A Multi-Generational Builder’s Story
Today the Luppino family businesses’ primary focus is on building multi-family residential buildings and providing first class property management services. The Luppino family believes in “hands on management” to insure an optimal living experience for their residents and strives to deliver those services with each multi-family residential project they develop.
The Addison is a “state-of-the-art” modern day apartment residence, but with a multi-generational building company in its history.
It all started in Italy. Born in the early 1930’s, the Luppino brothers came to the United States in 1948 and made Fort Lee their new American home. With no more than determination and a strong desire to succeed, Rosario Luppino and his older brother Carmelo worked as day laborers in order to learn their trade and to survive. Soon the Luppino brothers built a strong reputation and were recognized for their masonry skills. They started their own masonry business in the late 1950’s.
Through dedication and hard work, their masonry business grew. They began to serve as general contractors for other builder/developers for large residential and commercial projects throughout New Jersey during the 1960’s and early 1970’s.
By the late 1960’s, the Luppino brothers started their own real estate development business and were instrumental in constructing numerous residential buildings. Among their accomplishments were the Sherbrooke, the Eiffel Tower, the Stratford House, and the Devonshire, all high-rise buildings in Hackensack. Each of these buildings contain several hundred residences. At the time it was built, the Devonshire was the tallest high-rise apartment building in Hackensack. In 1972 the Luppino family built the elegant Hampshire House in Fort Lee, with over 200 residences.
Then came a new and equally determined second generation of the Luppino family. Vinny, and then Russ joined the family business in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. They also had the work ethic of the previous generation and started building townhomes, single and two-family home communities in Bergen County and spread throughout North East New Jersey. In addition to building residential multi-family buildings and communities, the company then expanded to building neighborhood shopping centers, bank buildings, daycare centers and mixed-use developments. They built The Walker and Palisades Point Condominiums in Cliffside Park to mention a few. Recently in Fort Lee, they have built Terrace Marquee, the elegant Sylvan Ridge and the contemporary 2301 Lemoine Avenue and now the Addison.
Truly a multi-generational company, over the last several years, three members of the third generation of the Luppino family have joined the family building business, Russell, Ross and Robert.
The Luppino family has built and manages some of the most desirable buildings in the Fort Lee marketplace over the last 50 years. Welcome to The Addison.