About

Merchants Development is a full-service development firm focused on repeat retail retrofit, turnkey and ground-up projects. Merchants Development was formed to deploy capital of BDClark Holdings and affiliated investors. We pride ourselves on our ability to execute across all phases of commercial real estate development aligned with our investment goals and our tenant’s strategies. In concert with our affiliated third-party service providers, and our battle-tested consultant-partners, we work hand-in-hand to deliver flawless execution from site acquisition, pre-development/entitlements and construction, all the way to lease commencement and diligent asset management. Our team is committed to a hands-on, strategic, problem-solving approach, ensuring we address the unique demands of each project and apply our team’s diverse competencies to deliver excellence from start to finish. We are more than just developers and landlords – we strive to be holistic partners in our tenant’s successes.

Targeted Projects:

Build-to-Suit Retail: Repeat relational ground-up development of retail sites in southeastern and mid-western US markets.

Retrofit and Turnkey Retail Deals: Repeat relational acquisition/leasing of well-located existing mid-box retail, and turnkey redevelopment of these sites to meet the needs of our tenant-partners.

Fee Development Consulting Services: Assignment-based consulting for landlords and occupiers, leading to strategic redevelopment and transactions for dark and soon-to-be dark mid-box retail.

Breadth of Operations:

• Site Acquisition: We excel at farming trade areas to identify and acquire the perfect sites for the needs of our tenant-partners, conducting thorough due diligence, expediting site design and entitlement, value engineering and in-depth financial underwriting.
• Deal Making: We cultivate repeat tenant relationships, understanding thier needs, presenting complete, vetted sites with an eye towards net new sales, streamline site visits and approvals, design coordination and lease execution.
• Construction/Project Management: In concert with our affiliated service provider, Build Partners, we engineer accelerated delivery of our projects, from design, permitting to construction administration and completion.
• Asset Management: We execute comprehensive commercial property management services to protect assets and add value.
• Development Services: We provide full-service commercial fee development and development consulting services for landlords and retailers, leveraging our development strategies to reposition and redeploy dark and going-dark sites in concert with our deep understanding of the ins-and-outs of the commercial real estate, development and the needs of our key relationship tenants.