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Property Management
Day to day oversight focused on responsive operations and strong owner visibility.
- Rent + owner reporting
- Lease administration
- Tenant communication
- Vendor + maintenance coordination
Property · Asset · Development Services
Manage the property. Grow the asset.
AYANA combines property management, asset management, construction, leasing, entitlement experience and development strategy to help owners operate better today and create more value tomorrow.
Talk with AYANAPROPERTY MANAGEMENTASSET MANAGEMENTVALUE CREATIONDEVELOPMENT + LEASING
AYANA MANAGEMENT
One team across the life of the asset.
We connect operations, leasing, construction, permits, capital decisions and development strategy. The goal is not simply to maintain a property. It is to understand what the asset can become and help ownership get it there.
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Asset Management
Ownership level thinking focused on performance, leasing, capital planning and long term value.
- Business plans + budgets
- Lease + tenant strategy
- Capital planning
- Asset repositioning
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Construction Management
Owner side coordination from planning through construction, keeping consultants, contractors, schedules and budgets aligned.
- Construction bidding
- Vendor selection
- Design team coordination
- Capital project oversight
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Permits + Entitlements
Experience navigating local agencies and coordinating the approvals, consultants and public process that move projects forward.
- Planning + building coordination
- Use + entitlement strategy
- Permit + approval management
- Utility + agency follow through
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Development Consulting
Strategy and execution support for redevelopment, adaptive reuse, hospitality concepts and repositioning opportunities.
- Project programming
- Financial + operational modeling
- Design + consultant coordination
- Opening + execution strategy
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Specialty Leasing + Merchandising
Creative leasing, operator recruitment and merchandising curation designed to improve occupancy, experience and long term asset performance.
- Restaurant + retail recruitment
- Tenant mix + merchandising strategy
- Food hall + hospitality leasing
- Pop ups + specialty uses
SELECTED PROJECTS
Experience across redevelopment, operations and leasing.
AYANA's work includes active redevelopment assignments, stabilized assets and specialty leasing projects. Our role can span design coordination, construction bidding, vendor selection, municipal approvals, merchandising curation, leasing and day to day execution.
Walnut Creek, California
850 South Broadway
Active redevelopment and owner side project oversight. AYANA is coordinating design, construction bidding, vendor selection, permits and entitlement approvals, utility and agency coordination, leasing strategy and merchandising curation to shape the tenant mix and reposition the property.
Livermore, California
2455 Railroad Avenue
Adaptive reuse redevelopment and food hall development. AYANA is overseeing project design, construction bidding, vendor selection, permitting and entitlement approvals, utility planning, project modeling, merchandising curation, specialty leasing and operator recruitment.
Emeryville, California
Emeryville Public Market
Restaurant and food hall leasing experience within an established multi operator marketplace, including operator outreach, concept evaluation and tenant mix strategy.
Orinda, California
Orinda Station Food Hall
Food hall leasing experience focused on restaurant operator recruitment, concept fit and building the right mix of tenants for a multi concept hospitality environment.
50+Restaurant tenants represented
OPERATOR + BRAND NETWORK
Leasing relationships that go beyond a listing.
AYANA has represented more than 50 restaurant tenants and works across restaurant, chef, hospitality and retail networks. That experience helps ownership reach operators, evaluate concept fit, curate the right merchandise mix and pursue opportunities that may not come through traditional leasing channels.
VALUE CREATION
Management should increase the value of the property.
We look beyond collections and maintenance. AYANA evaluates leasing, physical condition, tenant mix, operating costs, capital needs, development opportunities and market position to identify practical ways to improve performance and long term value.
01 Increase occupancy + strengthen tenant mix02 Curate merchandising + operator strategy03 Identify rent, renewal + lease opportunities04 Prioritize capital improvements with a purpose05 Navigate approvals that unlock better uses06 Reposition assets for the next investment cycle
OUR APPROACH
Operate like a manager. Think like an owner.
Understand
Know the building, leases, tenants, market, financial picture, risks and opportunities.
Plan
Connect operations, leasing, merchandising, capital, construction and ownership objectives into one plan.
Execute
Coordinate tenants, brokers, contractors, vendors, consultants and public agencies.
Create value
Turn better operations and smarter investment decisions into a stronger real estate asset.
OWNER + OPERATOR PERSPECTIVE
We think beyond the work order.
A maintenance issue can reveal a capital need. A vacancy can become a repositioning opportunity. A permit or entitlement can unlock a better use. The right tenant mix can change how a property performs. AYANA keeps day to day property operations connected to leasing, merchandising, construction, development strategy and long term value.
Property + facilities operationsAsset + investment strategyLeasing + merchandisingConstruction + capital projectsPermits + entitlement coordinationDevelopment + repositioning
THE TEAM
Entrepreneurial ownership. Institutional operating experience.
Founder + Principal Broker
Steve Mesita
Steve founded AYANA Retail in 2013 and is a co founder of Thrive Equities. A commercial real estate broker and developer, he works across leasing, brokerage, acquisitions, development, repositioning, hospitality and asset strategy throughout the Bay Area. Steve is also a Downtown Walnut Creek Board Member, bringing a community, placemaking and long term ownership perspective directly into AYANA's work.
Founder, AYANA Retail · Co Founder, Thrive Equities · Downtown Walnut Creek Board Member
Property Management + Operations
Nicole Mesita
Nicole leads property operations across commercial, residential and short term rental assets, including Airbnb. Her experience spans owner communication, guest and tenant experience, vendor coordination, maintenance, scheduling and portfolio oversight, with coast to coast support for owners seeking one responsive point of contact.
Senior Facilities + Operations Advisor
Mara Neves
Mara brings senior facilities and operations experience across national corporate and retail real estate environments, including work with EDENS and an Area Operations Manager role with Pitney Bowes Management Services supporting Cisco Systems across multiple West Region facilities. Her background includes large field teams, budgets and P&L, vendor RFPs, service agreements, SLA performance, construction coordination, compliance, business continuity, inspections, audits and day to day building operations.
Enterprise experience: EDENS · Cisco Systems · Pitney Bowes Management Services
On Site Property + Facilities
AYANA Field Team
Local field coordination connects ownership strategy to what is actually happening at the property through inspections, vendor access, repair verification, tenant communication, documentation and project follow through.
WHERE WE FIT
For owners who want more than a manager.
Commercial + retail propertiesMixed use + adaptive reuseFood hall + hospitality projectsDevelopment + repositioning opportunitiesInvestment propertiesMulti property portfolios
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