High-end hotels in the U.S. have been having a good 2012 and can expect to do even better next year, with average daily room rates expected to be up 5.3% in 2013 compared to 4.7% this year and the 2.8% long-term average, according to PKF Hospitality Research. That bodes well for firms doing hotel design and construction.
On the retail side, the ULI Center for Capital Markets and Real Estate forecasts vacancy rates to begin to turn around this year, down to 12.5% in 2013. Retail rentals should be up 2.0% next year, says the ULI. +
TOP 10 HOSPITALITY SECTOR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Hospitality Revenue ($) |
1 | WATG | 54,939,171 |
2 | Gensler | 51,750,000 |
3 | HKS | 32,336,523 |
4 | HOK | 18,287,163 |
5 | Hnedak Bobo Group | 14,580,025 |
6 | tvsdesign | 14,188,382 |
7 | RTKL Associates | 13,970,968 |
8 | BLT Architects | 12,200,000 |
9 | BBG-BBGM | 12,058,000 |
10 | Perkins Eastman | 11,050,000 |
TOP 10 HOSPITALITY SECTOR ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Hospitality Revenue ($) |
1 | AECOM Technology Corp. | 296,000,000 |
2 | Parsons Brinckerhoff | 17,600,000 |
3 | Rolf Jensen & Associates | 9,000,000 |
4 | Arup | 8,838,492 |
5 | Jacobs | 6,310,000 |
6 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | 6,000,000 |
7 | Thornton Tomasetti | 5,850,000 |
8 | WSP USA | 5,300,000 |
9 | Michael Baker Jr., Inc. | 4,340,000 |
10 | Stantec | 4,230,000 |
TOP 10 HOSPITALITY SECTOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Hospitality Revenue ($) |
1 | Tutor Perini Corp. | 839,703,000 |
2 | Swinerton | 243,415,560 |
3 | Hardin Construction | 239,457,598 |
4 | Structure Tone | 223,330,000 |
5 | Balfour Beatty US | 170,785,709 |
6 | Hunt Construction Group | 164,500,000 |
7 | Yates Co., The | 137,600,000 |
8 | Weitz Co., The | 118,200,000 |
9 | Pepper Construction Group | 89,843,000 |
10 | Manhattan Construction Group | 84,325,000 |
TOP 10 RETAIL SECTOR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Retail Revenue ($) |
1 | Gensler | 84,700,000 |
2 | RTKL Associates | 58,957,056 |
3 | MulvannyG2 Architecture | 42,033,036 |
4 | WD Partners | 35,294,000 |
5 | Perkowitz+Ruth Architects | 32,686,910 |
6 | MBH Architects | 30,541,000 |
7 | RSP Architects | 17,641,000 |
8 | FRCH Design Worldwide | 16,630,000 |
9 | LawKingdon Architecture | 15,600,000 |
10 | CASCO Diversified Corp. | 14,650,000 |
TOP 10 RETAIL SECTOR ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Retail Revenue ($) |
1 | AECOM Technology Corp. | 136,000,000 |
2 | Jacobs | 60,550,000 |
3 | Stantec | 59,220,000 |
4 | Henderson Engineers | 47,600,000 |
5 | URS Corp. | 23,650,000 |
6 | Parsons Brinckerhoff | 21,700,000 |
7 | Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates | 18,562,000 |
8 | Bergmann Associates | 14,200,000 |
9 | Science Applications Int’l Corp. | 11,860,000 |
10 | Wallace Engineering | 7,210,000 |
TOP 10 RETAIL SECTOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Retail Revenue ($) |
1 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The | 396,821,222 |
2 | Shawmut Design and Construction | 276,700,000 |
3 | PCL Construction Enterprises | 188,344,721 |
4 | EMJ Corp. | 164,437,662 |
5 | Weitz Co., The | 136,700,000 |
6 | Structure Tone | 97,500,000 |
7 | O’Neil Industries / W.E. O’Neil | 96,620,000 |
8 | Ryan Companies US | 92,895,680 |
9 | E.W. Howell | 79,395,000 |
10 | KBE Building Corp. | 70,365,040 |
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