Crescent Electric Breaks Ground on New Urbandale Facility

EAST DUBUQUE, IL, June 13, 2018 – Crescent Electric Supply Company, the eighth largest electrical distribution company in the U.S., has broken ground on a new customer service and distribution center at 3501 111th St in Urbandale. The 28,000 ft2 building will serve contractors, commercial, institutional and industrial customers throughout the greater Des Moines area. This facility has the potential to expand to 130,000 ft2 as market conditions dictate.

“Crescent Electric was founded in Dubuque (Iowa) in 1919 and we have served the Iowa construction market continuously for 99 years,” noted Marty Burbridge, Crescent’s president and CEO. “This new facility is the latest example of our commitment to Iowa, bringing our total number of branch locations in the state to 14.”

Crescent is partnering with Ryan Construction and Gronen Properties on the project, which has a planned completion date of December 15, 2018.

About Crescent Electric Supply Company

Based in East Dubuque, Illinois, Crescent Electric Supply Company is one of the nation’s largest independent distributors of electrical hardware and supplies. The company has more than 130 branches in 26 states, serving contractors, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and the maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) needs of commercial, industrial, institutional, and utility customers. In addition to the Crescent Electric brand, customers are served by BA Supply in Missouri, Interstate Electric Supply in Idaho and Oregon, Mesco Electrical Supply in Ohio, National Electric Supply in New Mexico, Womack Electric Supply in Virginia and North Carolina, and Stoneway Electric in Washington and Idaho.