DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- McAdams, a multidisciplinary civil engineering, land planning, landscape architecture and geomatics firm announced today their plan for expansion of its corporate footprint to downtown Raleigh's Bloc[83]. This new space, consisting of 55,000 square feet, will be located on two floors of the development's Tower Two. Workforce expansion, attracting talent, proximity to clients and projected growth of the region all factored into this decision.
While the headquarters of the company will shift to Bloc[83], McAdams will maintain its western Triangle location with a 20,000-square foot presence on Meridian Parkway in Durham. This will give McAdams employees flexibility on where they work in the Triangle. McAdams has added 150 employees since January 2020 with 97 of those new hires in the Triangle market. This brings the total employee count to 359 company-wide; 240 being in the Triangle.
McAdams currently has 10,000 square feet of office space in the One Glenwood building, part of the Bloc[83] development. Employees have found that Bloc[83] caters to the shift in desired workplace environment attributes, which provides increased walkability; highly designed workspaces that encourage employee engagement and teambuilding; and access to other amenities that elevate their corporate experience. All current Raleigh employees will relocate into the new office space once complete, tentatively scheduled for mid-2022.
"We've made intentional efforts to grow nationally and regionally through acquisition and expansion and in doing so, have placed significant focus on our most important assets, our people," said President and CEO, Mike Munn, PE. "Having a Triangle-wide presence improves our accessibility and allows us to be closer to demographic and development trends while also making it more appealing and convenient for our team, partners and clients to work with us."
The Bloc[83] location is particularly special for McAdams as this is a showcase development project for the firm in conjunction with Heritage Properties. Being able to design a space for the future of the company that can bring teams together in an attractive and desirable location, which highlights its commitment to people and the communities it serves, was a key consideration.
"A company's headquarters can be an iconic statement of who they are today, but more importantly who they aspire to be," added Munn. "Being a larger part of the community in downtown Raleigh while offering flexibility to our team across the region will allow us to attract and retain the best talent."
McAdams was advised throughout lease negotiations by Wes McAdams of Colony Commercial out of Charlotte, NC.
About McAdams
Founded in 1979, McAdams is a full-service civil engineering, land planning, landscape architecture and geomatics firm headquartered in Durham, North Carolina with offices in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. McAdams is passionate about providing unique and engaging experiences for our clients and our clients' clients. We understand the importance of a lasting impression and strive to bring life to the collective vision for project success. All design charts a path to the built environment which may create budgetary or constructability constraints, however our team works to blend creativity with reality which enables a concept to be executed. Our engineering expertise and other integrated services help provide efficient and effective solutions to serve your project needs. We care about the end product and we share our clients' goals.
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