Lawrence Group Makes Inc. Magazine 5,000 List

 Lawrence Group has been named by Inc. magazine and Inc.com as one of the nations' 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in 2008. Lawrence Group has grown more than 200 percent since the architectural firm was founded in 1983, with revenue of  $44.6 million in 2007.

For more than 25 years, Inc. has celebrated the success of the fastest-growing private companies in America with the annual Inc. 500 issue. In 2007, Inc.com published the first Inc. 5000 list, an expansion of the Inc. 500 list, now featuring the nation's 5000 fastest-growing, private companies.

Companies on the list will be honored at the 27th annual Inc. 500/Inc. 5000 Conference and Awards Ceremony, held on September 18-20, 2008 at the Gaylord national Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The event is the only major business conference that recognizes the accomplishments of entrepreneurs in America.

Lawrence Group has expanded its core services from architecture and interior design to also include real estate development services and construction management. The company has expanded geographically with offices in Austin, the Carolinas, Denver, New York and most recently, Philadelphia and Beijing, China. 

Lawrence Group is one of the largest international building design, planning, and project delivery firms in St. Louis with more than 200 employees in the US and China. Named in the "Top 100 Giants" by Interior Design magazine, the Lawrence Group offers architecture, interior design, a retail furniture showroom, landscape design, graphic design, town planning, construction management, and real estate development services to health care, commercial and housing clients. Lawrence Group is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the U.S. Green Building Council and the Urban Land Institute.  

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