DLR GROUP ACQUIRES KKE ARCHITECTS

摘要

Omaha, neb.-based dlr group has acquired KKE Architects, a firm with offices in Minnesota, California, Nevada, and Arizona, in an effort to grow its U.S. business and to enhance its capabilities in China. DLR will gain four U.S. offices, for a total of 22 in the U.S. and one in Shanghai. In Minneapolis, where both firms are represented, the offices will combine and operate as DLR Group KKE. KKE's offices in Pasadena and Irvine, Calif., and Las Vegas will also take the new name. In Phoenix, however, the combined offices will operate as DLR Group.rnGreg Hollenkamp, CEO of KKE, said, "We already cross over in a lot of markets-justice, education, corporate. What [the merger] does is give us the combined resources to really be a premier firm in those markets."