HOLLY HILL, FL — The 2021 boom in Central Florida’s construction activity set off significant growth for Blackton, Inc., one of Central Florida’s largest and most active suppliers of roofing and flooring materials to the homebuilding industry.
With a 30 percent increase in 2021 business volume over last year, CEO Michael “Micky” Blackton said his company opened a third distribution location in the Daytona Beach area at 1550 Pine Ave., Holly Hill. Blackton signed a long-term lease for a 12,000 square foot industrial building with a large outdoor paved yard for staging and loading material. “We completed fresh exterior paving and painting and remodeled the two-story interior office,” he said.
Less than three years ago Blackton opened a 15,000 square foot location near downtown Leesburg to serve The Villages and Gainesville area that required adding another 10,000 square feet last year as business flourished into adjacent counties.
The new expansion will facilitate more prompt service to the firm’s current builder-customers with subdivisions in the Daytona, Palm Coast and Jacksonville areas, such as D.R. Horton and Maronda, Blackton explained, adding “We’ll be taking on new builders and serving them along with our current builders with a faster turnaround time.”
The company currently employs 110 companywide, including a retail location in South Orlando, and will initially operate the Holly Hill facility with a staff of 18. Michael Walmer, a 20-year veteran of Blackton, is the branch manager.
Headquartered at 1714 Alden Rd. near Ivanhoe Row north of downtown Orlando the family-owned operation has been supplying the homebuilding industry from Jacksonville to Tampa for more than six decades.
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For more information contact:
Michael “Micky” Blackton, Chairman, Blackton Inc. 407-898-2661 Micky@Blacktoninc.com
Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 or 407-461-3781 beth@larryvershel.com