Perera Construction’s team culture allows it to take the lead on complex projects and deliver remarkable results.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
Hank Perera relocated from Anchorage, Alaska to Los Angeles in 1989, leaving behind his residential construction company to start a new firm focused on commercial and institutional construction. Perera knew starting over in a city with 10 million people that the competition would be fierce. To differentiate himself he took on complex projects in the niche specialties of healthcare, telecommunications, higher education and energy.
“Those were my primary focuses when I came to California and I was able to penetrate that market pretty well,” Perera remembers. “The clients I developed in the early ’90s are the same ones we serve today. It’s all about building long-term relationships. City of Hope has been a client since 1990, Southern California Edison has been a client since 1992, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been a client since 1993 and Verizon has been a client since 1994, and we are still doing work with our original clients.”
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D’Agostini Land Company nears completion on a major industrial park in Michigan.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
Build it and they will come: D’Agostini Land Company operates under this ideology. The Sterling Heights, Mich.-based building contractor doesn’t need a guaranteed sale or lease prior to completion. Experience has taught the company that quality projects will eventually attract tenants and buyers.
“Probably 80 percent of our portfolio is speculative in nature, which means we have embraced risk,” Principal Owner Eugene D’Agostini says. “There are other industrial builders, but very few speculative builders do as much as we do.”
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Dominion Builders applies its experience in designing and building fully-automated climate-controlled growing facilities for the cannabis cultivation market.
By Tim O’Connor, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
With more states legalizing medical and recreational use – including California at the start of 2018 – cannabis is poised to becoming a boom niche of the economy. A report from New Frontier Data predicts the cannabis industry could generate as much as $131.8 billion in tax revenue alone and create 1.1 million jobs by 2025 if the drug were made available in all 50 states.
That’s a lot of potential demand for pot. Manufacturers are turning to construction firms such as Dominion Builders to erect specialized facilities that can maximize their growing capacity. “It’s difficult to find organizations that understand the design and construction of these complicated facilities,” Dominion CEO and President Mark Gemignani says. “The process varies significantly from the standard design and construction process.“
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SL Green’s latest project will be one of New York City’s tallest buildings.
By Alan Dorich, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
When SL Green Realty Corp. develops a property, it creates spaces that can be home to more than one industry. “We make investments that make sense,” Chief Operating Officer Edward V. Piccinich declares. “That mitigates risk at the end of the day.”
The company’s portfolio includes spaces with tenants from a variety of industries including finance, insurance, legal, technology, media and healthcare. “We have a little bit of them all,” he says. “Ensuring that you have a diverse tenant base is an important strategy.”
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Messer Construction continues to grow after more than 80 years in business.
By The Editors of Construction Today
Although it still refers to itself as a local builder, Dayton, Ohio-based Messer Construction has national resources, and its arms reach out to nine regions throughout the Midwest and Southeast.
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RMC has persevered on the Delta Shores project, despite challenges.
By the Editors of Construction Today
When RMC Constructors Inc. takes on a project, it sets out to surpass client expectations. “We work closely with developers, owners, architects and regulating agencies to achieve superior results for our clients,” the company says.
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Skyline Scaffolding and Vik XS Services’ expertise helps them thrive.
By Alan Dorich
Some companies that operate in similar fields might be opposed to the idea of working together. But that is not the case when it comes to Skyline Scaffolding Inc. and Vik XS Services.
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McCarthy Ranch aims to deliver a high-quality product with the McCarthy Creekside Industrial Center.
By Bianca Herron
McCarthy Ranch is a sixth-generation family business that got its start as a farm and ranch in the 1800s. COO Joseph McCarthy Jr. recalls that as a young child his father, Joseph McCarthy Sr., oversaw the farm and its crops, including pear trees and a dairy farm.
In the 1980s, McCarthy Sr. transitioned from a farmer to a real estate developer as the industry began to take off in the Los Gatos, Calif.-based company’s area. Over the course of the next 30 years, he would look into joint ventures and sell parts of the property to other developers and companies.
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