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64 Years Ago, Ray Kroc Made a Decision That Completely Transformed McDonald's. The Rest Is History 06/02/2026

🚜 We’re moving dirt. But are we really in the land business?

64 years ago, Ray Kroc stopped thinking of McDonald’s as a burger company and started seeing it as a land company. That one reframe turned a struggling chain into a global empire.

Kroc didn’t profit from selling burgers. He profited from leasing land to franchisees which let him scale faster, buy more property, and build locations at a pace no one thought possible.

So what does that have to do with what we’re doing right now?

We just broke ground on our XSpace project in Houston on April 16th. Since then we've worked on:
✅ Site stripping & tree clearing
✅ Utility coordination
✅ Temporary water & power moving forward

We’re developing land as the ultimate value-add. Whether you lease or invest in a land fund, the opportunity set is massive.

Read more about Kroc’s game-changing shift 👇
https://na2.hubs.ly/H05FwXH0

And if you want to see what land development looks like in action, stay tuned for site photos and video coming this week!

64 Years Ago, Ray Kroc Made a Decision That Completely Transformed McDonald's. The Rest Is History The day Harry Sonneborn helped Ray Kroc realize McDonald's was really in the land business helped turn a floundering burger chain into a global giant.

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