Case Studies September 2019

In late 2016, three years after joining a Boston-based firm as a senior project manager and consultant, Stephanie Flood was given her most challenging assignment to date: to coordinate the relocation of iboss, a dynamic and fast-growing cloud security company—and one of the firm’s most important clients. Eight months later, just as a new global […]

The requests have been many, and interesting at that—comfy chairs, sit-to-stand desks, an espresso machine, a “brainstorming room,” a running track inside the office and even a beach volleyball court. And one by one, Charlotte Johnson the head of workplace at California-based Upwork, checks off the boxes if she is able. This paralegal-turned-planner joined the […]

When he says it’s the nicest building of its kind in Logan, Utah, Mike Spindler may not just be boasting. The three-story structure that is Jon M. Huntsman Hall would grace any academic campus. But it seems most appropriate as the complementary addition to the Eccles Business Building on the southern edge of Utah State […]

Like many states, Maine has seen a spike in demand for behavioral health resources over the past decade. The problem is especially pronounced in rural and low-income areas, where extenuating factors—such as the state’s growing opioid crisis—are pushing these services to the brink. It’s an issue Wes Pooler knows all too well. During his tenure […]

In a tale of two Bay Area cities, Sangamo Therapeutics is stretching genomic science across San Francisco Bay. This spring, the company moved into a new 100,000-square-foot headquarters south of San Francisco in Brisbane, California. In converting the five-story office building, Sangamo becomes part of the cluster of biotech companies between San Francisco and San […]

Visit Roche Bros. new Brothers Marketplace in seaside Duxbury, Massachusetts, and you can’t help but pick up on the decidedly maritime flair—the market’s exterior is covered with weathered shingles to mimic the local housing style and its interior is accented with buoys and lobster traps. The counters are lined with oysters and oyster products, the […]

What long had served as the administrative headquarters for North America’s largest public transit operation would not be ideal for the teaching and practices of an arts institution. At least not without a major repurposing. Which is what the big boxlike 13-story structure on Brooklyn’s Jay Street has been undergoing since 2012—the last few years […]

By 7:30 a.m. most of the 30 students living in the six-story Wyeth Tower are up and preparing for the day’s first class. After grabbing a coffee and a quick bite, they file into the school’s lone building and head to their respective classrooms. Only, the students attending this Richmond, Virginia, institute aren’t coming for […]

When John Standinger took time to chat with Blueprint from his office in Rochester, New York, he couldn’t chat for long. For it was early summer, meaning it was time to oversee the maintaining of bridges and parks. That can take some doing in and around this medium-sized city on the southern shore of Lake […]

When Chris O’Higgins showed up for the grand opening of Jefferson Healthcare’s new dental clinic on June 18, he expected to see the usual suspects: team members, company executives, a few contractors, maybe a local reporter or two. Instead, nearly 80 people—including many local residents—turned out to celebrate the new facility, the first in Washington […]