b'MEMBER PROFILEFour Points by Sheraton Penticton at the Conference Centre is currently being constructed next to the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre and the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, B.C. This six-storey, 105-room hotel includes a 100-seat restaurant and is a long-awaited project for the City.MUNDI CONSTRUCTION LTD. BY KELLY PARKERAN UNUSUAL START FOR A PASSIONATE ENTERPRISEundi Construction Ltd. is a development andand relocated from Vancouver to Kamloops, where he fell in M construction firm located in Kamloops, B.C. love with the hospitality industry.Owner and President Ron Mundis path into the constructionMy background in India was in finance, explains Mundi, business is an atypical one. When Mundi first came to Canadaso I learned the [hospitality] business and bought small from India in 1994, he worked any job he could to supportpercentages of my partners subsequent hotel acquisitions. himself and his family. In 1999, a friend purchased a smallA few years later, my friend decided to sell that business. I hotel in Kamloops and recruited Mundi to be his on-sitewas able to negotiate with them to purchase one of the small superintendent and front desk manager. He accepted the rolemotels, and Mundi Hotel Enterprises was born. From there, I began to look for and buy other hotel or motel properties and flip them. design Between 2005 and today, Mundi Hotel Enterprises purchased installation and flipped more than 55 hotels. In 2020, Mundi decided to service move into new construction. inspectionsWe liked the idea of building new so we didnt have to worry Tim McCloskey about all the issues that come with buying and fixing up older properties, Mundi explains. When the pandemic hit tim@btrfireprotection.com and the hotel business suffered, we decided to form Mundi Construction Ltd. [We] hired the right team and began Cell: 250.681.1378Office: 250.707.1377 developing and building multi-family residential, mixed-use 2081 Ridgerock Place, West Kelowna, BC V4T 1S7 commercial and hotels. Right now, were really hitting the condominium sector hard. 44 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'