Meet the Team

Alair Homes Winnipeg Team


Living Better Starts Here™
 
Alair Homes serves the great communities in and around Winnipeg by providing high-quality, custom built homes and modern renovations. We take pride in the properties and homes we have created for our clients, and we put the same level of care, workmanship and customer service into every home we build and renovate.

Meet our passionate and dedicated team.

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Warren  Koop

Warren Koop

Partner

 
Warren is a passionate third generation builder who values his clients and their communities.

Warren grew up in the home building industry and frequented job sites with his dad from a young age. His father’s mentorship and commitment to Habitat for Humanity instilled a deep passion for sustainability, giving back to the community, and developing lasting relationships with clients, professionals, trades, and suppliers.

Warren is proud to have started Alair Homes in Manitoba. He has a talent for bringing people together, problem solving, listening to his clients, and building dream homes. With his values, as well as his constant search for excellence and integrity, it’s no wonder that his clients refer him to their friends.

Together with his wife Jackie, they have “built” a wonderful family complete with their teens, Farrah, and Cole.

Outside of Alair, Warren enjoys snowmobiling, mountain biking, snowboarding, and scuba diving. He notably almost fell out of Disney’s Space Mountain and at 11 was left at a gas station on a family trip – the effects of both still linger today. He has experience cross-culturally while managing projects across Canada, US, Europe and Asia.
Jackie Koop

Jackie Koop

Partner

 
Jackie. Loves. Design

Growing up in her family owned trucking company, she brings many years of business experience. After taking a break to raise her two best pals, she was thrilled to open Alair Homes Winnipeg with her husband Warren. Though she’s seldom seen, she’s always involved and consulting behind the scenes.

Jackie’s middle name is Organization and she’s passionate about design. She discovered her passion at age 13 while poring over interior design and architecture books and has been rearranging furniture ever since

Jackie loves traveling, backpacking, rappelling, snowmobiling, snowboarding, mountain biking and most of all hiking with her daughter Farrah and golfing with her son Cole.
Collin Gagnon

Collin Gagnon

Partner

 
Collin is a third generation builder with a natural gift for building, inventing, and problem solving. Starting at a young age, he’s always loved putting in a good day's work. Between a paper route, his lawn care business, chicken picking/dairy farming and a summer job in a cabinet shop he’s never been afraid of hard work. Right out of high school, he bought his first house and started pursuing his Red Seal Carpenter certification so that he could one day build his own dream home.
He now loves spending his time with wife Erin and two young kids Sully and Maxime, helping others, coaching, turning clients into friends and playing just as hard as he works.
Fun fact: Collin has two horses (Black beauty & Gabe), a dog (Bailey), two cats (Jack and Ralph) and sometimes unwanted but welcomed deer and turkeys.
He loves all things horsepower, sports, kids, everything outdoors, friends, fires, smiles and cold blue cans.
Mitch Simard

Mitch Simard

Partner

 
Mitch has always been a hands-on guy and he enjoys doing physical, outdoor work. He started in construction installing sheet metal siding and roofing at a very young age. After being in the trades for many years, he partnered with Collin to grow and excel in the construction industry. He is now proud to be part of what he calls “a strong collaborative team” at Alair. He looks forward to building great homes for great people for many years to come.
Mitch loves fishing, golfing, quading and camping with his wonderful wife Roxy and two young children, Sadie and Olivier.
Eric Lagasse

Eric Lagasse

Project Manager

 
Eric has been in the construction industry for 16 years, and he’s had a passion for building things from an early age. Both of his grandparents were carpenters, and seeing them build furniture and do woodworking, sparked his interest in carpentry and led him to get his carpentry red seal.
Eric started out his career as a framer, he then moved on to carpentry, and is now a project manager. His extensive background in carpentry allows him to have a more hands on approach with projects, and he brings this knowledge to the clients he works with. Eric loves being able to help people build their dream home.

When Eric is not working, he loves spending time at his cabin, playing hockey, and enjoying all outdoor activities.

Fun fact: His nephew calls him the pink power ranger.
Trevor Kidd

Trevor Kidd

Project Manager

 
As a former Canadian Olympian and Professional Hockey Player, Trevor knows the value of working as a team to complete a goal or make a save.

 
He brings a wealth of leadership experience to Alair Homes Winnipeg, continuously striving for excellence with trades, suppliers, and the most discerning clients. Trevor’s disciplined approach is a strong asset for Alair, and his love of real estate, community, and teamwork was what eventually led him to Warren and the Alair Homes Team.

When he’s not building award-winning homes, Trevor can be found volunteering for a variety of local charitable groups, or on the field coaching soccer.

Trevor has been married to his wife Tiffany for over 25 years and they have three beautiful daughters: Taylor, Kennedy, and Emerson. He also has a much beloved golden-doodle named Murphy. Trevor loves the lake, beaches, boating, and stories around the campfire.
Carlie Burns

Carlie Burns

Project Manager

 
This is Carlie’s first role in the construction industry; however she has years of experience in customer service and managing her own clients. Carlie comes from a background in Kinesiology and is putting her knowledge of time management and organizational skills into her project manager role. She has always been great at communicating with clients, leading people to success, and she has a passion for helping people.

Carlie has brought that passion to Alair Homes by helping people create their dream home, and by enhancing client and trade relationships. She has always been fascinated by beautiful homes and is excited to be involved in the process of helping to create these dream homes come to life. When Carlie is not working, she loves to read, work out, and spend time outdoors with her husband and dog.
Chuck Foidart

Chuck Foidart

Project Manager

 
Chuck grew up in rural Manitoba and carpentry has always been a part of his family life. One grandfather was a carpenter and blacksmith, the other a farmer. Chuck took a different path into carpentry though, working in accounting and finance after business college. Needing a change of pace, Chuck started a carpentry apprentice under his older brother.

Chuck enjoyed the change and formed Marquee Builders immediately after receiving his Carpentry Red Seal certification. Throughout his 15 years of being self-employed, Chuck took immense pride and dedication in his projects, and developed valuable relationships with his clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.

Chuck has been married to his wife Marcie for 20 years and they have three children, Emily, Ava, and Spencer, and two dogs, Oscar and Gabbie. Chuck enjoys time at the lake, boating, fishing, dirt biking and watching their kids' sports - ringete and hockey in the winter.
Roo

Roo

Trade & Supplier Relations

 
Roo, our Alair Mascot, was born in Germantown, WI. At 8 years old he has been with Alair since the beginning. Roo loves all people and animals, especially cats, rabbits, horses, and cows! Roo loves to be outside. His favorite place is the cottage where he’ll never turn down a ride in the canoe or an ATV adventure. He goes wherever his family does, which often entails camping, boating and mountain biking.

Fun fact: Roo is from a champion bloodline and his father is from Ontario. His best friend is a 3-year-old rabbit named Ollie.

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