Campanelli Construction breaks ground on 136,000 s/f Cape Cod Lumber project in Abington, Mass.

Campanelli Construction, a construction management company and a division of Campanelli, recently broke ground on Cape Cod Lumber, Inc.'s new retail, warehouse, and office building. Campanelli Construction is the exclusive construction manager on this project. The facility will serve as Cape Cod Lumber's company headquarters and operations center and will contain a convenient drive-through lumber yard serving building professionals. Additionally, the site will include one exterior storage building totaling 41,000 s/f. "Campanelli Construction has close ties to the South Shore community and is proud to be working with a successful business that serves this region" said Jeff DeMarco, president of Campanelli Construction. Campanelli Construction has teamed with RKB Architects located in Braintree and design build steel contractor, BARNES Buildings & Management Group, Inc. of Weymouth. Peter Brown, director of business development at Campanelli developed this new relationship with Cape Cod Lumber. Sam Hurvitz, father of current owner Harvey Hurvitz began working at the Cape Cod Wrecking and Salvage Company in 1949. Hurvitz purchased the business in 1958 which later became the Cape Cod Lumber Company, Inc. "This new facility will keep Cape Cod Lumber in Abington, create significant efficiencies and enable us to create a new standard for customer service" said Hurvitz. The 136,000 s/f facility, located at 225 Groveland St., is only minutes from its current facility on Rte. 18. A completion date is set for late January, 2013. Campanelli Construction is a division of Campanelli initially established in the 1960's to service the needs of the company's real estate portfolio. Over the previous two decades Campanelli Construction has expanded to service a multitude of third-party clients across the United States. Notable clients include Preferred Freezer, Christmas Tree Shops Inc., Serta International, A.W. Perry, Inc. and Equity Industrial. Established in 1947, Campanelli is a third generation, full-service commercial real estate development and acquisition company with extensive experience in the industrial, office, medical office, warehouse/distribution, retail, educational and cold storage markets. Campanelli began building homes during WWII and transitioned from residential to commercial real estate in the 1960's. The team, known for their seamless ability to work with their clients and act as the "real estate division" of a company, has developed 11 business parks in Mass., over 20 million s/f across the nation and provided international development consulting and site selection services. The company's signature capabilities include land development, design and build, redevelopment and value-added acquisitions. It is Campanelli's all-encompassing and quality services that have led to its successful track record as a highly-regarded developer; from site selection, feasibility analysis, local, state and federal permitting, to architectural and engineering design, building construction and facilities and property management. For more information, visit campanelli.com.