you maximize office space and creates a cleaner environment for your staff to work in daily.
- Our team identifies legacy documents that belong in our cleanup suite to decrease the amount of paper stored onsite, effectively freeing up square footage for collaborative work zones or new desks.
Improving your office space management requires a partner who understands the value of your information and physical assets. We help you transform your workspace by providing the resources needed for a successful workplace transformation at every stage of the project. This includes identifying what to keep, what to digitize, and what to destroy. Our global reach and deep industry knowledge help you achieve a more efficient, agile, and cost-effective office environment for your employees.
How can space management strategies reduce office real estate cost?
Implementing effective space management strategies allows businesses to identify inefficiencies within their physical office space. By analyzing how teams use desks and meeting rooms, organizations can determine how to utilize office space more effectively. This data driven approach supports a successful workplace transformation by highlighting areas where the company can optimize and reduce space. Reducing the total square footage leads to significant long term savings on lease expenses.
- Office transformations allow companies to consolidate floors and reduce real estate costs by implementing new policies like Retention Policy Management that better reflect the actual daily occupancy of the building.
- Space optimization strategies help businesses identify which paper records and assets are eligible for destruction, allowing them to reclaim storage areas and convert them into productive workstations or collaborative zones for their professional staff.
Organizations often overlook the potential for office optimization until they face significant real estate changes. By proactively addressing the accumulation of physical assets and records, companies can improve office space and create a more dynamic atmosphere for their staff. This shift towards a leaner operational model supports long term business resilience and environmental sustainability. Selecting the right partner for project planning and execution helps you navigate these changes without disrupting the daily activities of your workforce.