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Our Mission
Our mission is to develop modern, flexible, efficient and successful projects in the cities we love. We want to improve the way people interact with the spaces in which they work, live and play. CA South operates at the intersection of what buyers and tenants love but which the market is generally unsuccessful at providing.
Our Vision
We do not compromise on our brand standards or our investment discipline. We succeed because of our modern and elevated design, attractive locations, and heavy focus on market fundamentals. We are elevating the quality of the built environment while creating excellent returns for investors.
Deep Roots in the Southeast
We are a Nashville-based commercial real estate developer specializing in ground-up constructions of flexible living condominiums under the Modernest brand. Our company also has deep experience in industrial development and outdoor storage and launched Secured Outdoor Storage to capture this market opportunity.
experience
Track Record
11
Completed Projects
$400m
of Grounds-up Development
450+
Residential Units
850k+
Sqft of industrial space
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Where Efficiency Lives
Our work prioritizes efficiency through careful planning, thoughtful design, and disciplined development.
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The Modernest is a collection of architecturally distinctive residences in culturally rich urban neighborhoods. Each home is designed with intention – balancing thoughtful architecture, elevated interiors, and flexible ownership to support the way you live today.
About Our Founder
Meg Aubale Epstein is an experienced real estate developer with over $400m of completed ground-up development projects. CA South was founded in 2016 with the goal of creating affordable luxury condominiums in Nashville, an undersupplied and growing market category. The success of these initial projects has been scaled and refined over the past decade and exported into new markets under the Modernest brand.
CA South entered the industrial development space in 2019 as an early entrant to building shallow-bay industrial space for small to medium-sized enterprises. After successfully pre-selling several projects at record-breaking rates per square foot, CA South pivoted into doing several Outdoor Industrial Storage projects. CA South launched the Secured Outdoor Storage brand to express its unique multi-tenant outdoor storage thesis.
Previous institutional co-investors include several private family offices, Promanas, Argosy Capital, Griffin Partners, Pennybacker Capital, Halstatt Real Estate Parntners, and Belpointe.
Meg has served on the board of the Nashville Civic Design Center and the Children’s Museum, as well as a founding member of Braintrust – a support network to forward women entrepreneurs. Meg is an active member of YPO, the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the Urban Development Mixed Use Council, and supports the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Schermerhorn Symphony.
Meg Aubale Epstein, Founder & CEO
