Steve Lucas, COO of Creative Development Partners, announced the recent groundbreaking of Stihl, Inc.’s new $25 million, 80,000-square-foot administration building in Virginia Beach, Va. Since the project’s inception, Creative Development Partners has served as Owner’s Representative for Stihl.
The property broke ground on March 29, 2018 on more than 150 acres at the site of the existing Stihl corporate headquarters on Viking Drive. Besides the new administration space with a Stihl museum and customer welcome center, the project will include improvements to an outdoor demonstration area for hands-on training, enhancements to the entry guardhouse and updates to traffic flow and security at the main entrance gate. The expansion will replace the former 21,000-square-foot administration building which was razed to make way for the new building. The anticipated completion date of the new building and other campus improvements is mid-2019, according to STIHLusa.com.
Virginia Beach-based Hourigan Construction will serve as general contractor for the project, and HBA Architecture Interior Design is the lead architect.
About Creative Development Partners
CDP is a full-service development company providing its clients with any number of options to bring their vision to reality. From land acquisition, entitlements, build-to-suit, fee development or lease purchase; CDP can customize an approach to meet its clients’ unique needs. In addition to development services, CDP offers clients a full range of construction management/owners’ representative services. Creative Development Partners guide and direct every aspect of the projects: from inception, through design and construction, to move in.
About Stihl, Inc.
Virginia Beach-based STIHL Inc., one of several manufacturing facilities in the STIHL Group, is the headquarters for U.S. operations. STIHL Inc. employs over 2,100 people nationwide, with more than 1,900 in Virginia Beach, Va., in a variety of positions from manufacturing, product assembly, manufacturing engineering, sales and marketing, and finance. The Virginia Beach facility is located on approximately 150 acres with over one million square feet under roof, where the company produces a full line of high-quality, handheld outdoor power equipment including blowers, trimmers, brushcutters, and multi-task tools, as well as the number one selling brand of chainsaws worldwide. STIHL Inc. manufactures over 260 model variations of handheld outdoor power equipment for sale in the U.S. and around the world. STIHL products are sold through a network of over 9,000 servicing power equipment retailers from coast to coast.
