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TRANSACTIONS DLR GROUP ACQUIRES BOSTON- BASED TSOI KOBUS DESIGN DLR Group CEO Steven McKay announced that Boston-based healthcare and life sciences planning and design firm Tsoi Kobus Design has joined DLR Group. Bringing Tsoi Kobus to DLR Group significantly elevates the firm’s design acumen and accelerates access to more sophisticated healthcare clients and design opportunities. Tsoi Kobus is recognized as the leading designer of healthcare and advanced proton therapy facilities at academic, clinical, and research hospitals around the world. It also brings an award- winning portfolio of life sciences, higher education, and commercial design to complement DLR Group practices in those markets. “As we evaluated firms specializing in healthcare and life sciences that could be a growth agent for DLR Group, Tsoi Kobus was at the top of that list,” said DLR Group CEO Steven McKay. “We have cultural alignment in design; in client service based on Principal level involvement in leading projects; and a collaborative, purposeful, and bold belief in the power of design to elevate the human experience.” The merger ensures the 40-year design legacy and continuity of Tsoi Kobus for its employees and clients, providing the firm with an expanded global platform to influence the next generation of healthcare and life sciences design. The firm will operate as DLR Group | Tsoi Kobus Design in Boston, and the

50 Tsoi Kobus employees will have the opportunity to invest in DLR Group stock and become employee-owners. “I have invested my entire career in Tsoi Kobus, and it was time to activate a transition plan,” said Tsoi Kobus Co- Founder Rick Kobus. “The way DLR Group does business, and its commitment to design and collaborative culture mirrors ours. This is the ideal solution for the employees, clients, and partners of Tsoi Kobus Design. I am excited about the future and eager to collaborate with DLR Group leadership to grow the healthcare, higher education, and life sciences studios in the coming years. I will be active within these teams mentoring the next generation of designers dedicated to healthcare and life sciences design excellence.” The cultures of DLR Group and Tsoi Kobus are a philosophical match with a commitment to deliver design excellence to clients through integrated design, as well as shared beliefs and approaches to sustainability, business operations, and career development. The opportunity to be part of a 100 percent employee-owned firm was a deciding factor for Tsoi Kobus to join DLR Group. “As we collaborated with Steven McKay and others at DLR Group, it was clear that our firms share a commitment to a firm culture, career growth for designers, an integrated design practice, and sustainability,” said Kobus. “The opportunity for all our people to become owners within DLR Group’s 100 percent

employee-owned culture is the ideal platform to ensure the design legacy of Tsoi Kobus into the future.” By joining DLR Group and its national and global footprint, the reach and influence of Tsoi Kobus in medical planning, and healthcare, proton therapy, and life sciences design will significantly expand. The designers of Tsoi Kobus will impact and grow healthcare, life sciences, and higher education at DLR Group, and be able to pursue other design careers in building types or specialty disciplines. In Boston, Tsoi Kobus provides DLR Group with an established location to serve its existing clients including Bucknell University, Columbia University, Marist College, SUNY, Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University; Boston Public Schools and Cambridge Public Schools; and a variety of commercial clients including Vista Equity Partners, the General Services Administration, and global technology firms. “Working with Rick, George Takoudes, Anne Garrity, and the design studio at Tsoi Kobus, we will build a thriving, growing healthcare practice in DLR Group offices across the country,” said McKay. “Our intent is to grow DLR Group into a recognized leader in healthcare design.” DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse.

who doesn’t want to be loved? But the fact is, you never know where those relationships will lead you. Sometimes they can be life-changing. “Not every relationship you have should be one that benefits you in some way. I don’t want to be one of those people that you only hear from when I want something from you!” How about you? What are you doing to keep up with your long-term relationships? Mark Zweig is Zweig Group’s chairman and founder. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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my calendar and phone than I am now. It would probably be smart to plug 20-30 minutes into my calendar every day for outreach efforts to those who unfortunately (for me) fall into this “second tier” group. The other thing I can do is have more breakfast meetings with local folks than I am having now. It will force an old guy like me to get cleaned up and out of the house early, and it’s a meal time that isn’t already completely booked. I have to do better. Not every relationship you have should be one that benefits you in some way. I don’t want to be one of those people that you only hear from when I want something from you! I can’t stand that and it just isn’t a quality or characteristic I aspire to be known for. Sometimes you will give more than you get. That’s OK, and part of the human experience. And besides that,

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