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REMINDER: Thesis Driven Interview with CERES – Live Tomorrow

An in-depth conversation about culinary-centric residential development, how CERES is building a new model around food as economic infrastructure, and why this approach may define the next generation of lifestyle communities.

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Paul Stanton & Brad Hargreaves
April 28, 2026

On Wednesday at 3pm EDT, Thesis Driven is hosting a live conversation with the team behind CERES to explore how they are building a new category of residential development centered on food, culture, and local economic activity.

This event is for accredited & institutional investors only.

Last week, Thesis Driven published a deep dive on CERES Chattahoochee Hills, the first purpose-built culinary-centric residential community in the United States. The project, now underway just outside of Atlanta, springs from a simple insight: wellness real estate has grown into a $548 billion market, yet food, the thing people organize their daily lives around, has rarely been treated as a primary amenity.

CERES is built around that idea. The development integrates food into the very fabric of the community rather than limiting it to a restaurant or weekend farmers market. Edible landscaping, a chef incubator, and a curated network of food and beverage businesses are core elements of the design. The model generates its own economic activity, attracts visitors, and strengthens over time, using food as the foundation for both community identity and long-term value creation.

What We’ll Cover

  • Why wellness real estate has become one of the fastest-growing segments in global property markets, and where food fits in

  • How CERES is bringing the European “gourmet cluster” model to U.S. residential development, with food and culinary culture at the center of daily life

  • Inside the CERES platform: chef incubators, edible landscapes, truffle orchards, and a self-reinforcing food economy

  • Culinary-centric development as a new residential category and investment thesis

  • Plans to replicate and scale the model across ten Sunbelt communities

Why Attend

Most residential developments add food as an afterthought, if at all. CERES takes a different approach. It starts with the idea that food shapes how people spend their time, where they go, and what draws others in. The model is built to turn that daily behavior into real activity and demand. This is a chance to hear how that plays out in practice.

Speakers

  • Dominique Love, Founder, CERES / CEO, The Nourish Group

  • Ellen Buckley, Managing Partner, CERES

  • Paul Stanton, Partner, Thesis Driven

  • Brad Hargreaves, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Thesis Driven