Speaker
David Costello
Costello Construction
David was born and raised in Howard County, Maryland. While attending Towson University, he worked summers in the construction field as a laborer, then as a mason tender and mason. Upon receiving dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Finance and Economics, he began his career as a Project Engineer with a national construction company. His love of construction grew from a vocation to a passion whereby he left the field and worked as a Project Manager for a small, up-and-coming general contractor. Seven years later, he purchased the company and renamed it Costello Construction. Almost 30 years later, the Company is now a $100m, mid-size commercial construction leader known for the successful completion of some of the areas most complicated and intricate projects such as the West Wing Addition of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Silver Spring Library and National Museum of Health and Medicine.
As an active member of the Columbia community, David is passionate about the redevelopment of its downtown. He continues to lend his expertise to the growth and success of Costello Construction as well as local real estate development. His most recent projects include the development of the award-winning, LEED Gold-Certified Little Patuxent Square and the redevelopment of the Sheraton Columbia Town Center Hotel.
David is an avid tennis player and golfer and the proud father of two children, who are currently attending American University and George Washington University. He is also a land and environmental preservationist that lives on a 300-acre, historic farm in western Howard County that he and his family permanently preserved through the County’s Agricultural Preservation Program.