No Bounds, Only Standards
Built America Magazine | South
— it’s about stewardship. “Even our Sycamore standard buildings perform much better than code-built buildings,” he notes. “We can’t value-engineer out quality. Quality is synonymous with Sycamore.” That ethic extends to their geography. They currently serve Western North Carolina within about a 50-mile radius. But they’re patient about growth. “We do plan to expand,” Dakota says, “but not in the near future. We don’t want to spread ourselves too thin and negatively affect our impact.”
There are no size limits at Sycamore — only values.
“There’s no cap on how big we would go, and no limit to how small,” Dakota says. “We’d rather do a small project that prioritizes sustainability than a massive one that doesn’t.” Their projects often start around a million dollars, with some stretching far beyond, but it’s not about scale
“ We’d rather do a small project that prioritizes sustainability than a massive one that doesn’t.”
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