Intershell International Corp.’s attractive, modern one-acre seafood complex at 52 Commercial St. is just about done.
Its office, processing, receiving and shipping center, marina building and refurbished wharf, soon-to-open fish market — and its paved parking lot and roadway between the buildings — mark a complete revolution from what was there, creating an asset for Gloucester and its working waterfront.
"We knew that we had outgrown our facility at Harbor Loop and that we had to relocate a portion of it either at an industrial park or along the waterfront with vessel access," Monte Rome explained. He and his wife Yibing own Intershell International Corp., which now employs 55 people and does over $10 million in annual local, regional, national and overseas seafood sales. "This place presented itself well, and it was in a broom-clean position."