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Sep 30, 2026 · 1:33:46

Steve Nygren - How Serenbe Is Rethinking The Way We Build Communities

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S03 / E28

Latest dispatch · Sep 30, 2026

Steve Nygren - How Serenbe Is Rethinking The Way We Build Communities

Steve Nygren has spent decades influencing how people experience Atlanta and how communities can be built differently. From launching the Pleasant Peasant and growing a restaurant company across eight states to helping…

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Steve Nygren has spent decades influencing how people experience Atlanta and how communities can be built differently. From launching the Pleasant Peasant and growing a restaurant company across eight states to helping shape the early vision for Midtown and ultimately founding Serenbe, Nygren’s career has centered around creating places that bring people together. In this episode we cover: Building the Pleasant Peasant and growing from one Atlanta restaurant into a major hospitality business The early transformation of Midtown Atlanta and the creation of the Midtown Alliance Leaving city life behind and the unexpected story of discovering the land that would become Serenbe Creating a development model that combines density, preserved green space, agriculture, walkability, and community Steve’s vision for the future of development and why connecting people with nature could shape the next generation of communities -- Sunbelt Developers is in partnership with Northspyre. Northspyre's platform is built to modernize the development process, replacing outdated spreadsheets and error-prone processes with automation, analytics, and AI. Check them out at northspyre.com -- If you have any commercial real estate needs, please reach out. Tim Wright tim.j.wright@cushwake.com More info: https://linktr.ee/timwright.cre