Worcester · Rutland · Polson
Leonard F. Gengel
Builder. Father. Youngest president of the Massachusetts home builders.
He built well over 350 homes in New England. Then he built an earthquake-resistant children’s home in Haiti so his daughter’s last wish would stand.
350+
Homes built
Youngest
HBAMA president
2013
Brit’s Home dedicated
Two
Honorary doctorates
1995
The Builder
C&S Builders. Rutland. Neighborhoods that still carry his name. Massachusetts Homebuilder of the Year.
HBAMA
The Partnership
Youngest president of HBAMA. First formal partnership with Habitat for Humanity. He invented the weekend blitz build.
2010
The Promise
Britney’s text. Brit’s Home in Grand-Goâve — 19,000 square feet, shaped like a B, built to seismic standards.
Worcester, Massachusetts → Rutland → Sunset, South Carolina → Boynton Beach → Polson, Montana
Honors
- 1995Homebuilder of the Year — Massachusetts
- 2013HBAMA Legend of the Industry
- 2013ENR Global Best Projects (McGraw-Hill)
- 2014Honorary Doctorate, Becker College
- 2014Honorary Degree, UMass Medical School
- 2017Patriots Myra Kraft Community MVP
- 2023Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice
“Everyone gets knocked down. It’s how you get up that defines you.”
Len Gengel · Becker College commencement, 2014
Job office
The work isn’t in email.
Crew posts from the field. Subs mark inspections. Homeowners see progress and ask questions — on the job, signed in, not forwarded around town.
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