Airo Mechanical, the Mooresville, North Carolina-based provider of HVAC and plumbing installation services to multifamily and light commercial developers and general contractors across the Southeast, has acquired Legrande’s Enterprises, a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina specialty plumbing and HVAC contractor. It is Airo’s first acquisition since CCMP Growth acquired the company in August 2025. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The asset.
Legrande’s has served multifamily and commercial properties in the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area since 2009, carrying both plumbing and HVAC. The company has been led by president Chad Boyd, and its workforce stays in place through the transaction; the business will migrate to Airo’s branding over time rather than at closing.
Airo describes the deal as its first location in the Myrtle Beach market and a deepening of its plumbing capability — a metro the platform had not previously served, inside a state where it already operates.
The platform.
Airo was founded in 2010 in Huntersville, North Carolina as a multifamily-focused HVAC contractor. It added plumbing in 2019, becoming a dual-trade partner, and relocated to a Mooresville headquarters in 2020 following an investment from a prior ownership group. CCMP Growth acquired the business in August 2025, with chief executive Matt Baude and chief financial officer Angelia Ryan continuing to lead it and retaining meaningful ownership. Geographic expansion across the Southeast and diversification beyond core new construction were named as priorities at the time.
The platform now operates across eight states — Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia — and reports more than 100 active projects and over 85,000 units completed to date.
Its work spans new construction, renovation, and equipment replacement across multifamily, high-rise, student housing, long-term care, and commercial projects. Airo reports a 99 percent on-time completion rate over the trailing twelve months and final billings within 1.3 percent of contracted value.
Roughly twelve months into the CCMP partnership, Legrande’s is the first add-on to close. Baude framed it as “a critical milestone in our growth trajectory.”
What it means.
Commercial and multifamily mechanical contracting continues to draw institutional capital, and platforms with a defined regional footprint keep filling in metros inside states they already serve.
For owners of established mechanical, plumbing, or dual-trade contractors, the practical read is that position in a market a platform wants to enter can matter more than sheer size.
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