The merging of three key specialty firms, two with parallel origins, has launched an ascending star, GreenStar Services, that has kept both revenue and jobs flowing through the economic downturn. The three-year-old firm's aggressive pursuit of high-profile jobs in New York has resulted in a luminous list of contracts, including electrical, heating and plumbing deals on seven different projects at the 16-acre World Trade Center site.
“They're out there working for jobs all the time,” says Ron Berger, executive director of New York's Subcontractors Trade Association. “They hustle.”