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| former_names = Matrix Corporate Center, Union Carbide Corporate Center<ref name="FCBJ">{{cite journal|last=Dzikowski|first=Don|date=1997-01-20|title=Prestone Expands Headquarters|journal=Fairfield County Business Journal|publisher=EBSCO|volume=36|issue=3|pages=1–5|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1030266674.html|accessdate=2008-08-03}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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| building_type = Corporate Offices, Conference & Banquet Center
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| location = Danbury, CT
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| client =
| owner = Summit Development, LLC
| current_tenants = Includes Department of Defense, General Motors, Attorney General, United Parcel Service, Chase Bank, Bank of America, US Bank, Scana Energy, Mastrack, Odyssey Logistics & Technology, Nuvance Health, Market Place Kitchen & Bar
| landlord =
| coordinates = {{coord|41.38196|N|73.53020|W|type:landmark_region:US-CT|display=inline,title}}
| start_date = 1980
| completion_date = 1982
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| floor_area = {{convert|2100000|sqft|m2}}<ref name="NYT2001">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E1DD113FF933A25755C0A9679C8B63|title= Commercial Property/Connecticut; For Old Union Carbide Headquarters, a Time of Flux|last=Charles|first=Eleanor|date=2001-06-10|work=New York Times|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>
| main_contractor =
| architect = [[Kevin Roche]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Twentieth-century American architecture: the building and their makers |last=Wiseman |first=Carter |year=2000 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |location=New York, NY |isbn=0-393-32054-5 |pages=324 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_GGEgmgwycC&q=union+carbide+Roche&pg=RA3-PA324 }}</ref>
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| other_designers = Emanuel Pisetzner<ref name="NYT2003">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E7DB1139F937A15752C1A963958260|title= Emanuel Pisetzner, 69, Engineer Relied On by Leading Architects|last=Saxon|first=Wolfgang|date=1995-11-24|work=New York Times|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>
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| website = [https://thesummitatdanbury.com/ thesummitatdanbury.com]
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'''The Summit at Danbury''', formerly known as the '''Matrix Corporate Center''' and before that as the ''' Union Carbide Corporate Center''', is an architecturally unique building in [[Danbury, Connecticut]].<ref name="NYT2001" /> It was constructed in 1982 as the headquarters of the [[Union Carbide]] [[chemical]] company, it is known for its unusual style and floorplan layout.
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==History==
In 1976, Union Carbide announced that it intended to relocate from [[New York City]] to a location in Connecticut.<ref name="NYT1976">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/20/archives/union-carbide-3500-on-staff-to-quit-city.html|title=Union Carbide, 3,500 on Staff, to Quit City|last=Sterne|first=Mickael|date=1976-03-20|work=New York Times|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref> After beginning construction in 1980,<ref name="NYT1980">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/02/27/archives/booming-danbury-to-add-union-carbide-to-tax-rolls-a-growing-danbury.html |title=Booming Danbury to Add Union Carbide to Tax Rolls; A Growing Danbury to Be Home of Union Carbide Sole Hat Company Prospers Danbury AT A GLANCE Geography Population Employment Fire and Police Income Housing Taxes Government Schools|last=Madden|first=Richard L.|date=1980-02-27|work=New York Times|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref> Union Carbide moved its approximately 3,000 staff members to the facility in 1983.

Following several corporate realignments,<ref name="LATimes">{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58573658.html?dids=58573658:58573658&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+08%2C+1986&author=MICHAEL+A.+HILTZIK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Union+Carbide+Plans+to+Sell+Off+%241+Billion+More+of+Assets&pqatl=google |title=Union Carbide Plans to Sell Off $1 Billion More of Assets|last=Hiltzik|first=Michael A.|date=1986-04-08|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref> space was rented out to several different companies after a 1986 [[leaseback]] arrangement transferred ownership to a Florida company. This resulted in the facility being renamed the Corporate Center in 1992.<ref name="NYT2001"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/02Rlandmark.html?pagewanted=1&n=Top/News/U.S./U.S.%20States,%20Territories%20and%20Possessions/New%20Jersey |title=The Office as Architectural Touchstone|last=Dunlap |first=David L.|date=2008-03-02|work=New York Times|accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> Following the purchase of Union Carbide by [[Dow Chemical Company|The Dow Chemical Company]] in 2001, the Union Carbide staff was further reduced and more space sublet to other companies. In 2007 the building was sold to [[Grubb & Ellis]] for $80 million,<ref name="FCBJ2">{{cite journal|last=Chuvala|first=Bob|date=2007-07-02|title=Shine and flip awaits Union Carbide HQ |journal=Fairfield County Business Journal|publisher=Fairfield County Business |volume=46|issue=27|url=http://www.fairfieldcountybusiness.com/archive/070207/0702070009.php4|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref> less than half its original construction cost of $190 million. In 2009, the building was resold to Matrix Reality Group for $72.4 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.matrixcorpcenter.com/images/InsideBus.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-05-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612223343/http://www.matrixcorpcenter.com/images/InsideBus.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-12 }}</ref> Matrix Realty Group, Inc., the new owner of the building, carried out several renovations,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nerej.com/43722|title = Matrix Corporate Center with $10 million renovation nearly complete is quickly attracting new tenants}}</ref> such as new granite in the Main Reception area and in other parts of the building, and renamed it the Matrix Corporate Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.newstimes.com/local/article/Reviving-a-corporate-jewel-387802.php#photo-116496|title=Reviving a corporate jewel|date=2 March 2010}}</ref>

In 2018, Matrix was sold to Summit Development, a real estate developer based in [[Southport, Connecticut]] for $18 million. The complex was renamed to reflect the new ownership, and is being renovated to include luxury apartments in multiple wings. The existing office space is being renovated as well, and now includes new restaurants and an expanded gym/health center.<ref>https://www.ctinsider.com/business/newstimes/article/Leasing-thaws-for-sprawling-Danbury-office-14921587.php?src=nthpcp&_ga=2.96775263.1500859300.1576803863-1153230100.1574744606#photo-18785324 Leasing thaws for sprawling Danbury office — with apartments sprouting next</ref>

==Architecture==
The layout of the building is unique in that the entire building rests on 5,000 pillars driven into the ground at heights of {{convert|5|to|40|ft|m}}, to avoid having to clear the land of obstacles.<ref name="NYT2001"/> The structure as a whole consists of 15 interconnected buildings around a central core.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nerej.com/41711|title = Matrix Corporate Center with $10m renovation nearly complete is quickly attracting new tenants}}</ref>

Additionally, the outer walls of the building face into the forest while the interior walls face a completely enclosed 2,500-space parking garage.<ref name="NYT2001"/> The building was designed with several pods for the then divisions of Union Carbide that would occupy the facility. Further, it was set up so that each office was very close, sometimes only 10 feet (3 m), from its related parking spot and that employees would not need to exit the building to perform any functions.

In the center of the complex are several conference rooms, libraries, a cafeteria, and other support services. Each room in the 2.1 million-square-foot (195,000 m²) complex, 1.3 million (117,000 m²) of which is office space,<ref name="Bohpal">{{cite web|url=http://www.bhopal.net/dowunioncarbide/archives/2006/07/corporate_cente.html |title=Corporate Center owners study options, including selling the Danbury property |last=Chuvala |first=Bob |date=2006-07-02 |publisher=Union Carbide |accessdate=2008-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704000306/http://www.bhopal.net/dowunioncarbide/archives/2006/07/corporate_cente.html |archivedate=July 4, 2008 }}</ref> has separate temperature controls and natural light through a series of translucent windows. The building sits on a {{convert|646|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus which has been subdivided over the years and now also hosts jogging trails and [[condominium]]s.

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| height = 120
|Image:UnionCarbideHQ.jpg|1991 aerial image (Union Carbide HQ at the time)
|Image:The Matrix Corporate Center and Matrix Conference & Banquet Center at Danbury Connecticut.jpg|Current Photograph of The Summit at Danbury
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081010114658/http://www.grubbellis.com/services/iig/PDF/Grubb_Print.pdf Grubb & Ellis report]
* [https://thesummitatdanbury.com/ Official website]
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