ABC SEMI Issue 4

Southeast Michigan Contractors  Issue 4 2017 5 D rew Maltese is a fun-loving, fedora- wearing, 38-year old business man from Detroit. He’s also a man in a hurry and a networker extraordinaire, often bringing a dozen or more people to any event he attends. As current president of the 70-year-old family business, D.J. Maltese Construction Corporation, Drew wants to make sure he is fully equipped in every way to carry on his family’s legacy. Drew’s grandfather started D.J. Maltese Construction Corporation in the 1940’s as a plastering company, which grew to be 100 men strong in the 1950’s. By the 1960’s, drywall took over the plastering industry and the family business switched gears into general contracting. Starting in the 1970’s, Drew’s father, Dominic, and uncle joined their father in business and it wasn’t until the 1990’s that Drew’s father took over the company; A skilled plasterer himself, Drew assumed the reigns as president of D.J. Maltese Construction Corporation in 2015. “At work or at home, I always give 110 percent and have passion for what I do,” Maltese states. Drew counts Old St. Mary’s Church in Detroit as one of his favorite construction projects he’s been part of. He says the breathtaking beauty of the architecture and the intricacies of the painted murals made coming to work particularly exciting and rewarding and will leave a multi-generational legacy long after the project is completed. But that’s not the only notable project Maltese Construction has been part of. The company helped restore and renovate the Whitney and Orchestra Hall, two of Detroit’s finest architectural landmarks. You’ll also see that Maltese has a long list of industrial facilities to their credit, like Kenwal Steel, Lee Steel and Yapp Auto- motive. The general contractor prides itself in a keen eye for style and beauty in their work. DREW MALTESE: A MULTI-FACETED INDUSTRY-LEADING CONSTRUCTION EXECUTIVE ABC SEMI’s MAN Most Interesting MOST INTERESTING MAN continues m Old St. Mary's Church Orchestra Hall