52 June 2016 - Business View Caribbean
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A Symbol of Quality
and Service
Second-generation leadership carrying Quality Dealers
Group through its 40s
No one’s happy when energy costs spike.
B
ut when it comes to the make-up of the
business – Quality Dealers Group – for which
he serves as chief executive officer, Eladio
Walker is at least trying to make the best of it.
Walker said Jamaicans pay an average of 40 cents
per kilowatt hour of energy use, a rate far higher than
the 10 to 13 cents averaged throughout the United
States. As a result, he said, residents and businesses
are compelled to invest in innovative approaches that
include green roofing and solar water heating.
The company is well-positioned with its line of
roofing products, which, Walker said, have actually
been raising the quality bar on housing in all price
ranges for several years. Projects with which the
company has been involved include the Leitham
Townhouses, the Palomino Townhouses and the
Mi Casita Apartments, a 22-unit, two bedroom,
Mediterranean-styled complex in Kingston.
“I’m looking forward to innovative designs that
I would like to bring to the next development we
