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Business Lessons from a Founder

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Tyson Foods Processing Facility

Too late to “chicken” out now! Clayco is building a 330,000-square-foot processing facility for Tyson Foods in Danville, Virginia. This project will benefit our businesses and communities as our partnership and the structure evolves. The poultry plant will bring quality goods closer to consumers and boost Tyson Foods’ investments in this regional market – including their commitment to purchase 60 million pounds of Virginia-grown chicken over the next three years.

11111 Jefferson

An elegant new mixed-use space is coming to California! Clayco is working with WHY Architects and Architects Orange to transform 609,000 square feet in the Culver City community. This project is converting a triangular site into a mixed-use space with significant public access to create lasting connections between people, cultures, and places in various ways. Modern retail and restaurants, multi-family housing, as well as a publicly accessible park, plaza, paseo, and courtyard space will improve the look and functionality of the property.

Expanding Amazon’s E-Commerce Centers

Since founding Clayco more than 35 years ago, our culture has always been to do more than just build. We work to tear down obstacles, rebuild old methods and thinking, and provide creative ideas and solutions that advance society. One of the most integral ways we do this is by partnering with businesses like Amazon that align with our values. Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer and is guided by four principles: customer obsession, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. The company prioritizes its community and economic impact to ensure its operations, products, and services benefit people. It’s great to collaborate with enterprises that advance communities through investment, empowerment, job creation, and more.

Penn State University West Campus Parking Garage and Infrastructure

Clayco and Lamar Johnson Collaborative are implementing our integrated approach to construct The Penn State University Park West Campus Parking Structure. This development will help accommodate growth in the area by adding approximately 1,380 to 1,670 parking spots. The project includes the extension of White Course Drive and a major roadway connection from West College Avenue to the parking structure, expanding the existing stormwater detention basin on West Campus, and more. Our LJC and Clayco teams collaborated closely with Penn State’s Office of Physical Plant, Transportation Services, and CATA teams to design the structure in the center of the West Campus.

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The concept of earning is an instinct of mine

My first job was stamping cans at a little grocery market in exchange for candy at about 10 years old. The concept of earning was an early instinct of mine.

During my teen years, I had a car wash on my home driveway, after which I started doing small painting and odd jobs at neighbors’ homes for extra money, but mainly to avoid mowing my own yard by paying the kid down the street to do it. I could make more money doing the other jobs, which allowed me to pay him very little to do something I didn’t want to do that was much more time-consuming. Looking back, that was an entrepreneurial experience.