by Shane Henson — August 10, 2012—Charter Facilities Services Inc., owned by the Charter House Group, is positioning itself to become a leading provider of facilities management services in North America through the recent acquisition of Empire Facilities Management Group Inc. and A-OK Security and Maintenance Inc.
Benefiting from access to substantial growth equity, Empire will strengthen its position as an industry-leading retail, restaurant and commercial facilities maintenance and management company, offering single-source solutions across the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Canada and the Virgin Islands. A-OK will become a distinct division within Empire focused on retail facilities security, specialty doors, gates and locks, says Charter Facilities Services.
Chris Chapin, an experienced FM executive and entrepreneur, has been hired to serve as chief operating officer (COO). He will lead a team of customer-centric professionals focused on facilities repair and maintenance, refreshes, remodels, energy management and capital projects, the company says. Current Empire CEO Joseph Scaretta and Empire COO Moses Carrasco will remain at the company as chief development officer and divisional president, respectively, and Robert A. Scaretta will remain as senior vice president of operations.
