A rendering of McCandlish Holton’s new lobby. (Images courtesy of McCandlish Holton)
A local law firm is moving on up.
McCandlish Holton is expanding its downtown offices at the Bank of America Center by vacating its 15th-floor space in favor of more room on the 20th floor and the entire 21st floor.
The move in the next few months will give the 32-attorney firm about 30 percent more space at 1111 E. Main St. – a total of almost 34,000 square feet. It currently has 26,000 square feet on the 15th and 20th floors of the 26-story tower.
Jamie Martin
“We are crammed in here,” McCandlish Holton president Jamie Martin said. “We have no room for growth.”
McCandlish Holton employs about 75 people. Martin said it hopes to bring on one or two new attorneys over the next year. There are two open staff positions.
Work began on the new space almost a month ago and will be completed in stages, said attorney Samuel Haisley, who is assisting in the renovation. Crews are preparing the 21st floor. When that work is done in late April, employees who work on the 20th floor will move upstairs to allow renovations to begin there.
Haisley said the firm hopes to be settled into both floors in late June. It has been headquartered in the Bank of America Center since 1994.
Samuel Haisley
The firm is working with RoseMarie Bundy, Randy Blankenship and Caroline Garrett of nearby Evolve Architecture for architectural and interior design work, the firm said. L.F. Jennings is the general contractor.
Ned Roberts and Charles Polk III of Jones Lang LaSalle represented McCandlish Holton in the negotiation of the approximately 11-year lease. Malcolm Randolph Jr. and Scott Durham of CBRE | Richmond represented the landlord.
The 545,000-square-foot Bank of America Center is owned by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, a Connecticut-based real estate investment firm. It is footing the bill for the renovations of McCandlish’s new space.
McCandlish Holton isn’t the only law firm making moves in that building.
Law firms Sands Anderson in September signed a lease for 5,800 additional square feet on the building’s 22nd floor, giving the law firm almost 39,000 square feet on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th floors.
And the Virginia State Bar recently signed a 10-year lease to move about 80 employees into 31,600 square feet on the sixth and seventh floors of the building.
The move will give the firm about 30 percent more space at 1111 E. Main St.
A rendering of McCandlish Holton’s new lobby. (Images courtesy of McCandlish Holton)
A local law firm is moving on up.
McCandlish Holton is expanding its downtown offices at the Bank of America Center by vacating its 15th-floor space in favor of more room on the 20th floor and the entire 21st floor.
The move in the next few months will give the 32-attorney firm about 30 percent more space at 1111 E. Main St. – a total of almost 34,000 square feet. It currently has 26,000 square feet on the 15th and 20th floors of the 26-story tower.
Jamie Martin
“We are crammed in here,” McCandlish Holton president Jamie Martin said. “We have no room for growth.”
McCandlish Holton employs about 75 people. Martin said it hopes to bring on one or two new attorneys over the next year. There are two open staff positions.
Work began on the new space almost a month ago and will be completed in stages, said attorney Samuel Haisley, who is assisting in the renovation. Crews are preparing the 21st floor. When that work is done in late April, employees who work on the 20th floor will move upstairs to allow renovations to begin there.
Haisley said the firm hopes to be settled into both floors in late June. It has been headquartered in the Bank of America Center since 1994.
Samuel Haisley
The firm is working with RoseMarie Bundy, Randy Blankenship and Caroline Garrett of nearby Evolve Architecture for architectural and interior design work, the firm said. L.F. Jennings is the general contractor.
Ned Roberts and Charles Polk III of Jones Lang LaSalle represented McCandlish Holton in the negotiation of the approximately 11-year lease. Malcolm Randolph Jr. and Scott Durham of CBRE | Richmond represented the landlord.
The 545,000-square-foot Bank of America Center is owned by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, a Connecticut-based real estate investment firm. It is footing the bill for the renovations of McCandlish’s new space.
McCandlish Holton isn’t the only law firm making moves in that building.
Law firms Sands Anderson in September signed a lease for 5,800 additional square feet on the building’s 22nd floor, giving the law firm almost 39,000 square feet on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th floors.
And the Virginia State Bar recently signed a 10-year lease to move about 80 employees into 31,600 square feet on the sixth and seventh floors of the building.
The move will give the firm about 30 percent more space at 1111 E. Main St.