About

Experience

RAYN Development Company has been active in the Southeastern United States commercial real estate market for nearly 20 years. From Ray Nestlehutt’s first brokerage clients, to continued investment, development, and management in value add and new ground-up projects. RAYN’s constant growth and entrepreneurial view of real estate seeks partners that value a fresh perspective tempered with seasoned truths of commercial development. This mix in core beliefs has led it into every facet of the commercial real estate eco system.   

Trust

Since 2002 RAYN and its core partners has participated in in over $400 million worth of commercial real estate transactions. The continued growth of the company and volume of deals would not be possible without the trust of our employees, lenders, investors, and partners. We pride ourselves on honesty, transparency and hard work.

Relationships

Whether you are a partner, investor, lender, or existing customer in one of our projects, our goal is to establish a relationship built on honesty and integrity. Long after each project is complete, the relationships remain and provide a platform for future business opportunities. We give previous relationships first right of refusal in all of our transactions so we can continue to grow strong roots and wealth for all participants.

Revitalize & Reinvest

From adaptive reuse of existing buildings, to ground-up construction of new buildings, RAYN’s team has worked on projects with capitalizations ranging from $4 million to $180 million. Our team of experienced developers of office and retail, student housing, self-storage, urban mixed-use, urban redevelopment, historic downtown redevelopments and condominiums makes us flexible to see value where other groups may not.  We have a track record of partnering with cities and municipalities, utilizing special district financing mechanisms such as TIF districts, and securing grants based on historic preservation and other state and federal programs.

RAYN Equity ( www.raynequity.com ) actively invests in both RAYN Development sponsored projects and third-party opportunities. When raising capital for projects, our goal is to provide individual investors an opportunity to participate in professionally managed commercial real estate projects that diversify their portfolio and provide a passive investment with a good chance of above average returns. Many of our investors have participated in multiple projects and remain valued clients.