Stratus Building Solutions Growing In North Carolina With New Master Franchise

Aug. 29, 2009 - PRLog -- The Triad, North Carolina… Stratus Building Solutions Master Franchisor Todd Knight of Charlotte, North Carolina, is growing the company by awarding a new Master Franchise to business entrepreneurs Tony and Brandon Smits to serve the greater Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point region, a 12-county area in north-central North Carolina known as The Piedmont Triad.

“Tony and Brandon Smits’ new Master Franchise, called Stratus Building Solutions of The Triad, is an expansion of our company’s successful business model into North Carolina’s fast-growing north-central region,” said Mr. Knight, who established Stratus Building Solutions of Charlotte in July 2008.

“Tony and Brandon Smits are former residents of the Kernersville area who bring a positive approach and a wealth of experience to the business community in their new roles as operators of the Stratus Building Solutions team of The Triad.  We look forward to working together,” Mr. Knight said.

“We are very enthusiastic about launching new Stratus Building Solutions unit franchises to create new jobs and provide superior building maintenance services to clients throughout the Triad,” said Tony Smits, President of Stratus Building Solutions of The Triad.  “Stratus Building Solutions is recognized for excellence in the building services and maintenance industry. We are pleased to be part of this progressive, service-oriented business family,” said Brandon Smits, Office Manager.

Stratus Building Solutions is located in the heart of The Triad in the 66 Plaza at 1407 Highway 66 South, Kernersville, North Carolina, 27284. The office phone is 336.541.3170. The new Master Franchise plans to hire four employees immediately and to establish 50 new unit franchises in the Triad region by year-end 2010.

Pete Frese, President of Stratus Building Solutions, said, “Stratus Building Solutions’ impressive growth is supported by the business vision and customer service commitments of Master Franchisors who help make our company the fastest-growing international brand in the building services and maintenance franchise industry. We are very proud of all of franchisors.”

Dennis Jarrett, CEO of Stratus Building Solutions, said, “Our company’s business plan for expansion is aggressive. We currently have U.S. operations in 21 states and in May 2009, Stratus Building Solutions of Canada was established to serve all ten provinces in that nation. This year, we plan to enter European markets in addition to more expansion across the U.S.”

Stratus Building Solutions offers 16 different building service franchise plans providing state-of-the-art “environmentally green” cleaning systems, products, services and marketing support. Also, the firm offers an exclusive “Stratus Sani-Proof” program that kills bacteria, including Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), and other germs found in schools, health clubs, daycare centers, gyms, dormitories, medical offices and hospitals.

Stratus Affiliated Services, LLC, a division of Stratus Building Solutions, provides landscaping, energy audits, recycling, pest control, hard-surface cleaning, and related services to complement the company’s successful building service franchise programs.

Stratus Building Solutions franchise benefits include orientation and training; customer referrals; administrative and accounting support; pre-arranged credit lines; access to insurance and surety bonds, financing options, business reviews; promotional support; and other turn-key advantages. In January 2009, Stratus Building Solutions won four “top ten” spots in Entrepreneur magazine’s 30th Annual Franchise 500® ranking. Jarrett and Frese founded Stratus Building Solutions in 2004 after each worked as top corporate executives for more than ten years in commercial cleaning franchise industries.

Stratus Building Solutions international headquarters are at 1976 Innerbelt Business Center Drive in St. Louis, Missouri. For more information, see the website www.stratusclean.com or call 314.731.2000 or toll-free at 877.731.2020.
Media contact: Jeff Dunlap @ PowerlinePR 314.993 6925.

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Stratus Building Solutions international headquarters are at 1976 Innerbelt Business Center Drive in St. Louis, Missouri. For more information, see the website www.stratusclean.com or call 314.731.2000 or toll-free at 877.731.2020.