About the Company

O’Connell Development Group, an O’Connell company, delivers intelligent, creative solutions for complex real estate development challenges.

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With a commitment to high standards of integrity and excellence, we delve deep into the details of your commercial or institutional real estate challenge. We represent and guide you with decades of specialized experience that ensure your development objectives are achieved.

Our experts assess opportunity and analyze risk. We explore potential and define issues. We adhere to O’Connell’s core principles of integrity and reliability. Throughout each ever-changing process, our comprehensive understanding of success drives effective solutions that move your project forward.

Our History

O’Connell Development Group was established in 1984, but its history dates back to 1879, when Daniel O’Connell, a former superintendent of streets in Holyoke, Massachusetts, founded his construction company, Daniel O’Connell’s Sons (DOC). It was his belief that hard work, integrity, and quality would set his company apart from competitors.  A century later, The O’Connell Companies expanded and diversified into the construction management, property development, and energy and environmental services industries. Its affiliates include: DOC, a New England-based construction company; O’Connell Development Group and Appleton Corporation, a property and asset management firm.