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Atlanta, Ga , Us

Development and investment executive who operates a firm performing land assemblage, build-to-suit development, real estate solutions, and consulting services. Winston Atlantic are developers of retail, hospitality, residential and mixed-use properties for equity investment partners and their own portfolio. Leads all aspects of real estate growth, portfolio management and strategic planning. Successfully negotiates land purchases, lease administration, municipal entitlements and manages development while overseeing finance. Creates strategic growth and store rollout plans for retailers. Directs planning, budgeting, and corporate operations of the business to ensure that all initiatives, guidelines and investor mandates are successfully met. Supervision of in-house real estate and admin teams. Manages all contracted legal, civil, architectural consultants during the development of new-to-industry (NTI) stores and remodels of acquisitions. Has been instrumental in upgrading architectural design and materials used on new store prototypes, and for helping create and implement proprietary food service programs. Performs mergers and acquisitions of existing stores and multi-store chains based on EBITDA and depreciated asset value for retailers and equity companies. Oversees all aspects of client engagement. Frequent advisor to retailers, restauranteurs, convenience store and car wash operators.Worked on the creation of new franchise operations (FDD and other documentation) and with the growth of franchised food service and convenience store operations, including core branding, imaging, and equipment implementation.

Atlanta, Ga , Us

Real estate site selection, acquisition, entitlement and development of a variety of project types. Extensive work in creating prototype developments, engaging environments, utilizing architectural design features, lighting and sound.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Supervised site selection team members who were new to land assemblage; also performed site selection, market analysis, entitlement, and construction of new store developments in a multi-state territory. Selected by senior leadership to create an asset management plan determining which existing stores were appropriate for reimaging and a new food service program. The asset management plan (AMP!) was adapted for sales projection modeling, market coverage, and ultimately used to demonstrate enterprise value when the company was sold for more than a billion ($1,000,000,000.) dollars.Helped research, design, and roll out next generation prototype stores with an updated architectural design and facade, implemented new proprietary food service program. Helped develop and implement a strategic growth plan to maximize capital budgets, retrofit stores, and enhance brand awareness.

Laval, Québec, Ca

Acquisition of existing store networks, and site selection of new sites (NTI) in a multi-state territory. Extensive profit and loss (P&L) analysis and sales projection modeling of acquisitions, examining their EBITDA cash flow to measure the true enterprise value.Performed trade area analysis of designated market area (DMA) and metropolitan statistical area (MSA) to measure growth potential. Created regional growth plans, analyzed competitors to model how those targets would affect overall existing portfolio performance. Collaboration and interaction with operations department to analyze the fit of corporate cultures, potential sales lift, and how well brand images could be blended.

Performed site selection, entitlement, development, and construction management of projects ranging from shopping centers to NNN single tenant developments. Development of grocery anchored centers, pharmacy developments, convenience store chains, fast casual and QSR properties. Analyzed trade areas, built custom pro-forma, development budgets, oversight of architectural and civil design, engineering/development cost analysis, entitlements, hands-on construction management, and MEP drawing refinement post construction.Responsible for managing all business operations on a day-to-day basis. Corporate oversight of 16 direct reports. Oversaw developments and construction, while also sourcing capital for new developments. Negotiated all PSAs, leases and REAs with anchor tenants, junior anchors, and free-standing retail users. Facilities management and lease administration of over 1,000,000 SF of gross leasable area (GLA). Full corporate P&L responsibility.