Grow your business.
We'll solve the real estate.
For multi-site operators with a proven concept who want to keep growing without giving up the business — from your second location to your hundredth.
How We Work
Every operator's situation is different. We start by understanding yours, then structure the right deal around it.
We learn your situation.
How many locations do you want to be at in three years, and what's actually slowing you down? We listen before we propose. If it's not a fit, we'll tell you that too.
We structure the right deal.
Sale-leaseback to unlock capital from locations you already own. New development for the ones you don't. The structure follows your growth plan, not ours.
We manage the build.
Site selection, design, permitting, vendor procurement, project oversight. Our development team runs the process start to finish. You review and approve.
We handle the capital.
Up to 100% of project costs funded by Haven. Your capital stays in operations.
You keep growing.
You take occupancy under a long-term lease. The process is repeatable. Second location, tenth location, same team, same discipline, any market.
Projects We've Delivered
Family entertainment, marine, auto-service, industrial, retail. Every project managed by our in-house development team from start to finish.
Operators We Work With
Facility-intensive concepts that need real estate to grow. If you're opening locations, we've probably built for your vertical.
Veterinary
Medical
Childcare
Fitness
Car Wash
QSR
Urgent Care
Self-Storage
Industrial
Entertainment
What We Won't Do
You've probably been pitched by someone who promised everything and delivered a term sheet six months later.
- We won't hand you capital and walk away.Plenty of firms will write you a check and wish you luck with the build. We put our development team on every project we fund. Capital without execution is half a solution.
- We won't waste your time.Two weeks. That's our decision window. Yes, no, or here's what needs to change. You've got locations to open.
- We won't pretend every deal is a Haven deal.If the unit economics don't work or the timeline doesn't fit, we'll say so early. No one benefits from a forced deal.
- We won't hand you off.The team you meet is the team that delivers. Same people from the first conversation through certificate of occupancy.
Who We Are
Haven is based in Franklin, Tennessee. We fund projects, manage the build, and own the real estate so operators don't have to. Sale-leasebacks, new development, project management. Structured around what you actually need.
Our team came from STORE Capital, Jones Day, and PennyMac. We spent years doing billion-dollar deals for public REITs. We chose to rebuild that playbook for the operator running 2 to 100 locations who wants to keep growing without giving up the business.
Greg Jeffers
As Managing Partner & General Counsel of Haven, Greg oversees all operations and legal aspects of the company. He is also a member of Haven's Executive Committee. Prior to Haven, Greg was a Co-Founder and Head of Acquisitions at Tenet Equity, a private REIT backed with an initial $500 million equity commitment from Cerberus Capital Management. At Tenet, Greg led the origination and closing of over $300 million of net lease transactions. Prior to Tenet, Greg was Managing Director at STORE Capital from 2018-2021 (then a publicly traded REIT, NYSE: STOR), responsible for STORE's acquisition activity across the Midwest. At STORE, Greg led the origination, structuring and closing of over $1 billion in net lease investments. Greg received a B.S. in Finance & Real Estate from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He holds a Brokers license and is admitted to the Illinois State Bar.
John Bradley
As a Partner of Haven, John is the head of originations for the company. He is also a member of Haven's Executive Committee. Prior to Haven, Mr. Bradley led acquisitions for the Central U.S. at PennyMac Financial Services (NYSE: PFSI), a publicly traded mortgage REIT, where he facilitated the aggregation of $500 million in residential and commercial loans. Before his time at PennyMac, John spent seven years in acquisitions at Essent Mortgage Guaranty Inc. (NYSE: ESNT), a publicly traded mortgage insurer and reinsurer. During his time at Essent, John insured $3 billion in GSE-backed mortgages. John holds a B.S. from Niagara University.
Neil Albritton
As a Partner at Haven and a member of the Executive Committee, Neil brings extensive expertise in commercial real estate, backed by more than 17 years of experience. Over the past decade, he has specialized in sourcing, structuring, underwriting, and executing sale-leaseback transactions. His leadership has been instrumental in closing over 500 deals for both privately held and public real estate investment firms, contributing to more than $6 billion in gross transaction volume. Before joining Haven, Neil served as Senior Vice President and Head of Acquisitions at STORE Capital. In that role, he was a voting member of the company's Investment Committee, managed a team of up to 15 acquisition professionals, and led the disposition strategy. Neil holds a B.S. in Business Finance from Elon University.
Jason Drewelow
Jason runs Haven's in-house development practice — site selection, design coordination, permitting, GC procurement, and construction oversight from sourcing through opening day. Across 24 years in commercial construction and development, he has personally delivered $770M in projects across more than 500 engagements in 18 states, working in retail, hospitality, healthcare, multifamily, and industrial. The throughline of Jason's work is that operators show up at certificate of occupancy and find a building they're proud to walk into, on the timeline they were promised.
Patrick Jeffers
As Senior Vice President of Portfolio Management, Mr. Jeffers is responsible for Haven's portfolio management functions, while also handling all investor relations needs. In addition, he leads the firm's marketing initiatives. Prior to joining Haven, Pat participated in various net lease syndication projects. Prior to his real estate career, Mr. Jeffers held various business development positions in the food and beverage industry, most recently with Rise Coffee and Anheuser Busch. Mr. Jeffers received his B.S. from Indiana University and is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Tennessee.
Lindsay Kirchhausen
Lindsay joined Haven in 2025 and is a Vice President, responsible for business development initiatives at the firm, including the origination and evaluation of investment opportunities. Prior to Haven, Lindsay served in various business development roles at companies including SPAN (a renewable energy startup), Google, Nest and Dyson, where she led build-to-suit projects with construction and development teams. Lindsay received her B.S., magna cum laude, in Marketing and International Business from Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and an M.B.A., with high distinction, from Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University.
Everett Daniels
Everett is an experienced real estate executive with over 20 years in the industry and more than $850 million in completed development projects. He started his career as a lead superintendent at Bovis Lend Lease, managing over $250 million in ground-up construction projects, including office buildings, high-rise condominiums, data centers, retail spaces, historic restorations, global HQ upfits, and BSL-3 research facilities. As President and COO of DeWitt Carolinas for 12 years, he oversaw the development of a $600 million portfolio, handling all aspects of the development process such as site selection, design, entitlement, deal structuring, debt placement, construction management, asset management, and disposition. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management with a minor in Business Administration from East Carolina University.
Jack Sbertoli
Mr. Sbertoli has worked in nearly every market sector in the commercial construction world, with significant experience in commercial office, process piping, healthcare, site development, mixed-use, industrial, retail, multi-family and all three cannabis sectors (cultivation, processing and retail). Mr. Sbertoli has since expanded his business ventures into Ohio, Missouri, New Mexico and Tennessee. He has a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering from Marquette University and Master of Real Estate from DePaul University.
Marty McDonnell
With over 20 years of development and construction expertise, Marty has worked in a wide variety of industries including mixed-use, healthcare, childcare, cultivation, office, industrial, retail, hospitality, cannabis and residential development. Marty's oversight of all company operations, including all phases of the development process ensures exceptional output for our clients. Marty graduated from Marquette University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and then went on to receive his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Michael Millard
As a Senior Advisor at Haven, Michael manages strategic relationships with Fortune 500 companies, pension funds, foundations, insurance companies and other professional investors. Mr. Millard has been specializing in the commercial and residential mortgage secondary markets for over 35 years. Prior to forming Millard Capital Advisors, LLC, he spent 19 years as Managing Director at WJ Mayer & Co./ William J. Mayer Securities, LLC. Michael's career started at Merrill Lynch and Citibank. He received his undergraduate degree from Amherst College and holds series 7, 50 & 63 licenses.
You've hit the wall. You know the one.
Eventually, the math changes. The capital tools that got you here aren't the ones that get you to the next site. The cost of growth keeps climbing. You don't want to bring in equity, and you don't want to slow down.
You own the real estate and want to unlock it
Sale-leaseback converts the equity trapped in locations you already own into operating capital. You keep the lease. We buy the property. Your balance sheet gets lighter.
You need new locations built
We acquire the property, manage the design and construction, and deliver a facility built to your specs. You take occupancy under a long-term lease. Construction capital structured deal by deal — most projects fully funded by Haven.
You're between 2 and 100 locations
Big enough to have proven the concept. Growing fast enough that the real estate is the bottleneck, not the operations.
You want a decision, not a process
Two-week decision window. One team from start to finish. We'll tell you if we're the right fit, and if we're not, we'll tell you why.
Not there yet? No problem. If this sounds like you in a year, we'll be here. And if it never does, that's fine too.
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Whether you're looking to monetize locations you already own, develop new ones, or just figure out what the next step looks like. Three days from full info to a real answer.
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