Skip to Content
HomeCenter managementWhat to think about when expanding your childcare center

What to think about when expanding your childcare center

Watch Recording

To get the recording and slides sent right to your email, please fill out the form below!

In this webinar, we explored what to think about when expanding your child care center. We sat down with Grafton Milne, Co-Founder and Designated Broker of Menlo Group Commercial Real Estate, and dove into considerations and strategic insights for successfully expanding your childcare center, covering topics such as location, facility requirements, and navigating the real estate landscape.

Access the recording below to discover key insights into choosing the right location, staffing considerations, and strategies for successful expansion.

Our Special Guest:

Grafton Milne

Grafton Milne | Co-Founder and Designated Broker of Menlo Group Commercial Real Estate

Grafton Milne is Co-Founder and Designated Broker of Menlo Group Commercial Real Estate and author of Childcare Center Success: How to Maximize Profits and Minimize Mistakes. Grafton has worked with many different childcare owners and directors throughout the childcare industry. In writing his book, he had the pleasure of working with childcare experts across the country to learn Childcare Center Success. As a result, he provides a unique perspective from a 30,000-foot view of what it takes to run a successful childcare center.

Key takeaways from Grafton

  • Strategic considerations for choosing the right location based on demographics, accessibility, and community dynamics
  • Specifics of expanding your childcare program, such as space and layout requirements, financial considerations, and understanding your lease and purchase options
  • Practical strategies for successful childcare center expansion, covering opportunity identification, challenge mitigation, and best practices to confidently lead your center’s growth

Resources and Links

Connect with us!

We want to hear from you! Fill out our survey to help us improve your webinar experience. Please do not ask for certificates here, as we can not follow up with you. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook.


Running a Child Care Centre is Hard…

We’d love to make it a little much easier! Did you know that parents are increasingly evaluating childcare centers on whether they offer digital parental communication, photo and video updates, and contactless check-in and billing? Lillio (formerly HiMama) helps to streamline your digital parent communications, join the family today and get a quote!

Professional development made easy with Lillio Academy

Lillio Academy is a new self-paced, online professional development platform designed to elevate early childhood educators through a wide range of engaging, high-quality training courses.

Click this link HERE to get unlimited access to our library of IACET certified training courses and all Lillio Webinars (with certificates!)