Clark Construction Group has opened its first Baltimore office, looking to grab a bigger slice of the market’s robust health care and education industries.
The privately held Bethesda firm, which posted revenue of $5.6 billion in 2017, opened the office late last year at 145 W. Ostend St. in the Stadium Square development near M&T Bank Stadium. The 3,400-square-foot space has room for about 20 employees, and Clark plans to ramp up operations there throughout 2019, executives say.
Clark Construction is no stranger to Baltimore. The firm has built projects across the city since the 1970s, including Oriole Park at Camden Yards, a clinical building at Johns Hopkins Hospital, as well as a new complex for Social Security Administration in northwest Baltimore.
A joint venture between Clark Construction and Ulliman Schutte is currently working on a $430 million city project to improve the flow of sewage at the Backriver Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Civil work, health care, education and private development will be the focus of the Baltimore office. Having a local presence will also allow the firm to build on existing relationships with other big companies in the area, such as Columbia-based MedStar Health, said Ryan McKenzie, a vice president. Clark, for example, is constructing a new 835,000-square-foot medical and surgical facility for the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in the District.