Its later works include Fairlington in Arlington, Virginia, the largest housing project financed by the Defense Homes Corporation during World War II, and the Ford Magic Skyway and New York State Pavilions for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

[4] Thompson–Starrett and the George A. Fuller Company were the first American construction firms to build large projects, including skyscrapers, on a national basis.

Other large projects undertaken under Fischer's leadership included the United States Naval Ammunition Depot at Charleston, West Virginia.

The company's stockholders "voted overwhelmingly to oust the old management," and an opposition faction led by Joseph McGoldrick assumed control of the board of directors in November 1947.

At that time, General Donald B. Adams was appointed as the company's president with McGoldrick as the board chairman.

[12][13][14] The dissident group pointed to "the long record of operating losses and the failure to pay any dividends at all since 1931" as the reason for the shakeup.

[16] In 1954, John E. Kalinka succeeded Van Raalte as president and chief executive officer of the company.

[22][23] In 1967, the brokerage firm Weis, Voisin, Cannon, Inc., purchased a substantial block of Thompson–Starrett's stock, and L. Alan Shafler was elected president and chief executive officer.