Who We Are

Proudly based in Nashville, our company was founded with the convergence of three partners. While we have different backgrounds and skill sets, we share a common passion for serving clients and solving their problems, big and small.

Trent Yates

Partner
 

Trent provides a unique perspective in advising clients with leasing and acquisition/disposition projects. As a former attorney, he is skilled in balancing creative vision with realistic deal-making. His clients are diverse across product types including corporate office, multi-market healthcare clinics, and retail. He has extensive experience in adaptive reuse projects with mixed components of both creative office and amenity retail.

Away from work, Trent values spending quality time with his wife, Alex, and their two children. He’s a frequent jogger, an avid sports fan, and loves to try new restaurants. Trent appreciates the creative culture in Music City and serves on the Board of Directors for the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville.

Jeremiah Pyron

Partner
 

Jeremiah brings a deep understanding of the market to his clients due to his extensive experience in economic development. Jeremiah assists corporate office and healthcare clients with the development and implementation real estate strategies to provide the best outcome possible. With expertise in both tenant and landlord leasing, as well as the acquisition and disposition of assets, Jeremiah’s broad knowledge guides clients through a range of scenarios and transaction types.

Jeremiah and his family enjoy hiking the trails at Warner Park along with visiting the nature center with their daughters. He is President of the Board for Friends of Warner Parks. They enjoy traveling, listening to live music, and Jeremiah is an aspiring upright bass player.

Stephen Songy

Partner
 

Stephen focuses on serving healthcare services leaders in a variety of areas to support their firms’ real estate needs, across the life cycle of the company and their assets. A consultant at heart, he enjoys collaborating with clients at the intersection of people, processes, technologies, data, and strategy to develop and implement custom solutions. Additionally, he prides himself on an ability to work through complex development, leasing, and capital markets projects, with extensive experience on build-to-suit leasing projects.

Outside of work, Stephen spends time with his wife, Kimberly, chasing their three small children around town and training at CrossFit to keep up with them. A Louisiana native, he enjoys fishing and rich Cajun cuisine. When given the opportunity to truly “geek out,” he attempts to keep up with the latest technology and data trends, including AI, IOT, AVs, and blockchain.

Will Swain

Director of Project Management
 

Will delivers comprehensive project planning and execution to Sagemont clients, tailoring his service to meet the needs of each client at each project. Will worked his way through school in the employ of a general contractor then at the University of Memphis HVAC shop. He was also the battalion welder in his local Tennessee Army National Guard unit at the time. His roots in the trades paired with his education and experience in real estate development give Will the ‘bought knowledge’ and technical aptitude to inform his clients on project feasibility and specific risks. He frames his process around understanding what defines project success to each client.

Will, his wife, Heather, and their daughters enjoy travel and theatre. Will is also fond of the great outdoors and can frequently be found (though not too easily) fishing, kayaking, or hiking.

Lanier Daniel

Operations Coordinator
 

Lanier joined the Sagemont team during the Summer of 2020. She graduated from Auburn University in 2017 with a degree in Public Relations and Business. War Eagle. Intrigued by the growth and development of urban areas, she quickly knew she wanted to pursue a career in real estate post-graduation. She has a background in residential and commercial real estate, both on the operational and marketing sides of the business. Moving to Nashville from Atlanta, Lanier is a big Atlanta sports fan. In her spare time, you can find Lanier spending time outdoors, reading the latest on Reese Witherspoon’s book club list, or exploring Nashville’s vibrant restaurant scene.