Whether you’re opening your first market, fixing a tired portfolio or building a team, TBF brings in-house experience without a full-time hire. Choose the path that fits.

Suite of Services


For growth brands: Fractional Deal Maker

Who it’s for: Retail and restaurant concepts opening new stores, or entering a new market, without a full real estate team.

  • Market strategy and white space analysis

  • Site selection and site scoring

  • LOI and lease negotiation

  • Real estate committee packages your leadership can say yes to

  • Construction coordination from site plan to grand opening


For REITs and developers: Tenant-Side Diagnostic

Who it’s for: Landlords and developers who want to see their centers and deals the way retailers do.

  • Why deals don’t pencil, and how to fix them

  • Tenant fit and merchandising for vacant or soon-to-be-vacant boxes

  • Site and trade area reviews from a retailer’s real estate committee point of view



For private equity and portfolio companies: Fractional Chief Development Officer

Who it’s for: PE and VC firms whose retail and restaurant brands need a proven development playbook across the portfolio.

  • Real estate org design and hiring plans

  • One site approval process and submittal package

  • Deal maker scorecards and pipeline governance

  • Portfolio-wide standards for site criteria, leases and renewals


For existing portfolios: Optimize What You Have

Who it’s for: Companies with leases coming up for renewal, underperforming stores or rents above market.

  • Renewal calendar and renew, relocate or close decisions

  • Market rent checks and rent renegotiation

  • Lease terminations and dispositions of unproductive real estate

  • Store performance reviews by site, demographic and customer profile