Notes

From the
owner’s seat.

Occasional pieces on the decisions that shape a hospitality asset. One idea each, one hard example, written by people who held the risk.

June 2026Why we specify leak detection at design stageThe reason sits on the P&L, not the drawings. An owner learns this once, and never forgets it.
May 2026What a fee-based project manager optimises forIt is not your year-three EBITDA. That is not a criticism of them. It is a description of the incentive.
March 2026The decisions you only feel two years after openingDevelopment creates the constraints an operator lives inside. Most of them are set before anyone has stood on site.
February 2026What a brand actually asks of you, and what it gives backA franchise agreement is a long document with a short summary: standards in, distribution out. Both sides need testing.

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