Acella Construction Corporation

Acella Construction Corporation builds the places a town gathers in — a preschool at the South Shore YMCA Science Center, plus academic, healthcare, corporate and retail projects across New England. Its own site puts the founding at 2003, claims 23 years in business, and names Helen De Novaes as owner and CEO alongside Jaquer De Novaes, with Saul Schrader as president. The written history from customers is short: three Google reviews, all five stars, spread from 2022 to 2025. The most recent, posted in October 2025, came from a client whose new office Acella renovated. The louder endorsement comes from the trade press. A New England Real Estate Journal article in April 2025 quoted South Shore YMCA president Trevor Williams saying the YMCA was thrilled with the team's design and construction of its new Nature Center preschool building — a named client, on the record, about a finished job. A second NEREJ piece that October reported a refreshed brand identity following a change in ownership. Two things are worth pinning down before calling. The work described here is institutional and commercial — preschools, offices, healthcare and retail interiors — so ask directly whether they take private residential jobs at all. And the ownership change is recent, so ask who will actually run your project. The company is certified as a Minority & Women Owned Business Enterprise and says LEED AP credentials sit on staff. One more wrinkle for anyone checking them out: a 2018 Wicked Local item described the firm as Pembroke-based, while the newer articles and its own site put it at 400 Hingham St in Rockland — the same company, a different address. For an institution or a business owner planning a ground-up building or a full interior fit-out on the South Shore, Acella comes with a client willing to be quoted by name. For a homeowner, confirm residential work is something they take on before going further.