Entrepreneur makes big push for shipping container homes

Driven by a market need — and a personal tragedy — a dogged entrepreneur sets his sights on disrupting on a long-established industry: homebuilding.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. February 7, 2020
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Lori Sax. Joe Davis, president of Sarasota-based Innovar Structures believes the market is big for shipping container homes. The firm plans to open a 55,000-square-foot factory in April in Hardee County to make the homes.
Lori Sax. Joe Davis, president of Sarasota-based Innovar Structures believes the market is big for shipping container homes. The firm plans to open a 55,000-square-foot factory in April in Hardee County to make the homes.
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Pastor-turned-entrepreneur Joe Davis, who now balances both disciplines, has had a varied career. He’s currently a money and asset manager for family offices and a lead pastor at a Sarasota church. Past roles include running a nonprofit youth center/restaurant, coaching high school sports, writing spiritual books and investing in a lithium battery company in Tampa.

One job he hasn’t had? Homebuilder.

 

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