Consigli unveils new building in Milford – Milford Daily News

Zachary Comeau Daily News Staff @zcomeau_MDN

MILFORD - One of the towns oldest companies unveiled their newest investment to the town Monday: a 16,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, energy-efficient office building.

Consigli Construction, a Milford-based construction and contracting firm with a large portfolio of projects and several locations in New England and the mid-Atlantic, unveiled the new building adjacent to their Sumner Street headquarters. The two-story building was construction in just nine months.

The estimated $5.5 million project, dubbed Granite Building 2, houses the companys pre-construction, project services, and purchasing and estimating divisions.

According to President Matthew Consigli, the structure was built next to the companys granite headquarters to complement it, rather than compete with it.

The company, named one of the "Top Places to Work" by the Boston Globe for the eighth year in a row, constructed the building to continue to strengthen its employee happiness. Work spaces, although divided by cubicles, are open to foster collaboration and feature powered lift-top desks that can easily be converted from a traditional desk to a standing desk.

Rooftop solar panels on both buildings can now power electricity costs for both buildings.

After a quick tour of the facility on Monday, Consigli commented on the partnership between the company and town, including a large tax break for the first few years that the building is online.

We wanted to continue to invest in the community where it all started four us four generations ago, said Consigli of the 112-year-old company. This is a people business and were able to draw from some of the best people in the industry being here in Milford.

According to a 15-year tax increment financing agreement signed by the town and company in 2015, Consigli Construction is awarded a 95 percent exemption in the first year that the building is operational. The exemption decreases by 5 percent the following year until reaching 30 percent in year 15.

Outgoing Selectman Brian Murray, also a newly-elected state representative, spoke at a brief ceremony about the partnership between the town and company, calling it immeasurable.

The other building was a former school that was vacant and nearly demolished until Consigli Construction stepped in and converted it into their headquarters, Murray said.

That building, now with this addition, really I think gives Milford a showpiece a gateway into a mini industrial park on Sumner Street, he said. It wasnt like this 10 or 20 years ago. Im very, very proud and fortunate to have Consigli Construction as part of Milford.

Also featured in the building is one of the company's virtual reality rooms. The technology, used on dozens of projects already, allows employees to take a tour using virtual reality goggles of completed or conceptual projects for a better perspective of building layout.

In addition to retaining 329 full-time employees, the company created 50 new permanent, full-time jobs as part of the agreement.

Zachary Comeau can be reached at 508-634-7556 and zcomeau@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @ZComeau_MDN.

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