Franks first business experience came when Home Depot first came to Canada. He was part of the team that put the first store up in the country. Home Depot on their launch into Canada was really something historic at that time. Here he learned the power of organization, sales training, supplier relationships, inventory management, and merchandising along with customer service.
Entrepreneurial in spirit Frank’s first career choice was based in the music industry.
In 1995 a childhood friend and him partnered up and created a music label. They enjoyed success; In 1999 he was nominated for a Juno, and shortly later produced on a Gold Selling Record in Canada. The first of its kind in our genre of music.
In 2001 Frank moved into the fitness industry and used the resources he had acquired to become an owner and partner in a chain of retail stores called the Fitness Source. He grew the business from 2 stores to 10. He also developed an online and commercial business.
As owners in a small company they were responsible for all of the operations and they wore many hats. Franks duties were namely, sales training, recruiting of staff, development of managers, supplier relationships, product selection along with product training. Later he was part of the marketing and development team of the brand.
In 2008 his retail business was purchased by the Forzani Group (Sport Chek, Sport Mart, National Sports,etc) and he stayed on as Regional manager for the transition.
Over the last 10 years he has been involved in various levels of real estate both personally and from investment purposes and felt drawn to the industry.
His good friend who started the music label with Frank was named David Oey. David moved on into real estate at the same time he moved into the fitness industry. They remained good friends all along, he helped mentor and encouraged Frank to pursue a more active role in real estate.
David always spoke very highly of the people he was working with, The Pettigrew and Estlick Team from Re/max Professionals. Frank owes many thanks to David Oey and more recently Darryl Mitchell for making an easy decision to chart his future with Re/max Professionals. Please welcome Frank at fallicofrank@gmai.com
