Ryan Foster is a Lexington, KY native who has become a very successful investor and owner of several Lexington bars and clubs. After graduating from the University of Kentucky, Ryan began a career in banking and then used his experience and insights from the bank to get started in real estate investing. He's since accumulated well over 100 residential units in the region as well as several well known commercial properties in downtown Lexington. In this conversation, we explored how he got to where he is today, his experience with the Lexington night life scene, and his outlook on the developments happening downtown.

DevelopLex is a new limited series from Middle Tech diving into the ins & outs of real estate development and investing here in Lexington, Kentucky. This series will feature interviews with some of Lexington's most prominent real estate developers that have played a major role in building Lexington into what it is today.

Hosted by Weston Lockhart & Evan Knowles

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Intro music by SmithTheMister