The Epstein Story: Our First 100 Years – Making an impact on the WORLD.

There’s been an entrepreneurial spirit about Epstein from its very first day in 1921; a maverick type of personality that made it possible for a small, industrially-focused firm at 39^th and Pershing Road in Chicago to eventually expand its influence and impact to city skylines and industries around the world.

Our global expansion was primarily fostered because of Raymond and Sidney Epstein’s lifelong love affair with international travel. Raymond’s post-college graduation trip from his father included stops at the Taj Mahal in India and an extended stay in Paris. Sidney had an ear for languages, which would serve him well as the ambassador for new projects throughout the world and in the establishment of offices in Paris, Osaka, Bucharest, Warsaw, and Tel Aviv.

Examples of some of our international projects can be seen in these spreads, which were taken from our recently published book, The Epstein Story: Our First 100 Years, which covers our history, key personnel, core values, as well as our project experience in various industrial, commercial and civic markets.

Chmielna 89

WARSAW, POLAND

2012–2019

For this 14-story office building in the Central Business District, local regulations required a zero-shading impact on neighboring residential buildings—a design challenge solved by its unique triangular shape.

Cosmopolitan Tower

WARSAW, POLAND

2010–2013

High-profile, 44-story mixed-use development located in the center of Warsaw that includes 252 apartments, office and retail space, as well as an underground parking garage.

Warsaw Financial Center

WARSAW, POLAND

1996–1998

Warsaw’s first “Western-style” high-rise office was designed during a period of transition when Poland

was beginning to adopt new codes, resulting in the tower satisfying both local and U.S. requirements.

Mennica Legacy Tower

WARSAW, POLAND

2014–2020

This two-building office development, featuring a 35-story tower and 10-story building, used cast-in-place concrete construction that cantilevers up from its base footprint to deliver column free interior spans.

Motorola Polska

KRAKOW, POLAND

1999–2003

Facility used for the development of proprietary software, the exterior design was developed as a creative abstraction of an underlying rigid order, becoming a physical metaphor of software creation.

Ekodrob

ILAWA, POLAND

1998–1999

This new state-of-the-art poultry plant is equipped with multiple processing systems, a packing line, a smoked goods production line, and a ready meals production line.

GE/Lufkin Industries

PLOIESTI, ROMANIA

2010–2012

This new manufacturing and fabrication facility was developed with the purpose to support sales of oil pumping units to current and future customers in the Middle East, Central Europe and Russia.

Tour Maine — Montparnasse

PARIS, FRANCE

1973

Upon completion, this 3.25 million-square-foot development included Europe’s tallest office building, a 58-story tower, as well as a sports center, multiple theaters, and a 1,500-car underground parking garage.

Israeli Air Bases

NEGEV DESERT, ISRAEL

1979–1982

These two bases were constructed as a result of the 1978 Israeli-Egyptian Camp David Accord and included runways, aircraft-parking aprons, aircraft shelters, control buildings, barracks and access roads.

Interalimen S.A.

MADRID, SPAIN

1985

The 237,000-square-foot facility was converted from an old match manufacturing plant into a state-of-the-art ham and sausage processing plant.

Cameron International

PLOIESTI, ROMANIA

2007–2009

This new manufacturing and regional office facility was used for the production of extremely high pressure natural gas and petroleum well delivery and pipeline systems.

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A representative collage of our projects from around the world.