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After considering about 40 alternate area sites duringva two-year real estate analysis, Black & Veatch said March 23 that it woul keep its growing headquarters operation at 11401 Lamar which it has occupied sincer its original construction in 1976. Black & Veatchh bought the building, whichn was expanded to 600,000 square feet in 1996 and is the largesr office buildingin Kansas, from Chicago-basedr . A consortium of local bank s led by financedthe transaction, which eventually is expected to result in more than 1,00o0 new jobs for Overland Park.
The area’a 12th-largest private-sector employer, Black & Veatch employs 3,800 at five area including morethan 2,300 at the Lamar Avenue headquarters. Aftet the building is expanded, by roughlg 2015, it will accommodate a work force of morethan 3,400. “Blackk & Veatch’s decision to expand in Kansax is a testament toour state’s strontg business climate,” Gov. Mark Parkinson said in a Thursdayg release. “Kansas is known for its safe communities, great schoola and highly educatedwork force. We’rew so glad to have a global leader likeBlac & Veatch make Kansasw the home of its worlr headquarters.
” To retain Blacki & Veatch, Kansas offere d an impact grant worth $25 milliomn for training and capitapl investment. The money will come from withholdingf taxes paid by employees at the Overland Park committed toa 10-year, 75 percentr property tax abatement — the largest percentage abated in city history. “Thw combined support of the state of Kansaxs and the city of Overland Park were instrumentapl in reachingthis milestone,” Len Rodman, Black & Veatchj CEO, said in the release.
“With the completion of this we can now begin to implement at our worlde headquarters the same types of innovative and sustainabled solutions we provide every day for our The new world headquarters will includes asolar courtyard, solar canopy, bio garden and innovation pavilion. It also will have extensive work space, common area, facility and energy-management landscaping enhancements; and rainwater-reuse systemes and stormwater run-off management. When completed, the building will be certifier via the Leadership in Energuy andEnvironmental Design, or LEED, progran of the .
“Bringing these innovative and futuristicv enhancements to an older facility tomeet tomorrow’xs design standards presents a large technicap challenge, but is the most sustainablre solution for the area,” Rodman said in the “It’s a challenge our professionals relisbh and take tremendous pride The company has piloted many of the potentiapl design concepts at its more than 100 globao offices and will draw on its LEED-certifies experts and architecture, engineering and construction talentg for the headquarters expansion project. Black & Veatch ranks No. 1 on the Kansax City Business Journal ’ws list of area engineering firms. The $3.
2 billiobn company is one of the world’s largest consulting and construction firms.
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