Stantec enters deal to acquire Denver-based RNL Design

DENVER – RNL Design, the Denver-based architecture firm whose high-profile portfolio includes the 41-story Spire condo tower and the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Research Support Facility, has agreed to be acquired by a global Canadian firm.

The Denver Post reports that Stantec will add RNL’s five offices and 134 employees in Denver, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Abu Dhabi and Phoenix to a global network that includes more than 400 locations and 22,000 workers worldwide.

The terms of the deal, announced Thursday and expected to close in late July, were not disclosed. RNL was founded in 1956.