SAN FRANCISCSO-Thompson | Dorfman Partners LLC, a developer, owner and manager of multifamily real estate, plans to expand its Northern California portfolio by spending more than $500 million on new multifamily and mixed-use developments within the next three years. Thompson | Dorfman Partners currently has nearly 1,200 residential units under construction or in the design or entitlement phase in the Bay Area.
The company hired industry veteran Gillian Sutton Cho as vice president of development, and she will play a key role in building the Northern California portfolio. In her new role, Cho is responsible for managing project specific acquisition and entitlement activities.
One of her projects includes a 100,000-square-foot mixed-use urban infill development in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, which will provide residential apartments and retail.
Previously, Cho served as vice president of development at Extell Development Co. in New York City, where she led project management initiatives for large scale mixed-use development projects in Manhattan. These activities included working on the development of Riverside South, a 5-million-square-foot neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan with more than 3,000 residential units, the completion of five residential buildings with the combined gross sellout of over $2 billion and the rezoning of Riverside Center, an 8.2-acre master plan, and the final site in the Riverside South neighborhood.
Prior to Extell, Cho worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co. in their London and New York offices. While at Bain, Cho advised clients in the US, UK and continental Europe on corporate strategy, organization and acquisitions, working across multiple industries including hotels, financial services, private equity, healthcare and consumer products.
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