Burns & McDonnell will become the second tenant in the newly constructed 305,000 s/f Campus at Greenhill located at 108 Leigus Rd. Burns & McDonnell will occupy 27,635 s/f of the building, and anticipate moving into the new location in September of this year.
The deal was brokered by Cushman & Wakefield out of Hartford. The owner (and landlord) is Workstage-Connecticut LLC. The developer of the building is Gale International.
The site will serve as the new home to the growing New England regional office. Currently the New England team occupies nearly half the amount of space at their existing Wallingford facility on Thorpe Ave.
"The new building provides a central location for our New England office, and is also designed to support our firm's continued growth," said Burns & McDonnell New England office vice president Brett Williams. "We are very confident that there are great opportunities throughout the Northeast for our firm moving forward, and we are really excited to continue to call Wallingford home."
The new office space features an expansive floor plan that provides natural light, and a green architecture focus that fits the firm's image well. The space will include a training room, auditorium, conference rooms, a library, and areas for engineering, project management and operations staff. Employee-owners will also have access to a fitness center and cafeteria inside the building.
Burns & McDonnell first opened a project office in Connecticut in 2004 with three employee-owners. After continued growth, in 2009 the project office expanded to become their New England regional office, now home to 130 employee-owners. They have been involved in some of the industry's largest electric infrastructure improvement projects throughout the Northeast, and as a result have consistently recruited the industry's best and brightest talent.
Burns & McDonnell takes pride in having become a part of the Connecticut and neighboring communities. The employee-owners have donated time and funds to support worthy causes and charities including The Jimmy Fund, The United Way, Special Olympics and the American Cancer Society.