About

The Urban House.

About

The Urban House is a real estate development company rethinking how we look at buildings.

Rather than viewing new developments as buildings, we begin with a place. Places are where you meet new friends, discover food, explore art, or where people call home. The comfort we all feel at home comes from the familiar smells of food, traditions passed down by our families, ideologies, cultural references, and more. These are the intangible components of heritage passed down and created by each generation, and embedded in the DNA of the urban environment is heritage. Understanding the role of heritage in a site and listening to those who will engage in new developments is how new places can begin to be born.

Through experiences working with some of Los Angeles’ most respected developers, The Urban House has been part of 1111 Sunset, The Bloc, Playa Vista, NBCUniversal 20-Year Master Plan, The Google Hangar at Playa Vista, Residential Master Plan of The Alhambra, Ports O'Call Village; numerous public-private partnerships including Metro's 7th Street Station, CFD Mello-Roos Bond Districts 4-6 in Los Angeles, 7th Street DTLA; creation of historic districts, and more.

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Sample Projects

We believe in the projects we’ve worked on and we believe in their communities as well. We build upon what we have learned by reflecting on the places they have become. Small, Medium, Large or Extra Large they all build upon our mission to create places that help improve the urban environment.

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small

  • Alpine Courts

    Alpine Courts

    Co-Developed with J Lou Development, Alpine Courts saved and restored a. historic bungalow compound where Echo Park, Chinatown, and DTLA meet.

  • Coronado

    Redeveloped a set set of bungalows to create a series of courtyards and master-plan to include two additional units and make the property dually function as an urban farm.

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medium

  • Google Hangar at Playa Vista

    Leveraging prior experience working Playa Vista, developed strategy to allow Google campus to be constructed within existing entitlements with The Ratkovich Company.

  • Metro - Joint Development

    Managed the Metro Joint-Development of the first public-private connection of the underground rail in Los Angeles with The Ratkovich Company

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large

  • The Bloc

    Managed the master-planning, community outreach, entitlements and core & shell construction for one of Los Angeles’ largest redevelopment projects.

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extra large

  • 1111 Sunset

    Project executive for the master-planning and enttlements of a 1M square foot development to be built on the eastern edge of Echo Park.

  • Playa Vista

    Started career working for Playa Capital Company during the development of Phase 1 Residential and the entitlements for Phase 2.