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FACES IN QUINCYHarry Salerno‘You have choices’ Five years ago, employees at accounting firm O’Connor & Drew packed up their desks in the Crown Colony Office Park and moved to less flashy quarters in downtown Quincy. The reason was simple: The new digs were cheaper. At the time, the company could lease the space at 1515 Hancock St. for about half as much as it was paying at Crown Colony, President Harry Salerno said. “The quality of the space we’re occupying is as good,” he said. “The exterior of the building isn’t as fancy, but the inside is just as nice.” The move brought other benefits, too. “Crown Colony is a wonderful office park but it is very sterile,” Salerno said. “Here at lunch time you have choices of where to go for food, some light shopping and can get haircuts. I think (employees) do like it better mainly because of the lunch opportunities. Yes, there’s a cafeteria in Crown Colony, but it’s not the same.” The company employs about 85 people, primarily from the South Shore. Few rely on public transportation to get to work, but close proximity to the MBTA Red Line is helpful when traveling to meetings in Boston, Salerno said. Parking, often grumbled about, isn’t a problem for the company, he said. Employees park in the city-owned Ross Garage, located on the Parkingway just behind O’Connor & Drew’s offices. The recently opened Quincy Center Concourse provides direct access to the garage from Burgin Parkway, making the commute even easier. Easier, in fact, than it was at Crown Colony. “Traffic is brutal over there,” he said. |
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