About Tennant Developments
Tennant Developments has been building communities in Central Oregon for decades; working in partnership with the City of Bend and the home building community to create a master planned land developments, selling lots to home builders, providing construction finance, and owning and managing retail and commercial spaces. Over the years, Michael Tennant and his team have helped to bring housing to thousands of people around Central Oregon.
Our Services
We’ve learned that we can be of greatest service to Central Oregon by supporting our community of top notch custom home builders. From lot sales to construction financing, we strive to help up and coming spec home builders grow their operations!
Construction Finance
As a hard money lender, we provide home builders with the capitol they need to build new spec homes and to fix and flip older homes.
Lot Sales
We sell lots in our master planned communities directly to licensed home builders.
Development Partnerships
Tennant developments brings value to our partnerships through our experience, network, and capitol.
Commercial Spaces for Rent
Tennant Developments owns and operates commercial retail and office spaces in Northwest Crossing and the Deschutes Ridge Business Park
Our Developments
Canyon Rim Village
Canyon Rim Village overlooks Redmond’s Dry Canyon with direct access to trail networks and public parks.
Co-Developments
Discovery West
Discovery West will have 650 dwellings, including apartments, townhomes and cottages, providing a diverse array of housing options on the West side of Bend
The Tree Farm
The Tree Farm is a FireWise certified community on the far West side of Bend. This highly desirable subdivision has 78 individual lots for custom homes spread out over 322 acres.
Northwest Crossing
Northwest Crossing is a nationally lauded mixed use development where people live, work, and play.
Hidden Hills
Hidden Hills brings eclectic historical architecture to the South East side of Bend
Our People
The Tennant Developments team has well over 100 years combined experience in real estate development and construction finance.
Mike Tennant
Mike Tennant has been actively involved real estate in Central Oregon since 1979. He has been a realtor, but his primary interest has been developing land into residential projects. He put together a team in the early 1990’s that remains at the core of his business. The creativity in acquiring, developing land, along with a variety of residential products and builders has been at the center of this mission. He has done projects individually, and in partnership with other developers. One of the main partnerships has been and remains with Brooks Resources Corporation.
Ron White
Ron has been with the Tennant Developments team for over 20 years. Ron oversees the accounting and financing activities of Tennant Developments. In addition, he is very involved in the development of new projects and investments. He has a background and degree in accounting and small businesses. Establishing and fostering great business relationships is a key component to long term success.
Rod Tomcho
Rod has been with the Tennant Developments team for over 20 years. Rod manages new development projects, homeowner relations, architectural submittals, builder financing and commercial lease negotiations and improvements. He has a background and degree in Finance and has served on many public and non-profit boards and committees. His passions are design and finding win-win outcomes.
Grayson Graham
The newest member of the Tennant Development team, Grayson graduated from the University of San Diego in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Grayson handles various projects related to our master planned developments and is the point of contact for construction finance and new lot sale inquiries. He lives in Northwest Crossing with his wife Catherine and Golden Lab puppy Skipper.
Dan Butala
Dan came to Veracity Property/Tennant Developments in 2006 with a background in administration and residential construction. As licensed property managers team Veracity manages residential and commercial properties developed and (or) owned by the parent company Tennant Developments, LLC. Dan and his wife Ronda have lived in Bend for over 30 years and consider themselves blessed to have raised their family in such a great community…they never get tired of seeing the peaks of the beautiful Cascade mountains from town.
Chrissy Christoferson
Chrissy has been at Tennant Developments since 2013. A licensed property manager, she works closely with the management team at Veracity Property Management, coordinating residential rentals as well as commercial spaces. Chrissy also works with the financing team to coordinate loan documents for our builder lending. She has lived in Bend since 2005 with her husband and two boys and can be found most of the summer on a white water raft.
