Alan Katz, Principal

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Alan Katz
ALANKATZ@BROOKWOOD.PARTNERS
MOBILE: (510) 499-5674

Alan Katz is a Co-Managing Principal of Brookwood Partners and, with Chris White, leads the firm’s development and strategic advisory services in California.

Alan’s work with TK-12 clients includes Jefferson Union High School District, Cabrillo Unified School District, Culver City Unified School District, Chula Vista Elementary School District, and Pacifica School District.

Alan’s broad experience as an urban designer, architect, corporate real estate leader, and private sector developer guides his project understanding and overall strategic approach to real estate in both the private and public sectors.

Prior to becoming Co-Managing Principal of Brookwood Partners, Alan was President and Vice Chair of Brookwood Group, Inc where he led the company’s real estate strategic advisory and development management practice in California.

Prior to joining Brookwood, Alan was Senior Vice President of Development at Stockbridge Capital, advising on property acquisition and disposition, due diligence, and oversight of development activities with several of Stockbridge’s operating partners. Stockbridge is a real estate investment management firm pursuing opportunistic, value add, and core investment strategies across multiple product types.

Alan’s previous experience also includes serving as Director of Development for two real estate investment trusts - Spieker Properties and Equity Office Properties. Alan led the approvals, development and construction of the award-winning Park Place at Bay Meadows Project in San Mateo, a mixed-use 10-acre infill development.

Earlier in his career, Alan served as Director of Corporate Real Estate, Facilities and Operations for a publicly traded international specialty retailer where he reported to both the CFO and the COO.

Alan is a Licensed Architect in California and has practiced architecture and urban design with SOM (Chicago), Cooper-Eckstut (NYC) and RMW (San Francisco) with an emphasis on adaptive reuse of existing buildings, master planning strategies and urban infill projects.

Alan holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree from UC Berkeley, a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University and a Masters in Urban Design from Harvard University.

He resides in Oakland, California.


EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts with Honors, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University

Master of Urban Design, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

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Registered Architect, State of California

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Chris White, Principal

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Chris White
CHRISWHITE@BROOKWOOD.PARTNERS

Chris White is Co-Managing Principal of Brookwood Partners and co-leads the firm’s development and strategic advisory services in California.

Chris’ work with TK-12 clients includes Jefferson Union High School District, Cabrillo Unified School District, Culver City Unified School District, Chula Vista Elementary School District, and Pacifica School District.

Chris joined the Brookwood organization in 2017 and has since been leading major Bay Area development and advisory projects, including 380 units of high-rise housing in downtown Oakland and the entitlement of more than 1,000 residential units on the San Francisco Peninsula. He has led several of Brookwood’s other high-density housing and mixed-use projects including a commercial, hospitality and residential project in Santa Clara. In addition to the development management of these projects, Chris also provides financial analysis and proforma underwriting for project capitalization.

Throughout his career, Chris has played an integral role in billions of dollars of real estate development projects and investments. Prior to joining Brookwood, Chris acquired multifamily properties with a large owner of apartments in San Francisco. His responsibilities included developing the investment strategy for each new acquisition, raising debt and equity capital, and leading the financial analysis, due diligence, and closing process. Chris then oversaw the design and construction team to execute on the rehabilitation or redevelopment strategy for the real property assets acquired.

As with Alan, Chris worked with Stockbridge Capital, where he played a key role in the development and capitalization of some of the largest projects in California including Bay Meadows Phase II, located in San Mateo. The mixed-use project included more than 1,100 units of housing, 700,000 square feet of office, and the public infrastructure to support the community including parks, utilities, and preparation of land pads for sale.

In Southern California, Chris worked closely with the Executive Managing Director of Stockbridge providing the complex financial analysis required for the capitalization and strategic disposition of Hollywood Park, a $3 billion mixed-use 238-acre village that includes housing, office, retail, and the new SoFi stadium to host the LA Rams and Chargers.

Prior to moving to San Francisco, Chris worked with The London Group Realty Advisors in San Diego where he specialized in market analysis and financial feasibility studies for investment and development projects including student housing, office, and retail. Chris has also worked in architecture and construction management, and holds a BA in Economics from UCLA.

He resides in Oakland, California.


EDUCATION

BA in Economics, UCLA

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Alex Weinberg, Development Manager

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Alex Weinberg
alexweinberg@BROOKWOOD.PARTNERS

Alex Weinberg is a Development Manager at Brookwood Partners where he assists the firm’s clients with a range of real estate development activities. He is currently engaged in feasibility studies with Calistoga Joint Unified School District and Novato Unified School District.  

Alex’s real estate experience is focused on the financing and development of multifamily housing in California. He has expertise in investment due diligence, deal structuring and public-private partnerships, and project management. 

While earning his MBA at UC Berkeley, Alex was a Fellow at Terner Housing Innovation Labs where he led the annual selection process of the Housing Venture Lab, an accelerator program for early-stage ventures advancing housing affordability. He also worked as a Real Estate Acquisitions & Investments Analyst at New York-based Jonathan Rose Companies, where he underwrote investments in the preservation and rehabilitation of affordable housing including LIHTC and Section 8 properties.   

Prior to his focus on housing, Alex was a Consultant at Bain & Company in San Francisco where he worked with clients across the private and social sectors.  His work included strategic advisory services, portfolio analysis, and investment due diligence for a range of corporate firms and nonprofit organizations. 

Alex holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College, and an MBA from UC Berkeley with a concentration in Real Estate.


EDUCATION

BA in Economics, Dartmouth College

MBA with concentration in Real Estate, UC Berkeley

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