Officials from the DC Bilingual Public Charter School joined representatives from Gilbane Building Company and Hord Coplan Macht to celebrate the official ribbon cutting of the 27,000-square-foot addition to DC Bilingual’s Ward 5 campus in Washington, D.C. Designed by Hord Coplan Macht, this phased-occupied modernization project included an addition to the existing building, which expanded its current campus and increased student capacity to more than 700 students. Improvements and upgrades to the campus include age-appropriate classrooms and furniture, an expanded gym and updated art and music spaces. New spaces include an art studio, culinary and computer labs, a bilingual library, … Read more
Gilbane Completes TEMPO Student Apartment Community
Gilbane Development Company has completed TEMPO student apartments, a brand-new, fully furnished community designed for University of Maryland students. The 8-story student-focused community includes 296 units, 978 beds and 300 indoor parking spaces. The fully furnished studio, one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom apartments feature private ensuite bathrooms for each bedroom, fully equipped kitchens with stainless steel appliances, in-unit washer/dryers, simulated wood flooring and flat screen TVs. Residents of the community will enjoy an amenity package including a pool, three outdoor courtyards, a rooftop oasis with firepit and TVs, fitness center, podcast and video studio, yoga studio, multisport simulator, makerspace … Read more
Industry Veteran Matthew Thompson Joins Gilbane Chicago
Gilbane Building Company announced that Matthew Thompson joined the team as Operations Manager for its Chicago office. Thompson has two decades of experience in the Midwest commercial construction industry and will bring his design, construction and development expertise to the company’s growing Chicagoland portfolio. Before joining Gilbane, Thompson spent 20 years managing projects and project teams across various sectors in the Midwest, including criminal justice, laboratory, multi-family housing, defense and historic preservation projects. He has a degree in civil engineering from Purdue University and graduated with distinction from Northwestern University’s MBA program. At Northwestern, Matt specialized in analytical consulting, management … Read more
Gilbane Building Company, Wentworth Institute of Technology Break Ground on New Athletic Field, Integrated Parking Structure
Gilbane Building Company, STV and CD Smith have broken ground on a new integrated parking garage and athletic field project for Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by CD Smith, the new fields and integrated parking structure will support Wentworth’s continued growth as an institution and further improve the quality of student life. The softball and soccer fields will meet NCAA regulations, with a future field expansion planned that will accommodate 200-500 spectators and athletes. The new athletic field and integrated parking structure is slated for completion by 2023.
Gilbane Building Company Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of Life Sciences Development
Gilbane Building Company, Gensler and the entire project team celebrated the official opening of the 225 Wyman Street development, a 507,000-square-foot, five-story, ground-up life sciences facility in Massachusetts. LEED Gold designed by Gensler; the new facility is engineered to accommodate a 60% lab to 40% office ratio. It offers tenants large, flexible, column-free floor plates for custom workplace configurations with additional structural and MEP capacity to accommodate a range of lab tenant needs. In addition to constructing the base building, Gilbane is providing construction management services for these custom laboratory tenant fit-outs. The facility is connected to a 1,495-space garage … Read more