O wner Don Smith started Metro Home Building Centre in 1969, and while still an active member of the family-owned business, it’s his son Peter who today takes the reins as President and General Manager. Since their beginnings on St. Peter’s Road in 1969, Metro Home Building Centre has called multiple locations around the greater Charlottetown area home, but
in 2004 they settled where they remain today, in their custom built facility at 25 Riverside Drive. Since, they’ve stayed put, but have continued to expand. In 2008, a 14,000 square foot warehouse was added to the property, and in 2011 they opened specialty retailer, Metro Bath & Lighting. Located at 16 Exhibition Drive, the showroom at Metro Bath & Lighting offers customers an extensive selection not found anywhere else on P.E.I..
Today, Metro Home Building Centre employs fifty-five staff members, all adamant about maintaining a service standard that can’t be matched. For them, building life-long relationships with their customers is always the goal. “We want our customers to know that over the years, every time you come back, you will find the same friendly, knowledgeable staff waiting to help,” says Peter. Here, Don and Peter are an integral part of the Metro Home Building
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