Executive-grade advisory · KSA & the GCC

Expansion is not growth.
Disciplined expansion is growth.

Gateway carries a brand from first site decision to open door — every site judged against one model, every riyal of capital tied to a return, every decision gated before it is funded.

Why Gateway

Most brands scale on ambition. They open because a landlord called, sign leases without a payback number, and learn their unit economics only after the capital is spent. Gateway replaces that with a finance-backed system.

Every site is judged against one model. Every riyal of capital is tied to a return. Every decision is gated before it is funded.

01

We protect capital

No site is funded until the numbers clear a defined return.

02

We build systems

You keep a repeatable expansion engine — not dependency on an advisor.

03

We work to outcomes

We are measured in stores that compound, not slides delivered.

What sets us apart

The gap where most projects die.

Most advisors hand you a strategy, help sign a lease, and walk away. Every handover after that is a seam where cost leaks, timelines slip, and accountability disappears. Gateway removes the seams by owning the whole journey.

The usual way
Advisor Fit-out team Contractor Operations

Four owners, three handoffs, no single point of accountability.

The Gateway way
Site strategy Secure Survey Fit-out Handover

One owner, from deal to open door.

Our services

Two pillars. One continuous journey.

Real Estate secures the right sites on the right terms. Project Management turns them into trading stores. The specialist services below sit within this spine.

Pillar 01

Real Estate

Securing the right sites, on the right terms.

Pillar 02

Project Management

From site survey to handover to operations.

01

Portfolio Diagnostic

Unit economics audit of every existing location — before you clone a store twenty times, know whether the store you have makes money.

Real Estate
02

Unit Economics Model

One validated number set every future site must clear. The go / no-go financial gate for every candidate location.

Real Estate
03

Market & Site Strategy

A ranked 24-month city and district target map, with a site scorecard tied to your customer profile and catchment logic.

Real Estate
04

CAPEX & Capital Plan

A full rollout capital schedule by unit and year — a capital narrative a bank, partner, or board will back.

Real Estate
05

Execution System

A site-acquisition pipeline, LOI templates, negotiation playbook, and IC gate your team runs after we leave.

Real Estate
06–09

Project Management

Site survey and due diligence, design and fit-out coordination, construction and authority approvals, then snagging and clean handover to operations — one accountable owner from raw space to trading store.

Delivery
How we engage

Start small, or commit to the full program.

Three ways to work with Gateway. Each is built from the two pillars — and you keep control of scope and pace.

Advise

Get the strategy right first.

Real Estate advisory

We audit your current stores, build the unit model, map your target markets, and set the capital plan. You walk away with a clear, financed expansion strategy.

Best when you need a plan you can trust before you commit.
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Advise & Secure

Strategy, plus the sites to deliver it.

Real Estate, end to end

Everything in Advise — plus we run the search, negotiate the leases, and hand you a live pipeline of secured sites ready to build.

Best when you are ready to move on real locations.
Full Delivery

From first idea to open doors.

Real Estate & Project Management

Everything in Advise & Secure — plus we manage each site through design, fit-out, and approvals, all the way to handover to your operations team.

Best when you want one partner accountable end to end.
Track record

Sites found and secured.

12 sites delivered across Riyadh & the Central Region
6 sites
Spar Express
Riyadh & Central Region
Retail convenience
3 sites
Shovel
Thumama · Kharj Rd · Dirab
Specialty coffee
2 sites
Pickl
Riyadh
Premium burgers
Under construction
Slim Chickens
Riyadh
International QSR
Who leads Gateway

You are not hiring a firm. You are hiring the judgment behind it.

Haytham Elkasabgy
Co-Founder & CEO

Senior real estate leadership

Commercial development and expansion roles across KSA and GCC retail, F&B, and fuel-station sectors.

Giga-project experience

Development work connected to Riyadh's landmark projects: Qiddiya, Diriyah, King Salman Park, and Misk City.

Expansion & capital discipline

Turning brand ambition into financed, site-secured rollout programs, backed by unit-economics rigor.

Voice in the market

Author of the Expansion Intelligence newsletter and a conference speaker on data-driven site selection in the KSA market.

Let's talk

Let's build your next chapter on numbers, not hope.

Haytham Elkasabgy
Co-Founder & CEO · Gateway Real Estate Advisory
[email protected] +966 555 626 933 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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