Most commercial real estate lives or dies on lease-up risk — will a good tenant sign, and will they stay? We removed that variable by becoming our own tenant. Here's how the model works.
Buy overlooked commercial property in Upper Midwest secondary markets — too small for institutions, too involved for casual buyers.
Bring the building back with our own construction capability, on our timeline, at our cost basis.
Move our own operating companies in as anchor tenants. Occupancy becomes a decision, not a hope.
Collect building income and operating income on the same square foot — two returns, one asset.
Stabilize, refinance, and redeploy into the next building. Then run it back.
A conventional landlord earns one thing: rent, if they can keep the space leased. We earn the property return and the operating return on the same building — and because we're the anchor tenant, the space is never speculatively empty.
We're also building the trades in-house — construction, cleaning, and security — so the buildings we buy are renovated and run by our own people. Fewer vendors, faster timelines, and margin that stays in the family.
Beyond real estate, we're developing operating concepts designed to anchor future buildings. These are open to the right partners.
A coal-fired pizza concept built to draw foot traffic and anchor a ground floor.
A coffee brand designed to sit at the entrance of every Ravn building — the daily reason to walk in.
Interested in a concept or a location? That's a conversation worth having.
The full picture — the model, the markets, and the returns — lives in the investor deck. We send it personally, after a short conversation. Tell us a little about yourself and we'll be in touch.