EMERGING Spring Teaser

Technology disrupting operations and accelerating concept innovation

INDUSTRY LEADING FOUNDERS

RESTECH & RESTAURANT INNOVATION / COLLABORATION

LARGEST ACCELERATION PLATFORM

Fund

EMERGING

Innovative Portfolio Investments

Unsurpassed Team of Partners

Adam Breeden Founder/Co-Founder of Flight Club, Puttshack, F1 Arcade, Hijingo

Peter Venti Founder/CEO of FamilyMeal, Pippy Sips, RealFood

Randy DeWitt Founder/CEO of FB Society, Rock Fish, Twin Peaks, Velvet Taco, Whiskey Cake

Padma Rao Marketing & Product Executive Grubhub, Zynga, Netflix, Grubhub, Tapingo

Nick Hogan Founder/CEO of Flagship Restaurant Group, Blue Sushi Sake Grill, Anthem, Palma, Plank Seafood Provisions, Blatt Beer & Table, Ghost Donkey

We work with industry leaders

We are an extension of the operator’s team, evaluating the real estate opportunities across the country.

As real estate experts we negotiate with developers and landlords on our client’s behalf to most efficiently and effectively maximize returns and minimize risk.

Concept Strategy

The process of formulating a strategy with short and long term goals between investment, real estate, and operations.

Customer Intelligence

Capturing relevant data and information to develop market positioning and complete picture of customers.

Strategic Expansion

Helping clients to grow with confidence, brilliance, and the pursuit of a perfect deal.

Lead Negotiation

Utilizing experience of hundreds of letter of Intents negotiations to position the terms in the most favorable but fair manner.

Predictive Analytics

Analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of current sites to optimize site selection with data science.

EMERGING is a strategic partner

We work with today’s leading restaurant and entertainment concepts.

We are a team of data scientists, data engineers, analysts, real estate experts, creatives, and business professionals committed to pioneering the future of restaurants and entertainment. We are solutions-focused helping our clients to identify critical goals, develop plans, and execute on the most efficient path to excellence.

David Bagley Investment Director

David Bagley is Investment Director for EMERGING. He has over thirty years of experience in corporate finance, operations management, profit improvement consulting, and financial advisory services specializing in franchise and the restaurant and hospitality industries.

Martin Barboza Vice President

Martin Barboza has been providing marketing and repositioning strategies for real estate investment and development for 15 years. He has built a track record of maximizing investment returns during the hold period by ensuring an appropriate capitalization structure, while focusing on optimal property performance.

Mathew Focht CEO

Mathew has a passion for helping best in class restaurant and entertainment operators grow as recognized national leader in their category. Mathew has served hundreds of restaurant–entertainment owners and developers of lifestyle and mix-use centers. Mathew is the founder of EMERGING.

Tim Greenhagen Strategic Advisor

Tim began his career as a physicist, then ultimately building mathematical real estate models for Mcdonald's. He has 28 years of building the most advanced predictable models in real estate, site selection, sales projection, and cannibalization. His experiences include Mcdonald's, Chipotle, Boston Market, Redbox, and most recently Puttshack, Flight Club, Immersive Gamebox, Biscuit Belly, and many more emerging concepts.

Robert Johnson Vice President

As Vice President in the Chicago office, Robert focuses on national tenant representation, new development consulting and strategic capital partnerships.

Spending the majority of his career in hospitality, Alan brings extensive experience and knowledge in fundamental business facets including real estate, data analytics/ site selection, supply chain, operations, marketing, and technology.

Amy

Finance Manager

Amy has extensive real estate industry experience working closely with small businesses to build and maintain the most effective accounting systems and strategies. In 2017, she was awarded LinkedIn's Profinder Best of Accounting Consultants.

Jack Neill is an Associate at Emerging Concepts, with responsibility for national tenant representation and leasing, market research, and supporting all members of the leasing team. Jack is a recent graduate of Indiana University. He earned his BSB with a double major in Finance and Real Estate through the Kelley School of Business.

Jack Neill Associate

Alan Katz Partner

Krulas

Fernando is a Sr. Developer at F&B Insights, responsible for maintaining, improving F&B Insights's IT infrastructure and bringing new features into life. He was in charge of moving F&B Insights from an outdated monolith to microservices, pushing F&B Insights's infrastructure and scaling capabilities to a new level.

Hudson joined Tipzyy as it's first employee! As COO, he manages the product development and operations teams. He uses his extensive background in team building and project management to deliver high quality products and customer service to clients.

Crystal Rivera is an Associate at Emerging Concepts, responsible for national tenant representation and leasing, market research, and supporting members of the leasing team. Prior to joining Emerging, Crystal worked as a Brokerage Coordinator at Cushman and Wakefield.

He is the Senior Vice President of Acutely. He is started his career at McDonald’s in 1973 with the primary responsibility to develop statistical and mathematical models to predict new store sales volumes.

Crystal Rivera Associate

Fernando Paz Sr. Developer

Hudson Piehl COO

Jim Rand Senior Vice President

Clarissa Save Creative Director

Clarissa is a seasoned copywriter with 10 years of experience writing engaging advertising copy for e-commerce businesses, SAAS, and the hospitality industry. Clarissa specializes in writing creative product copy and loves to make words dance.

Megan Schmidt Director

Megan Schmidt is a Director at Emerging Concepts, and focuses on national tenant representation strategy and leasing. Since joining Emerging Concepts, Megan has played an integral role in national growth strategy for early entertainment and restaurant concepts from both the US and UK.

Amanda Shafer Associate

Amanda is a recent member of the Emerging Concepts team responsible for National Tenant Rep & Market research. Her career history is in office leasing and working with hospitality groups in Chicago on the marketing and design front.

Noah Tracht Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

Noah’s passion for food & beverage goes back to his childhood, whether enjoying great home cooked meals or experiencing delicious food while traveling with his family, the love began early.

Steve Taylor Senior VP of Business Development / Partner

Throughout his near 20 year Real Estate and Hospitality career Steve has represented best in class multi concept chef driven, corporate, franchised and emerging food and beverage concepts on a regional and national level.

Veronica Zemon Vice President of Business Development

Veronica has extensive experience building brands nationwide and creating comprehensive sales-driving solutions in the beverage industry. After completing her MBA, Veronica spent eight years working in the advertising agency world creating award-winning campaigns.

We coordinate the execution of your business strategies in real estate, supply chain, data science, finance, and labor providing you with an unprecedented value from one platform.

Museum of Ice Cream

World Famous Attraction

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An experience that inspires imagination & connection

Museum of Ice Cream World Famous Attraction

Amulti-sensory experience with immersive installations that reimagines the way we experience ice cream. Museum of Ice Cream brings to life the universal power of ice cream by creating experiences that inspire imagination, helping to rediscover the kid in you. Designed to inspire human connection and energize the senses to reimagine the way we experience and love ice cream.

Thirsty Lion

Offering gastropub fare and from-scratch cooking with a culinary commitment to seasonal and fresh ingredients, the food is both craveable and bold.

At the bar, a wide range of local craft beers are available, an option for every palate and plate. Cocktails are crafted with fresh fruit purées, juices, and premium liquors, while wines come in 25 varieties. Enjoy your craft brew and meal while watching the game on one of the flat screens amidst an open kitchen, central bar and a patio that soaks up the sun.

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