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HOUSTON — Burns & McDonnell, a Missouri-based, employee-owned engineering, architecture and construction firm, has extended and expanded its office lease at 1700 West Loop South in Houston. The company has grown its footprint at the building, which is owned by Virginia-based Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners LLC, from 158,000 square feet to 218,000 square feet, and plans to hire an additional 300 employees by 2021. Scott Fikes and Jenny Mueller of JLL represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Joe Peddie of Cushman & Wakefield represented Burns & McDonnell, which has about 7,000 employees across 50 offices worldwide.