Primrose Schools, the premier early education and care leader with more than 480 franchised locations, has named Nick Koros as chief development officer. In this role, Koros will oversee Primrose's development strategy, including real estate, franchise sales and acquisitions and conversions. He is also charged with accelerating the company's footprint of schools through innovative franchise and real estate development strategies and pursuing key partnerships that gain Primrose early consideration for new greenfield site development, conversions and build-to-suit projects.

 Koros has extensive experience helping industry-leading brands, such as Boston Market, P.F. Chang's and Starbucks, strengthen their presence in competitive markets through multi-unit real estate projects and aligning the objectives of franchise owners, real estate partners and other key stakeholders. Most recently, Koros served as chief development officer for Go Car Wash, where he led real estate strategy to increase the company's market presence by 166% in one year. He also served as senior vice president of real estate, development and construction for Life Time, Inc., where he expanded its locations by nearly 50% and grew the future development pipeline by 200%.

"Every school Primrose opens is an expression of the shared commitment of its dedicated development team, franchise owners and real estate partners to enhancing communities, and I am humbled to have this opportunity to play a role in expanding access to quality early education and care," said Koros.

Trained in working across multiple disciplines to reach common goals, Koros is well qualified, as he holds a Juris Doctor as well as a Master of Business Administration and received his bachelor's in economics and sociology from UCLA. He has also obtained a master business strategy certification from Cornell and is LEED Design accredited by the US Green Building Council.