Commercial real estate brokerage · Nationwide

Commercial real estate for mobility, fuel, and convenience retail sites.

GooseNest Inc. represents retail buyers and sellers of service stations, convenience stores, EV sites and commercial land, from single sites to multi-state portfolios. We bring the discipline of a major-oil real estate program to every transaction, with the speed and efficiency our clients require.

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35+Years in commercial real estate and energy transactions

$2.6BDownstream asset disposition directed for Shell North America

500+Service stations placed into three Shell joint ventures

US · CASingle-site disposal program managed across both markets

Services

Brokerage from site search through closing.

We work as the buyer's, seller's or landlord's representative. We run each deal as a managed transaction: a clear delivery strategy, innovative and market-tested approaches that solve problems and bring parties together, and a sharp read on each asset's real estate potential.

Sell side

Dispositions

Single-site and portfolio sales, packaging, marketing to qualified operators and investors, and offer negotiation.

Buy side

Acquisitions

Site selection, network pipeline development, market and traffic screening, LOI through purchase agreement, and buyer representation at closing.

Income

Leasing & sale-leasebacks

Ground leases, NNN leases and sale-leaseback structures for operators who want to free capital from their real estate.

Portfolio

Portfolio strategy

Hold-or-sell reviews, bundling of sites for sale, and exit programs for multi-site owners.

Land

Land & redevelopment

Pad sites and closed stations repositioned for retail, QSR, EV charging or other commercial use.

Pricing

Broker opinions of value

Market-based pricing guidance for owners, lenders and estates preparing to buy, sell or refinance.

Property types

The sites we know best.

GooseNest has a comprehensive, detailed process to ensure our clients understand the end-to-end transaction, from initiating the project to acquiring or selling the site or portfolio, and to developing a site pipeline that builds a retail network.

Service stationsConvenience storesTravel centers Car washesEV charging sitesQSR & retail pads Cardlock fuelingClosed & surplus stationsMulti-site portfolios

Key components of the transaction process

Leadership

Experience from the owner's side of the table.

GooseNest was founded by a former head of real estate for Shell in North America. We understand how large owners buy and sell sites, and we bring that process to every client.

Gary Ragusa

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Gary Ragusa is a real estate and energy executive with more than 35 years leading complex transactions and large asset portfolios across North America and globally.

At Shell Oil, Gary served as North American Retail Real Estate General Manager, directing the $2.6 billion disposition of downstream assets, and as Global Real Estate Transactions Standards Manager, where he built the acquisition and disposal framework used across multiple continents. As Americas Facilities Business Manager, he oversaw more than $500 million in annual services across the Deer Park and Norco refineries, 16 Gulf of Mexico platforms and the Shell Technology Center Houston.

Earlier in his career he formed three Shell joint venture companies covering more than 500 service stations and managed Shell's US and Canadian single-site disposal program.

Former North American Retail Real Estate GM, Shell Oil
Former Global Real Estate Transactions Standards Manager, Shell
Former Americas Facilities BM, Shell

Daryl Zipp

Chief Broker Officer

Contact

Buying or selling a site or portfolio?

Tell us about the property or the market you are looking in. We will follow up to talk through pricing, timing and next steps.

Phone(346) 241-0906
Emailinfo@goosenestcorp.com
OfficeRice Military, Houston, TX 77007
HoursMonday–Friday, 9 am – 9 pm CT