GI Stone

"Camra Sanders spoke about her journey at the Big Brothers Big Sisters 10th annual LIVE BIG women’s Empowerment event. Camra Sanders is the first female stone mason ever to join the Local 21 Union." “It’s with great pride that I’m able to welcome Camra to our team." -Sandya Dandamudi (President of GI Stone).

"A Big thanks to DuSable Museum and Mobile Makers for partnering with us on our first youth engagement & community outreach event during the Juneteenth celebration at DuSable. It was fantastic to connect with young talented individuals who were interested in participating in our interactive exploration of design and construction community modelling." GI Stone celebrates Juneteenth: Honoring freedom, unity and progress. #gistone?#juneteenth?#dusablemuseum?#mobilemakers?#obamapresidentialcenter?#embracefreedom

We recently "topped out" at Aspire Midtown in Downtown #Nashville, so our project team celebrated with our subcontractors the best way we know how - with BBQ and a raffle! Thank you to our subs for helping us maximize time onsite as we track toward a Q2 2025 completion. Civil Constructors, LLC, Ceco Concrete Construction L.L.C., Associated Masonry Products (AMP),Snake Steel Inc, White Aluminum, Alpha Insulation & Waterproofing, The Cook & Boardman Group, LLC, GI Stone, HR Painting, Jarrett Fire Protection, LLC, INTUS Windows, Johnson and Sons Paving , L & R PLUMBING, INC., Lee Company, Power Design, Inc., Roswell Drywall, Value Lighting, Inc Another huge thank you to our raffle sponsors: Ceco Concrete Construction L.L.C., Lee Company, Power Design, Inc., Roswell Drywall, Nashville Ready Mix, White Cap, Staff Zone, Benefast, Inc., and CED Nashville - Consolidated Electrical Distributors. #Multifamily development, Aspire Midtown is co-developed by Al. Neyer and The Dinerstein Companies.

Taylor Johnson has the privilege of working closely with many rising stars in the #CRE industry on a daily basis, and we were excited to see nominees from three TJ clients receive Connect CRE’s 2024 Next Generation Awards: Max Grossman of Interra Realty, Ariadne Kerekes with Hiffman National and Sai Uppalapati of GI Stone. Among their many recent accomplishments, in 2023 Grossman brokered eight deals throughout Chicagoland totaling 100 units for $6 million; Kerekes assisted Old Second Bank in its main office relocation from Aurora to Downers Grove; and Uppalapati expanded GI Stone’s business into new markets like Nashville, helping the firm double its year-over-year revenue. Congratulations to all winners on this well-deserved honor: https://conta.cc/3R9Kgei

Meet Sandya Dandamudi! After building a career in marketing, Sandya made the jump to construction, stepping in for her mother as the second-generation owner and President of GI Stone. Now, nearly 30 years later, Sandya is leading the firm as they manage all interior stone for the #ObamaPresidentialCenter and passionate about encouraging other women to enter the industry. For #WomensHistoryMonth, Lakeside Alliance spoke with Sandya about how GI Stone is preparing for installation, her legacy as a second-generation woman owner in construction and more: https://bit.ly/3wZc91g #WomenInConstruction

We've completed Salesforce Tower Chicago, the new 58-story office high-rise on Chicago's prominent Wolf Point! Walsh Construction, architect-of-record HKS, Inc. and designer Pelli Clarke & Partners broke ground on Salesforce Tower Chicago in 2020. The project team and subcontractor partners, under the direction of global real estate developer Hines, the Joseph P. Kennedy Family and RLE Project Management, worked through a pandemic, supply chain challenges and labor shortages to achieve an on-schedule completion in 2023. Construction of the 1,422,000-gross-square-foot office tower included 10,000 tons of structural steel and 5.3 million pounds of rebar. Walsh Construction was also responsible for delivering the main lobby, which is surrounded by a 25-foot-tall cantilevered, structural glass curtain wall as well as marble-cladded interiors. Salesforce Tower Chicago is designed and constructed to achieve the highest levels of sustainability, including LEED v4 Gold Certification for the exterior. #WalshAtWork https://lnkd.in/giH4AqZc (Photos: Nick Ulivieri)