MEET THE TEAM
Eden Rock Real Estate Partners, its principals, and investors are your South Eastern Development and Advisory group.
Brandon Ashkouti
Partner
Brandon Ashkouti is an Atlanta native, a graduate of Marist High School, the University of Colorado, and attended graduate school at the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech from 2010 to 2012. Brandon's real estate career began in 2003 with Grybaski, Howe and Gravley Properties in an acquisition capacity locating sites and managing the development of single-tenant retail projects. He went on to form a partnership with his family to focus on the rollout of several national retail and restaurant groups and to start the national retail development arm of their multi-generational commercial investment firm.
Brandon has specialized in build-to-suit retail, repositioning of commercial assets, land development, and rezoning land assemblages for the past 20 years. He has managed commercial developments from acquisition and design, through construction and disposition. 90% of these projects involve Fortune 500 retailers.
Eden Rock Real Estate Partners, LLC was formed by Brandon in 2013. The core business for Eden Rock remains in single-tenant and retail driven development with more recent projects growing significantly in scale and complexity. Brandon was the developer behind projects such as MarketPlace Terrell Mill and Westside Village in Atlanta, totaling $180M. These projects included warehouse-retail conversions, multi-tenant retail and grocery-anchored mixed-use with multi-family and townhome components.
Mac McCall
Partner
Mac McCall is one of the cofounders of Caliber Car Wash which was started in 2019. As of today, Caliber Car Wash has grown to over 50+ locations from Texas to Florida and is projected to have over $65M in revenue and over 600 employees. ​In addition to being a board member and on the executive committee, Mac oversaw all real estate development activities including site location, zoning / permitting and construction of all new CCW locations.
Prior to Caliber Car Wash, Mac was cofounder of Caliber Capital, LLC which focused on retail shopping center acquisitions and developments across the Southeast. Caliber Capital was responsible for 30+ investments and developed for national retailers including Chipotle, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Family Dollar, Aspen Dental and more. ​​
​Mac's experience in growing brands through data backed, analytic site location guidelines increases the likelihood of success for all new sites and offers a competitive edge for all Eden Rock Real Estate Partners projects. His marketing experience and tailored ability to create branding that stands out from the competition adds value to all projects we are involved in. ​
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Gideon Lee
Director of Development
Gideon Lee is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering ('14). He began his career as a civil engineer, first at Foresite Group and later at Bohler Atlanta where he became a licensed Professional Engineer. At Bohler, he served as a program manager to various retail clients (including RaceTrac and Lidl), and oversaw the design, permitting and construction process as the civil engineer of record.
Prior to joining Eden Rock, Gideon served as the Development Manager for The NRP Group (national multifamily owner/developer) in the southeast and later at JLL to lead Chick-fil-A's redevelopment efforts in the northeast as their Development Lead. Here, he would lead a team to oversee the redevelopment of 100+ Chick-fil-A restaurants in the northeast partnering with various CFA stakeholders and design partners.
Gideon joined Eden Rock in the Fall of 2024 as their Director of Development. With his background as a Professional Engineer and with his comprehensive experience in managing the development for national tenants, he provides an unrivaled level of service and expertise when executing on projects. Gideon's responsibilities include overseeing the overall development process (design, entitlements, permitting & construction) while partnering with various stakeholders and partners to deliver with excellence.
Max Middleton
Site Acquisition Manager
Max is an Atlanta native and attended Centre College, where he played on the Men’s Tennis Team and graduated with a degree in finance in 2020.
Prior to joining Eden Rock, Max served as the Real Estate Manager at Caliber Car Wash where he helped grow the company from 14-50+ stores in just under 3 years. At Caliber, Max was responsible for sourcing and negotiating real estate development opportunities and assisted in the creation of a large-scale new store rollout strategy spanning across various markets throughout the Southeast and Texas.
Max joined Eden Rock in the Spring of 2024. As a Site Acquisition Manager, Max’s responsibilities include sourcing new development opportunities for national retail clients, transaction negotiations, and building relationships with tenants.
Tasha-Gaye White
Operations Manager
Tasha brings 15+ years of experience in building and implementing support systems in real estate, government and law. She is great at staying on top of transactions and connecting with project managers, architects, engineers, geotechnical firms, title companies, lenders, attorneys and all other parties to the development process to ensure deadlines are met and everyone gets to closing with a smile on their face.
Tasha navigates the world of real estate with ease and an eye for detail having previously worked as a real estate paralegal in New York. Prior to joining the Eden Rock Real Estate team, she led business operations & administration for an award-winning, top-producing residential real estate team with over $40M in production. Her specialties include driving the team to success with organization, problem solving, implementing processes and managing end-to-end business operations.