If anyone needed proof Alex Villarosa was going to be a success at Par 3, his work during the Great Recession would be a prime example of things to come. And that’s with high expectations before he even joined the company.
“(In this industry) he was the first-round pick of the draft,” says Kam Brian, COO of Par 3 Landscape. “He came highly recommended.”
Villarosa joined the team in June 2005. At the time, Par 3 had one field technician running its construction business, but the jobs became too much for one person to handle. The company was about 10 years old, and the construction division at Par 3 was made up of work generated from the company’s maintenance jobs. The division was bringing in about $250,000 a month.
Villarosa jumped in wearing as may hats as he could to get jobs done. “He was working with the design team, out in the field, even collecting payments on jobs,” says Shawn Buckley, owner of Par 3 Landscape.
But he really showed his worth during the economic downturn.
The industry in Vegas was hit hard, and no one could secure jobs like they used to.
For Villarosa, it meant he just had to work a little harder.
He was able to stay on top of his business by leveraging his good client relationships and focusing on the jobs that weren’t hit as hard, like HOA contracts and hotels.
“Even though the recession hit, a lot of HOAs had a reserve to where they could still spend money to renovate the property,” Villarosa says.
Read the full story from the June issue.