Looking for an operator who’ll treat your space like their own?
TQM Hospitality builds restaurants and bars that anchor neighborhoods, fill seats, and stay full. If you own commercial space and you’re searching for a tenant who knows how to run it, we’d like to talk.
Atlanta-rooted. Operator-led. Built to last.
TQM Hospitality is an independent restaurant group founded by Juan Sebastian and Adam Berlin. We design, open, and operate full-service restaurants and bars across Georgia, with concepts shaped by hands-on hospitality experience, deep market knowledge, and a refusal to cut corners on quality.
We’re not a franchise. We’re not a fund. Every concept we open is one we’ve personally designed, financed, and run, and we’re in it for the long term.
3 concepts in Atlanta and Athens | 15+ years in Georgia hospitality | 100+ team members across our locations
Why landlords choose TQM
A great restaurant tenant does more than pay rent. They draw foot traffic, elevate neighboring tenants, and protect the long-term value of your asset. Here’s what we bring to the table.
Track record of staying open
Restaurants close. Ours don't. We underwrite our own deals conservatively, build our concepts to operate profitably through normal market cycles, and treat lease commitments as long-term partnerships rather than short-term bets.Concepts built for the location
Operators, not absentees
Founders are active in the day-to-day. We don't open and walk away. When something needs attention, a build-out issue, a neighborhood concern, a permit question, you're talking directly to the people who own and run the business.We don't drop a template into a space. Every concept we develop is shaped by the building, the block, and the surrounding tenant mix. The result is a restaurant that feels like it belongs there from day one, and stays relevant as the neighborhood evolves.The kind of spaces we open in
We’re actively evaluating new opportunities. Here’s a quick look at the deals that tend to fit.
Markets: Metro Atlanta (intown and key suburbs) | Select secondary Georgia and Southeast markets for the right opportunity
Project types: Ground-floor restaurant space in mixed-use developments | Standalone freestanding restaurant buildings | Adaptive reuse and historic conversions | Hotel F&B partnerships (lobby bar, signature restaurant, rooftop)
Size: ~3,500 to 7,000 sq ft, with patio or outdoor seating strongly preferred
Deal structure: Long-term leases (10+ years with options) | TI / build-out contribution welcomed and discussed openly | Open to white-box, second-generation, and shell conditions
Don’t see a perfect fit? Reach out anyway. The most interesting deals we’ve done started as conversations that didn’t match our criteria on paper.
Tell us about your space
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Building something we should know about?
We’d rather hear from you early than late. Whether you’re three years from breaking ground or your tenant just gave notice, the conversation is worth having.
