Cruz Companies, Inc.

“Cruz Development Corporation bought the site, seeing an opportunity to transform it into affordable housing for Roxbury.”

“Cruz Companies has announced that John B. Cruz Construction has been selected to transform a former chain pharmacy into a neighborhood supermarket. The project brings together two Cape Verdean-owned companies and leading minority business enterprises to add the much-needed grocery store in the growing area of Roxbury, Massachusetts, where Cruz Companies is based.”

“Cruz is developing a 10-story mixed-use development called 135 and 145 Dudley with affordable rental units and market-rate condos, some of which are intended as workforce housing units affordable to Roxbury residents.Rendering courtesy The Architectural Team (TAT) ... A third-generation, family-owned business performing construction, development and management services particularly focused on affordable housing, Cruz Cos. was born from the carpentry and framing subcontracting business that Cruz’s father, Bertie, started in 1948 because he could not find steady work elsewhere. The younger Cruz’”

“GENERAL CONTRACTOR (UNDER $33 MILLION): John B. Cruz Construction Co. Inc., Roxbury, Massachusetts John B. Cruz III, President and CEO, Cruz Companies”

“These new appointments come as Cruz Companies, which recently won the global “Brands That Matter” award from Fast Company Magazine, celebrates its 75th anniversary and expands its reach with significant new projects. Highlights of this growing portfolio include a 50-unit affordable housing community in College Park, Md.; the soon-to-open Michael E. Haynes Building in Boston with 55 units of affordable housing and the company’s new global headquarters offices; a mixed-use, 170-unit complex with a five-story affordable wing plus a 10-story condominium with under-ground parking in the Roxbury, Ma”