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Featured Rich Listers: Peter Cooney and Matt Lagerberg

Cooney and Lagerberg’s Classic Group’s workforce has shrunk from 330 to 240 over the past few years due to multiple external factors.

Peter Cooney, left, and Matt Lagerberg.

Owen Poland Mon, 06 Oct 2025

Category: Property 

$320 million

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The absence of any fresh news on the Classic Group website since 2023 gives a fair indication that the nationwide building company owned by Peter Cooney and Matt Lagerberg has been going

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