Ford Motor Company is moving into its new world headquarters in Dearborn. Called “The Hub,” it’s a seven story tall, 2.1 million square foot facility with four floors.

The building replaces the manufacturer’s outgoing HQ along Michigan Avenue near the Southfield Freeway. Ford Land Chair and CEO Jim Dobleske says, for years, that building has presented challenges when it came to collaborating.

“They had to get in a car,” says Dobleske, “drive five minutes, park, walk into the building, get set up. So it was about a half hour venture before they could really get together.”

But that won’t be an issue for The Hub, where everyone from finance to the design teams will be in the same place. Project architects say the building’s wide-open rooms, sweeping staircases and collaborative areas put a focus on movement.

Officials say about 99% of The Hub is exposed to natural light.

Craig Dykers is founding partner of architecture firm Ford enlisted to design the building, Snøhetta. He says incorporating nature was an important part of the design process.

“Of course it’s important to humans,” says Dykers. “We need fresh air and daylight and access to nature to help us thrive — and so that was an important feature of making this.”

In total, the new building cost Ford around $1.2 billion to construct. But company officials say that price tag is well worth it — as they expect The Hub to serve as the automaker’s HQ for the next hundred years.