As an architect focusing on health-care design with the firm Francis Cauffman, Thompson sees growth in that sector due to “hospitals designing new spaces around the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, providing enhanced care for an aging population and needing to upgrade aging infrastructure.”
As aging Baby Boomers continue to retire, young design and construction professionals are gaining greater opportunities for advancement and stepping into key roles at firms in the mid-Atlantic region.
With the 2013 purchase of 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C., the American Enterprise Institute landed an iconic location for its headquarters.
Debra Livingston says ABC members are excited about opportunities in the District of Columbia, particularly The Wharf development and the Capitol Riverfront district.
Only a handful of structures remain at the 3,100-acre Sparrows Point complex in Baltimore from its heyday as the world’s largest steel mill, but, at present, the site seems equally far removed from its new owners’ long-term vision of the site as a major multimodal logistics and distribution hub.