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Luis runs Toro alongside his wife Socorro, CEO, and his brother Carlos, Director of Field Operations.“ Socorro deals primarily with the financial aspect of the business and brings about balance in the company when it comes to some of the decision making, as she is more neutral,” continues Luis, describing the founder’ s responsibilities within the company.“ She keeps us bonded in a healthy way – she can detect any conflict and is always thinking about the reputation of the company. My job is to essentially bring work to the company, and Carlos’ job is to execute it. We all just respect each other’ s roles.”
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Recent investments include the company’ s move to new headquarters in 2022 at Orland Park, Illinois, which Luis describes as an opportunity to move forward following the challenges of the pandemic.“ The building became available when another business closed its doors and, initially, it felt too big – however, I then saw the potential for growth. We could hire more people, open new departments in the company and attract larger contracts with direct clients, rather than relying on the subcontracting side.”
One of Toro’ s new projects is the Missing Middle housing initiative, awarded by the City of Chicago, which focusses on ground up apartment buildings. Being its first role as developers, this marks the beginning of the company’ s mission to support neighborhood growth through sustainable design. Working in partnership with JP Architects, the venture includes Toro’ s sister company, Integrity Wall, for prefabrication of the buildings.
“ We also have a joint venture with Power Construction for the 30 N. LaSalle project,” Luis adds.“ We’ re a minority partner but it’ s part of the LaSalle revitalization project by the
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