Citywide Contracting, LLC

Citywide Contracting, LLC is a Boston general contractor built for bigger jobs — commercial build-outs, restaurant and retail fit-outs, and renovations with bids reportedly running as high as $3 million, per a regional contractors' trade association. The company says it's been at this since 2009 (its own About page puts the founding a year later, in 2010), started by Peter Walsh and Emily Walsh, who still run it today as President and Vice President; the firm describes itself as part woman-owned. Its Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license is active, and it keeps a custom millwork shop in-house, so fabrication work doesn't get farmed out to a subcontractor. Its Google page carries a perfect 5-star rating, though that comes from just 7 reviews spread across five different platforms between 2022 and 2025 — clean, but not deep. The Better Business Bureau gives it an A+ profile grade and lists 16 years in business, even though Citywide has never pursued formal BBB accreditation. A construction trade association listing, a business-data site, and LinkedIn all describe the same thing independently: a Boston-based general contractor and construction manager working commercial and residential jobs across Massachusetts and beyond. Worth asking about before signing on: there's no detailed customer account from the last six months to point to, so current job load and responsiveness are worth confirming directly with the company. The A+ BBB grade is a good sign, but the lack of accreditation there means BBB hasn't put the business through its formal vetting process. Citywide reads as a solid call for a sizable commercial build-out or an ambitious residential renovation — the kind of outfit that self-performs and manages subcontractors on larger projects rather than small repair jobs. Given how few reviews there are to go on, ask for a couple of recent client references before committing to a big-budget project.