DLR Group Acquires Boston-based Tsoi Kobus Design

Tsoi Kobus is a designer of healthcare and advanced proton therapy facilities.

Tsoi Kobus Design has partnered with Penn Medicine on several proton therapy projects; this new proton therapy addition to the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute in Lancaster, PA, is the first in the world to treat cancer patients with Varian's compact gantry technology.
Tsoi Kobus Design has partnered with Penn Medicine on several proton therapy projects; this new proton therapy addition to the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute in Lancaster, PA, is the first in the world to treat cancer patients with Varian's compact gantry technology.
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DLR Group CEO Steven McKay announced that Boston-based healthcare and life sciences planning and design firm Tsoi Kobus Design has joined DLR Group.

Tsoi Kobus is a designer of healthcare and advanced proton therapy facilities at academic, clinical, and research hospitals around the world. The firm will operate as DLR Group | Tsoi Kobus Design in Boston, and the 50 Tsoi Kobus employees will have the opportunity to invest in DLR Group stock and become employee-owners.

The opportunity to be part of a 100% employee-owned firm was a deciding factor for Tsoi Kobus to join DLR Group.

“As we collaborated with Steven McKay and others at DLR Group, it was clear that our firms share a commitment to a firm culture, career growth for designers, an integrated design practice, and sustainability," said Tsoi Kobus Co-Founder Rick Kobus. “The opportunity for all our people to become owners within DLR Group's 100% employee-owned culture is the ideal platform to ensure the design legacy of Tsoi Kobus into the future.”

By joining DLR Group and its national and global footprint, the reach and influence of Tsoi Kobus in medical planning, and healthcare, proton therapy, and life sciences design will significantly expand. The designers of Tsoi Kobus will impact and grow healthcare, life sciences, and higher education at DLR Group, and be able to pursue other design careers in building types or specialty disciplines.

In Boston, Tsoi Kobus provides DLR Group with an established location to serve its existing clients including Bucknell University, Columbia University, Marist College, SUNY, Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University; Boston Public Schools and Cambridge Public Schools; and a variety of commercial clients including Vista Equity Partners, the General Services Administration, and global technology firms.

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