City, community at heart of Montgomery Martin’s work

Special Emphasis: Construction for The Memphis Daily News

April 4, 2011

Construction, says Montgomery Martin, is hard. And he should know, having been in the business since 1978.

“You’re creating something out of nothing, you’re taking a raw piece of dirt, grading it off and digging holes and pouring concrete and creating an edifice for an environment to work in and live in,” Martin said. “That’s all very appealing and neat, and a necessary thing to do for society and for culture and for people to live and operate in.”

The projects of Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC, a mixture of residential, commercial and civic, are highly visible around town: Barboro Flats, Hope Presbyterian Church, Opera Memphis, Mercedes-Benz of Memphis, Memphis College of Art Fogelman Hall and Downtown graduate school, Harbor of Health, Briarcrest Christian School and Christian Brothers University Center for Life Sciences.

The projects are many and varied out of town as well, but it’s Memphis that Martin calls home and that he holds close to heart … (read more)