EDMONTON—Edmonton-based construction design firm Stantec has announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire VOA Associates Incorporated (VOA), a 280-person architecture and planning firm based in Chicago.
VOA is active in building designs for international clients in the hospitality, commercial, health care, workplace, entertainment and cultural, and government sectors, indicates the Stantec media release, issued Feb. 11. Besides Chicago, VOA has additional office locations in New York City, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Fla., and Highland, Ind.
The acquisition of VOA expands Stantec’s 3,800-person building design practice. In Chicago, VOA employs more than 140 people while Stantec has a 50-person office. Combined, they will form one of the largest design firms in Chicago, states the release.
VOA projects in Chicago include the Wabash "vertical campus" building at Roosevelt University; waterfront reconstruction of Navy Pier; and the corporate headquarters for Grant Thornton and Wintrust. Other key projects include the flagship Virgin Hotel in New York City, scheduled to debut in 2018; the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute in Virginia; and the sustainably designed 661,000 square foot NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The acquisition is expected to close late March 2016.
Stantec employs more than 15,000 employees working in over 250 locations, consulting on planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management and project economics.
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