In 1977, PortSide Properties, Inc. opened the doors of their first facility in Sturgeon Bay with the goal of providing the Door County community with creative,individualized home designs, quality construction and on-going customer service.

PortSide Founder and current CEO Fran Shefchik’s vision was “that by providing the utmost in quality and by our on-going customer service, we are working toward making‘Customers for Life.’” He also started the company emphasizing three key elements: customer focus, respect and teamwork.

PortSide has evolved as our customers’ needs have changed. In 1989, in an effort to assist customers in product selection, we opened Door County’s first Home Showroom in Sturgeon Bay. This provided customers the opportunity to make hands-on selections of their home products within one easy stop. That same year, we expanded our business by responding to the need for remodeling services in Door County.

By 1994, PortSide expanded its services to the Oshkosh area. Our service area now extends from the tip of Door County through the entire Fox Valley.

2001 ushered in a new era for PortSide with the opening of our new and expanded Home Design Center and offices in the Industrial Park in Door County. Our customers are now able to walk through kitchens, touch countertops, open and close windows and doors and choose their favorite home products.

Only four years later, in 2005, a similiar building was constructed in the Fox Valley. The new office and Home Design Center are part of a larger site called the Building Solutions Center. Filled with all construction related businesses, the construction process will ease into one stop shopping.

PortSide has designed and/or built more than 1,500 homes over the past 30 years. Last year alone, PortSide built approximately 60 homes and designed 85% of the homes built.

PortSide President Paul Shefchik (pictured, right: Fran, left) began serving as President in 2006. Paul has spent more than 20 years with PortSide in all areas of the company.