Cumming announced a merger with Lehrer, LLC, expanding the breadth and depth of the company’s expertise providing owner advisory services to its growing East Coast client base.
The merger will combine Lehrer with Cumming’s operations in Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Miami, resulting in a new Cumming division called Lehrer Cumming.
The new division will focus on providing project management and related services throughout the eastern U.S. and will operate under the day-to-day leadership of Peter M. Lehrer, previously CEO at Lehrer, LLC, who will assume the role of CEO of Lehrer Cumming.
Gavin Middleton, former COO of Lehrer, LLC, and Derek Hutchison, Cumming’s EVP in New York, will serve as Executive Vice Presidents for Lehrer Cumming. Finlay Cumming, founder and CEO of Cumming, will provide overall leadership for the entire company. By joining forces, Cumming’s total head count increases to approximately 700 team members across 31 offices, and its NYC team expands to 80.
“Our decision to merge with Lehrer, LLC enables us to provide the unmatched value and personalized service of a boutique company, while at the same time offering clients greater access to expert resources across a significant geographic footprint,” said Cumming.
Peter Lehrer co-founded his first company, Lehrer McGovern, Inc., in 1979. Lehrer McGovern, a construction management firm, later merged with Bovis Ltd. As Chief Executive Officer of all U.S.-based Bovis subsidiaries, Lehrer was responsible for managing a staff of 2,000 that completed billions of dollars of work annually.
He then founded Lehrer, LLC, that has served the New York market since 1996.
“Cumming and Lehrer, LLC both have proven track records of consistently adding value to some of Manhattan’s most complex projects, and the joining of our teams will provide our collective client base with even more experience-driven resources to help achieve their development goals,” said Hutchison.
Lehrer, LLC projects have included the Whitney Museum of American Art, Columbia University, Rockefeller University, Barnard College, the expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, the redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport, JetBlue Terminal 5 at JFK, 15 Central Park West, Bloomberg Headquarters at 731 Lexington Avenue, and 220 Central Park South.
Cumming’s portfolio includes work in the healthcare, education, commercial, hospitality, retail, entertainment, and high-end residential sectors totaling more than $150 billion in project value.
Major regional and national projects and clients include Waldorf Astoria New York, The Witkoff Group, Kaiser Permanente, Facebook, Google, and many others.
