Commercial Real Estate · Cleveland, Ohio

Disciplined commercial real estate, backed by three decades of family enterprise.

Wesley Development acquires, improves and holds retail and flex industrial properties in growing markets. We are the real estate platform of Wesley Holdings, the Wesley family office, and we invest our own capital with a long-term view.

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76,757

Square feet acquired

Buildings across two portfolios

Growth markets: Charlotte and Atlanta

1992

Family enterprise founded

01 — Portfolio

Real Estate Investments

Our first acquisitions are two small-bay flex portfolios in two of the Southeast's fastest-growing metros, acquired in 2026 alongside Scythe LLC, an experienced flex and light-industrial sponsor. Each was purchased below comparable sales and well below replacement cost, with a clear plan to lift rents to market and convert leases to triple net.

Charlotte MSA · Acquired 2026

Monroe Flex-Office & Industrial Portfolio

Monroe, North Carolina

Size

43,757 SF

Buildings

Product

Flex industrial & office

Built

2008–2018

Three buildings at 2620–2648 Nelda Drive, 1643 Campus Park Drive and 125 Pedro Street in Union County, one of North Carolina's fastest-growing counties, about 25 miles southeast of Charlotte. The portfolio carries a diversified tenant base of state and county agencies, healthcare, nonprofit and trade users, and was acquired at roughly 27% below comparable sales.

Business plan Lease up vacant bays, mark in-place rents toward market and convert to NNN, supported by sub-3% submarket vacancy.

Atlanta MSA · Acquired 2026

Gateway Drive Flex Park

Canton, Georgia

Size

33,000 SF

Buildings

4 on 5 acres

Product

Small-bay flex

Built

1999

An off-market acquisition of four single-story small-bay buildings at 295–299 Gateway Drive on the I-575 corridor in Cherokee County, one of Georgia's fastest-growing counties. Purchased roughly 24% below comparable sales in the Canton–Woodstock submarket, where flex vacancy sits near 2.5%.

Business plan Re-tenant bays toward market rents, move gross leases to true NNN with annual escalations and minimize landlord obligations.

Wesley Development is actively acquiring retail and flex industrial properties in Northeast Ohio and the Southeast.

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02 — Approach

What we buy, and how we hold it.

We focus on lower-maintenance commercial assets where hands-on ownership creates value: better tenants, stronger leases and professional management. Because we invest family capital rather than a fund, we are not on a fund clock. We hold for value, not for a deadline.

Asset types

Retail storefronts, neighborhood and anchored centers, single-tenant net lease, and small-bay flex industrial

Deal size

$1 million to $5 million per asset, building toward a $20 million portfolio

Markets

Northeast Ohio first, plus Columbus and growth markets in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas

Strategy

Value-add and income-producing; upgrade tenancy, convert to NNN, hold five to six years

Source

Off-market and broker relationships across our target markets, underwritten in-house with a focus on basis, tenant credit and replacement cost.

Improve

Re-tenant and renovate where it pays, professionalize management, and move leases to triple net with annual escalations.

Hold & realize

Patient family capital lets us stabilize, refinance and sell when value is maximized, at a stronger cap rate than we bought.

03 — Beyond Real Estate

Other Investments

Through Wesley Holdings, the family also invests in venture capital, private funds and institutional private markets. We back experienced managers we know personally, keep positions sized for the long term, and make every decision together as a family.

Venture Capital · Preventive Health

Pave Health Ventures

An early-stage fund investing in the evolution of preventive health, led by General Partner Jacob Myers, whose first venture, MedPilot, became Vytalize Health. The four Wesley siblings committed together in 2026 through a single family investment entity, with the ability to co-invest alongside the fund.

Private Fund · Cleveland

Ancora Bellator Fund

A fund managed by Ancora, the Cleveland-based investment firm known for its alternatives and shareholder-engagement strategies. The family is a limited partner in the fund, which marks its third anniversary in November 2026.

Private Markets

Institutional Private Equity & Alternatives

Commitments to private equity and alternative investment funds alongside diversified public-market portfolios, managed with leading private banks and reviewed by the family each quarter.

Operating Business · Since 1992

Tradesmen International

The family's founding enterprise. Joseph O. Wesley built Tradesmen into North America's leading provider of skilled construction craftworkers, the foundation on which every Wesley investment since has been built.

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04 — Our Story

Built by a contractor. Carried forward by his children.

Every Wesley investment traces back to an idea our father had on Ohio job sites more than thirty years ago.

Joseph O. Wesley began his career as a commercial electrical contractor in Northeast Ohio. Working alongside the trades every day, he saw how contractors struggled to match skilled labor to the peaks and valleys of their workload, and how the temporary-labor agencies of the day rarely delivered the quality construction demanded.

In 1992 he founded Tradesmen International to change that: a workforce of proven, safety-trained craftworkers who could supplement a contractor's core crew whenever the work required it. He built the company on three commitments. Improve every client's labor productivity. Give craftworkers reliable work, fair pay and room to grow. Protect the pride and craftsmanship that define the skilled trades.

Tradesmen grew from a Northeast Ohio start-up into North America's leading provider of skilled construction labor. Headquartered in Macedonia, Ohio, it expanded to more than 135 offices serving construction, industrial, energy and shipyard clients across the country, and its success went on to attract institutional owners including Wellspring Capital Management and Blackstone.

Our father brought the same discipline to his family's future. In 2015 he and our mother established the Wesley Family Foundation to give back to the communities that built the business.

After his passing, the four of us, Joe, Michelle, Jack and Jason, came together as Wesley Holdings, our family office, to carry his work forward. We make investment decisions together through a shared governance structure, with the support of long-standing legal, tax and banking advisors. In 2025 Joe and Jason formed Wesley Development to build a commercial real estate portfolio of our own, and in 2026 we completed our first acquisitions in North Carolina and Georgia.

Respect for the trades, discipline with capital and a long-term view. Those are the lessons he left us, and they guide every investment we make.

1992

Joseph O. Wesley founds Tradesmen International in Northeast Ohio.

135+

Tradesmen grows into a national network of local offices and thousands of craftworkers.

2015

Joseph and Kim Wesley establish the Wesley Family Foundation.

Next generation

The four Wesley siblings come together as Wesley Holdings to manage the family's investments.

2025

Joe and Jason Wesley form Wesley Development.

2026

First acquisitions close in Monroe, NC and Canton, GA.

Joe Wesley

Co-Founder, Wesley Development · Principal, Wesley Holdings

Jason Wesley

Co-Founder, Wesley Development · Principal, Wesley Holdings

Michelle Wesley Licata

Principal, Wesley Holdings · Vice President, Wesley Family Foundation

Jack Wesley

Principal, Wesley Holdings

05 — Giving Back

The Wesley Family Foundation

Our family established the Wesley Family Foundation in 2015 to give back to the communities that built us. Based in Pepper Pike, Ohio, the foundation has distributed nearly $3 million to charitable organizations, most of them in Northeast Ohio, with a focus on children, education, the hungry and homeless, and the places that make our region worth calling home.

2015

Year established

$2.9M

Distributed to charity since founding

20+

Organizations supported

Children's Health

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Replay for Kids and the Fearless Fighters Foundation, supporting children facing cancer, illness and disability.

Education

Gilmour Academy and The Ohio State University, supporting students and schools across Ohio.

Hunger & Homelessness

Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland, The City Mission and Akron Snow Angels, helping neighbors in crisis find food, shelter and a way forward.

Land Conservation

Western Reserve Land Conservancy, protecting and restoring the farmland, forests and green space of Northeast Ohio.

Arts & Culture

Playhouse Square, sustaining Cleveland's performing arts district and one of the region's great civic institutions.

Leadership

The foundation is led by Kim Wesley, President, and Michelle Wesley Licata, Vice President, and selects its grant partners directly.

06 — Contact

Bring us an opportunity.

We review retail and flex industrial acquisitions from brokers, owners and operating partners. Send an offering memorandum or a short summary, and a principal will respond directly.

Acquisitions

jmwesley@weshold.com

Office

Wesley Holdings
Pepper Pike, Ohio

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