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Phased Office Moves in St. Johns County and Jacksonville

An office moved department by department across the weeks both leases overlap, with swing space where a group has nowhere to sit yet.

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How We Plan Phased Office Moves

Moving in phases swaps a single all-hands weekend for a string of shorter moves. It suits offices that cannot shut down at once, new suites that open floor by floor, and leases that overlap by a few weeks or months. The cost is coordination: every wave touches both buildings, and a delay in one wave pushes the rest.

We lay it out on a single calendar. First, your facilities lead names the departments and the order they go, usually the groups least tied to customers first and reception and client-facing teams last. Second, each wave gets a date, a list of seats, and matching seats marked on the new drawing. Third, where a department must move before its final space is ready, we plan a swing room, a spare conference room or an empty section of either suite, and the dates it is used. Fourth, each wave runs the same way: pack after close, move, set desks, and hand the area back to staff. The final wave clears the old suite, leaving time for the handback before the lease ends.

Who usually signs off: Facilities or operations lead who signs off on department order, temporary seats, and the old suite’s handback date
Timing that works: One wave per evening or weekend across the lease overlap, the last wave landing with enough time left to clear and return the old suite

What typically moves

Department desk sets Each wave’s desks, chairs, and pedestals labeled with wave number, room, and seat.
Swing-room tables and chairs Set for a temporary group, then reset or moved on when that group’s real space opens.
Desk computers and monitors Our crew unplugs, moves, and reconnects them with each wave, so every department starts at the new office ready for IT to test.
Department file cabinets Moved with the department that uses them, so nobody works a week without their files.
Shared meeting-room furniture Held back until the wave that needs it, since both offices may need a meeting room during the overlap.
Reception and front counter Usually the last wave, so visitors meet one front desk throughout the move.

Access and scheduling

Each wave needs dock and elevator time at both buildings, and a building that gives you one Saturday may not give you four in a row. We ask both landlords for the full list of wave dates at the start, along with their move rules and the insurance certificate each wants, rather than booking one weekend at a time.

If a new area is not ready when its wave comes up, the wave either waits or goes to the swing room. That decision belongs to your facilities lead, and we adjust the next wave’s labels and dates to match. Summer waves in August and September get a spare date between them, so a storm week shifts one wave rather than the whole sequence.

Protection and handling

Several waves mean the same corridors, elevators, and doors take wear again and again. We protect the route fully for each wave and take the protection down afterward, so staff working in both buildings between waves are not walking around runners and jamb guards for a month.

Labels do the rest. Every piece carries its wave number as well as its room and seat, so a desk from wave two cannot end up in the wave one area. At the end of each wave we walk the new area with your lead and note anything missing or damaged before the next wave begins. Swing-room furniture gets its own labels, so it can be traced when it moves a second time.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Wave order and who sits where: Your facilities lead sets the department sequence, swing assignments, and final seats. We move each wave to that plan.
Network and phones in both offices during the overlap: Your IT provider keeps both locations running and tests each department after its wave.
Returning the old suite: Your facilities lead and landlord handle the handback walk-through and any repairs the lease requires.

Not part of our work

Holding furniture or cartons for you between waves; everything stays in one of your two suites.
Decisions about lease dates, early termination, or restoration.

Around St. Johns County and Jacksonville

Phased moves suit the Southside and Baymeadows buildings where a new suite opens on one floor while the old one stays leased on another, and newer Nocatee and CR 210 buildings that open in sections. For moves between St. Johns County and Jacksonville, each wave also crosses I-95 or I-295 traffic.

The crew that shows up

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Phased Office Moves FAQs

Another question? Call (904) 209-9277.

Which department should go in the first wave?

Usually one that can work anywhere for a few days and has few visitors, such as accounting or an internal team. The first wave shows how the building and the plan behave, so it helps if a small hiccup does not affect customers. Reception and client-facing groups tend to go last.

Can one swing room hold two different departments in turn?

Yes. One group uses it until their space opens, then we reset it for the next. Each reset is a scheduled step with its own date, and the swing furniture carries labels so it can be moved on or returned without confusion.

What if a department’s new area is not finished on its wave date?

You choose: hold the wave, or move that group to swing space and move them again later. We change the labels and the next wave’s date to match. Holding one wave is usually less disruptive than moving a department twice, but it depends on your lease.

How much time should we leave between the last wave and the lease end?

Enough for your landlord’s walk-through and any repairs or cleaning the lease requires. That varies by lease, so check the handback terms early. We plan the final wave to clear everything, including furniture that stays behind for disposal, before that walk-through.

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