Francis Chu

Senior Development Manager

Francis Chu is a registered architect with over 30 years of experience in the architectural and development field. His focus at Fountainhead Development will be in architecture, land development, planning, entitlements, due diligence, project management, and construction administration.

Prior to joining Fountainhead, Francis was an architectural and development consultant on various retail and clean fuel projects for developers and end user.

Previous to his consultant work, Francis was the Director of Development for the Southern California office of a national development company focusing on west coast expansion for national retailers.

He was the regional manager and principal of two national architectural firms with national clients such as Home Depot, Costco, Kohl’s, Family Dollar, CVS, In-n-Out Burger, Five Guys Burgers, and other development companies. His architectural and development experience span from Utah, Arizona, Dallas, Nevada, Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, and to Guam.

Francis obtained his Bachelor of Architecture with a minor in Business Law from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is a member of NCARB.

He enjoys trying out new unusual food, tennis, obeying the wife, and going incommunicado on vacations.