Construction firm's 'overcome anything' mindset pays off

As a teenager, Giselle Rattis would find unwanted furniture on the side of the road or at thrift stores, paint it and give it a new purpose. “My mom would come home one day, and her whole living room would be torn apart because I had redone everything,” she says.

She always dreamed of owning her own company to help others make things more beautiful. And that dream is what’s kept her going on a path with so many ups and downs that someone less determined would have given up a long time ago. But Rattis and her husband, Ricardo, have persevered, and their company, G&R Construction Group, now has an impressive new showroom space in Fort Myers from which to embark on the next chapter of their mid-six figure construction, remodeling and interior design business.