Whiting‑Turner to build 150,000‑square‑foot headquarters on Goucher College campus

Goucher College campus, Towson, Maryland, September 23, 2025

News Summary

A national construction firm will relocate its local offices into a newly built 150,000‑square‑foot headquarters on six acres at Goucher College. The company signed a 50‑year ground lease with the college to develop under‑utilized campus land, generating long‑term revenue to support students and faculty. A national architecture firm is designing the building and the company will self‑perform construction, marking the first time the firm will occupy a building of its own. The move aims to strengthen campus partnerships, preserve green space and create local economic and employment benefits.

Turner School of Construction Management credited with helping local firms grow; Whiting-Turner to build 150,000-square-foot headquarters on Goucher College campus

Key developments: A long-running trade education program run by a major construction manager is being credited with helping small, locally owned firms expand their businesses, while a national contracting company plans to build a new 150,000-square-foot headquarters on the campus of a private college less than a mile from its current office.

What matters most

The Turner School of Construction Management is credited with providing business and project knowledge that helped local trade partners grow and win work on larger projects. At the same time, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company will relocate its headquarters for the first time in more than 50 years to a new 150,000-square-foot office building on the 287-acre campus of Goucher College, with completion expected in late 2028.

Turner School: local business development

A business owner enrolled in the Turner School of Construction Management after a procurement manager suggested the program while the owner was reviewing requirements to become a trade partner. The owner said the program supplied knowledge needed to run a company, coached on facing challenges, and provided practical advice on networking, joining business associations, and navigating contracts and legal documents. The mentorship also helped that firm expand into the healthcare market and prompted changes in employee retention practices, including scheduled vacations after six months of service to manage fatigue.

Another owner who provides post-construction cleaning services enrolled after learning about the program at a networking event and highlighted the diversity of participants and the responsiveness of Turner staff. Business managers at the firm that runs the program say the School helps locally owned businesses learn how to work with the company by explaining safety programs, the prequalification process, and expectations for trade partners over a project partnership. Staff emphasize matching trade partners with appropriately sized work packages and making introductions or breaking packages into smaller pieces when helpful.

The Turner School of Construction Management has operated for more than 50 years and The Turner School of Construction Management has over 40,000 graduates. The program is presented as part of a national economic inclusion strategy and brings together business owners each year to deepen industry knowledge, strengthen operational practices, and build partnerships. The Turner School of Construction Management curriculum covers project management, preconstruction, safety, marketing, and business development. Courses are taught by company professionals and industry experts.

The program also includes outreach aimed at recruiting the next generation of craftworkers, addressing a workforce trend in which the current craftworker population is aging out faster than recruitment is replacing them. Outreach is targeted at parents, counselors, and trusted adults to broaden perceptions about career paths beyond four-year colleges. The sponsored Turner content included a disclaimer: the content was paid for by an advertiser and the newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in creation of the sponsored content.

For more information about future Turner School sessions, the Community & Citizenship Program Specialist is Brittany Lewis (email: [email protected]).

Whiting-Turner headquarters move: facts and context

Whiting-Turner will remain in Towson and will leave an office it shares in Hampton Plaza to relocate into a new building on the 287-acre campus of Goucher College, less than a mile from its current location. The new Whiting-Turner headquarters will be a 150,000-square-foot office building, located on six acres toward the front of Goucher’s campus, along Dulaney Valley Drive. The new headquarters is expected to be completed in late 2028.

The project will be designed by a national architecture firm principal and will be constructed by Whiting-Turner itself. The company said in an interview that in its entire history it has never had a building of its own and that seating a corporate headquarters on a college campus is a unique move that offers benefits from the campus setting.

Goucher College and Whiting-Turner signed a 50-year ground lease for the land. The parties declined to disclose the ground lease’s monetary value, though the college said the ground lease will yield millions of dollars and will provide a revenue stream to support financial aid for students and faculty salaries. The college has about 1,100 undergraduate students and has said that generating additional revenue from under-utilized land is essential to supporting operations. The college had previously approved a plan to add a retirement community on campus and indicated openness to further partnerships that convert unused acreage into revenue.

Whiting-Turner employs about 5,000 people total, with roughly 1,000 based in the local area. The company was founded in 1909 and operates more than 60 locations across the country. The cost of the Whiting-Turner facility’s construction is undetermined at this time.

Why both stories matter together

Both developments highlight links between large contractors and the local business and education ecosystem. The Turner School is presented as a long-term effort to help smaller, underrepresented firms access larger contracts and adopt stronger business practices. The Whiting-Turner headquarters move places a major contractor on a college campus under a multi-decade lease that college leaders plan to use to stabilize finances and create educational opportunities. Taken together, the items reflect how construction firms and institutions are using partnerships and training to support workforce development and local business growth.

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