Bios

Experience and qualifications of the Freeport Industries principals

Todd Venier
Freeport Industries, President

Todd began working in the modular home business in 1992 working for Retire West Communities Ltd. The next five years were spent learning the aspects of the Residential Tenancy Act, modular home park management, home design and civil infrastructure concepts. In 1997, Todd formed a joint venture partnership with Retire West Communities Ltd. and purchased Deerwood Place Estates, a 295 unit modular home development in Nanaimo, British Columbia. At the time of purchase, the site had 35 homes built and the development was in receivership. The partnership successfully turned the project around and completed the build out in 2008. In 2004, Todd opened our first manufacturing plant in Parksville, BC with the intention of building the finest factory built home in the industry. In 2007 we opened our second manufacturing facility in West Kelowna, BC. This second facility was opened to establish ourselves in the Okanagan market and also to service our new development site, Sage Creek. In 2007 Freeport and Retire West purchased Sage Creek, a 46 acre modular homes site. To date we have built 70 units and expect full build out to be in 2015. Over the year's we have established a niche market of high quality, affordable land leased communities that do not represent the trailer parks of yesterday.

Chris Inkster
Freeport Industries, Vice President

Chris Inkster joined Retire West Communities in 2005 as a project manager after 10 years in the wood products manufacturing business. At the time, Chris managed all on-site construction for the Deerwood Place Estates project in Nanaimo, BC. In 2006, Chris joined Freeport Industries Ltd at its manufacturing facility in Parksville, BC as estimator and quality control manager. In 2007, Chris moved to Kelowna to oversee the operations of the Sage Creek community and Freeport’s second manufacturing facility. As a partner in Freeport Industries, Chris’s responsibilities include overseeing the manufacturing process, product improvement initiatives, business development, managing project bids and job estimating. Chris graduated from BCIT’s Bachelor of Technology in Business Management.