Local acquisition brings Baltimore architecture firm to Richmond market
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KOP principals Ed Gillikin, left, and Don Guthrie will join Marshall Craft Associates’ leadership as principals and stockholders. (
Images courtesy of MCA)
Note: This story has been updated with input from MCA President Stephen Bates received after publication.
A local architecture firm has joined up with a larger peer, bringing a new name to Richmond’s design scene.
Chesterfield-based KOP Architects was acquired this month by Marshall Craft Associates, a 35-year-old firm headquartered in Baltimore.
The deal was signed Feb. 17 and took effect Feb. 28. Terms were not disclosed.
The combination brings MCA’s staff count to about 40, with KOP principals Ed Gillikin and Don Guthrie joining MCA’s leadership as principals and stockholders. KOP founder Hal Downing, who started the firm in 1992, continues to work part-time as part of the local office’s four-person team.
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Halle is welcomed into the Moore fam with open arms, but she soon realizes that there is tension afoot. Her first tip-off? Tiffany is afraid to introduce her new girlfriend, Paris (
Queen Sugar’s Amanda Tavarez), to the family.
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This film centers on Halle Downing (Victor), who was given up for adoption and placed in foster care at a young age. Downing receives the blessing of a lifetime when she is invited to spend Christmas in New Orleans with the biological family she never knew she had – The Moores.
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Given up for adoption and placed in foster care at a young age, writer Halle Downing (Idara Victor, “Alita: Battle Angel”) receives the blessing of a lifetime when she is invited to spend Christmas in New Orleans with the biological family she never knew she had – The Moores. Halle’s grandmother “Memaw” (Tonea Stewart, “A Time to Kill”) welcomes the young woman with open arms, completely overwhelming Halle with emotion at the significance of finally finding her family. Extremely excited to meet her twin siblings Tiffany (Samantha Smith, “Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenk