BUSINESS WIRE | SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 Acquisition bolsters Watterson’s national coverage by adding locations in Florida, North Carolina, and New York LOS ANGELES, CA & CHICAGO, IL – Watterson, a leading national facility services company and a portfolio company of Highview Capital (“Highview”), today announced its acquisition of Florida Maintenance Services, Inc. doing business as Armstrong’s … Read More
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Press Release -Highview Capital-Backed Watterson to Acquire Bassett Creek Services
Transformative acquisition scales Watterson’s national capabilities LOS ANGELES & CHICAGO – Watterson, a leading national facility services company and a portfolio company of Highview Capital (“Highview”), today announced its acquisition of Bassett Creek Services, Inc. (“Bassett Creek” or “BCS”), a national leader in restoration and renovation services. “With its industry-leading service profile, Bassett Creek Services is … Read More
Press Release – Watterson Celebrates 20th Anniversary (2021)
March 8, 2021 – This year Watterson is celebrating its 20th year Anniversary. For 20 years, Schaumburg, Illinois, based Watterson has been “Doing Whatever It Takes” 24/7 in the emergency and disaster response, surplus property and facilities management, property redevelopment and environmental services industries. Watterson was incorporated in 2001 with the goal of providing professional … Read More
What to Look for in a Surplus Property Managing Partner
When turning over a portfolio of properties, ensure the chosen partner offers a blueprint of four key factors to surplus store management: Turnkey Management, Security, Exterior Maintenance and Interior Maintenance while also offering guiding data points and an opportunity to remotely govern all the locations from a cloud-based dashboard.
Watterson client didn’t allow a potential Coronavirus contamination to alter their business or employee/customer safety
Our client’s corporate management contacted Watterson on a Friday evening with an emergency. An individual in the store was ill and the Coronavirus was a concern. Watterson technicians were on site within 3-hours after the initial call. A high-risk contamination protocol was established with technicians utilizing full PPE (protective clothing, masks and gloves). Every surface … Read More
Whatever it takes: The way Watterson handles our clients’ facilities needs.
At Watterson, our clients have needs at all hours of the day, every day of the week. No matter when our clients need us, Watterson is there to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Recently we received a phone call that challenged us to rise to the occasion. Here’s the story from … Read More
Watterson exceeds our clients’ expectations
At Watterson, no matter how tough the job is, our clients expect the best of our team. Watterson is resolved to exceed the expectations of our clients and provide an experience that can make every emergency response event have a positive outcome. We fulfilled these expectations and so much more for one of our most … Read More
Landlords and developers reinventing retail space
When working with our retail clients, we are constantly reminded how the retail landscape is ever changing. As the sizes of a retail stores change, the buildings they occupy must change with them and this can present some unique challenges for older buildings. Our Vice President of Environmental, Dave Dukat, explains these challenges and how Watterson … Read More
Hurricane season solutions help stores get back to business
At Watterson, we were reminded during the recent hurricane season that when individual businesses are affected by storm damage, the communities that rely on those businesses are also affected. We had the pleasure of helping to protect our client stores and get them open quickly after the storms. Here’s the full story from our Senior … Read More
Your facilities management needs, handled.
This past summer, Watterson’s Facilities Management team was challenged to assist a client with a huge undertaking – an 8’ x 40’ one, in fact. Here’s the whole story, as told by our Vice President of Facilities Management: “To advertise a major promotion, one of our retail clients engaged Watterson to install banners on the front … Read More