Founders

Brendan Morrow
Founding Partner

Brendan grew up in Fort Lauderdale, FL around the hospitality business. His father managed a resort and Brendan learned the value of devoting a business to customer service.

My favorite moments of any project are when a client or team member says "We've never had a project go like that before - that was so enjoyable." I work my tail off every day to take care of the little things so the big things don't intimidate our partners.

After building ever-larger hospitality projects up and down the east coast, Brendan took a leadership role with an ENR Top 400 contractor in Phoenix where he fell in love with senior living as the marriage of three passions: high-service hospitality, amenity-based residential and challenging health care.

He created Drive Development Partners to bring decades of lessons from his projects to an industry ready for innovation in new models.

Michael Hass
Founding Partner

Michael grew up in the construction and development business watching his father run a second-generation company his family owns. Michael took the opportunity to learn national-scaled construction with an ENR Top 100 GC. His first project was a skilled nursing addition to a 1920's-era CCRC in Philadelphia and centered around seniors continuously. In 2001, to address a specific need, Michael returned home to develop a new line of business for the family. Having created, grown, and stabilized that business, he returned to national senior living in 2006, taking a leadership role in preconstruction and design.

"Developing senior living projects goes far beyond real estate. I love going back to a community a year after it opens and hearing how happy residents are or how much they love a particular detail or space. There is purpose in what we do and it makes lives better."

To date, his career includes well over seven million square feet of senior housing projects at all acuity levels..