Cassidy Turley Expands Construction Management Services with Acquisition

SAN DIEGO-Cassidy Turley has expanded its project and construction management services platform in San Diego County with the acquisition of San Diego Project Management Services, a highly-respected commercial real estate project management firm led by industry veteran Ron Sutliff.
Sutliff, along with project manager Suzanne Hoffman, will work out of the Cassidy Turley La Jolla office and play an integral role in providing clients with construction management services for new site development, build-to-suits and tenant improvement projects.
“San Diego Project Management Services has a track record that includes $1 billion in construction projects totaling more than 15 million square feet,” said Gary Helminski, executive managing director and principal of Cassidy Turley's Project and Development Services Group. “Ron and Suzanne's years of experience in the regional market will bring exceptional value to our clients in the planning, design and construction of new commercial building projects as well as tenant improvements. Their understanding of the role facility design plays in supporting a company's business strategy will be invaluable as Cassidy Turley grows its construction services platform throughout Southern California."

According to Sutliff, “Joining Cassidy Turley gives us broader resources and reach to companies and organizations that want and expect a high level of construction management expertise and oversight. Cassidy Turley and San Diego Project Management Services share similar corporate cultures that emphasize vision, creativity and that focus on adding value to the client through every step of the development and construction process. We are very pleased to be part of the Cassidy Turley team.”

Sutliff has more than 35 years of experience in the industry with a focus on corporate, governmental, industrial, manufacturing, biomedical and healthcare facilities. He has been responsible for some of San Diego County's most notable projects including a 430,000-square-foot LEED Gold certified corporate campus for Intuit; 320,000-square-foot campus for Motorola (General Instruments); and numerous health care facilities and hospitals.

Hoffman specializes in move management and furniture, fixtures & equipment (FF&E) management, which includes office furniture and equipment liquidations, co-locations and relocations. Her complimentary skill set, along with strong negotiating skills and broad vendor relationships, provides clients who are relocating or redesigning their facilities with an even deeper layer of service. Her track record includes the NuVasive, Intuit and Medtronic relocations, as well as the 130,000-square-foot move of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP that involved 200 employees. She has also handled numerous relocations for CIGNA offices and facilities throughout Southern California and Arizona.

Prior to forming San Diego Project Management Services in 2006, Sutliff was senior vice president of project management services for the Staubach Company (now Jones Lange LaSalle).

Hoffman joined San Diego Project Management at its formation in 2006. She previously was a project and operations manager and co-owner of Equity Builders Construction Group.

Nationally, Cassidy Turley's project and development services group completes more than 4,500 projects annually and is known for providing an unmatched strategic perspective and hands-on problem solving to add value and mitigate risk at each step of the process.

Cassidy Turley is a leading commercial real estate services provider with more than 3,800 professionals in more than 60 offices nationwide. Based in Washington, DC, the company represents a wide range of clients—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, from local non-profits to major institutions. The firm completed transactions valued at $22 billion in 2012, manages approximately 400 million square feet on behalf of institutional, corporate and private clients and supports more than 23,000 domestic corporate services locations.