About Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Realty actively seeks opportunities to partner with growing tenants looking to expand. Our platform provides turnkey development services that can include the entire spectrum, from strategic planning/site selection to construction management and final occupancy.
Our Goals
Rocky Mount Realty actively seeks opportunities to partner with growing tenants looking to expand. Our platform provides turnkey development services that can include the entire spectrum, from strategic planning/site selection to construction management and final occupancy.
Our Mission
We are selective in what we take on, and pursue projects where we can leverage our experience in high visibility retail & restaurant properties. We develop commercial buildings that are pre-leased or easily filled – typically the strongest retail properties in trade areas with high visibility & great access.
Acquisition
At Rocky Mount Realty, we are uniquely well-positioned to take advantage of attractive acquisition opportunities. With 10+ years of successful retail and restaurant development experience, we are typically able to reposition and enhance the performance of acquired properties. Our project size varies from single-tenant sites to multi-tenant retail centers throughout the Mid-Atlantic. We’ve balanced a well-capitalized approach with each acquisition, with a hyper focus on speed and successful execution.
Patrick O'Connell
Founder
Mr. O’Connell graduated from Boston College in 2001 and began his career at a small boutique merchant bank in Boston, raising capital and advising on/quarterbacking small to middle market mergers & acquisitions.
In 2007 he and a partner acquired a chain of 17 Little Caesars Pizza restaurants in southwest Virginia. In 2014 he bought out his partner and began acquiring & developing real estate for new, higher visibility drive-thru Little Caesars locations. The business was then headquartered in Rocky Mount, VA, and Rocky Mount Realty, LLC was born.
Today, the Little Caesars Pizza chain has grown to 70+ units throughout Virginia & the Carolina’s, and the realty entity has grown to become a stand-alone business. Rocky Mount Realty, LLC owns, manages, and develops commercial real estate not only for Little Caesars but for a wide variety of regional & national tenants, including T-Mobile, Chipotle, Tropical Smoothie Café, Benjamin Moore, Safelite Auto, and Jersey Mike’s.
We maintain a offices in Cohasset, MA & Roanoke, VA, and a digital mailbox in Charleston, SC.
