Investment-Minded Development Process

We differentiate from other operators in our sector in that historically our investment capital is self-funded with very limited outside capital contributions from investors. As a bootstrapped investment firm, our focus has been applied towards cost efficiency and process optimization.

With our own money on the line, we've been forced to improve our process with an investment focus.

Typical Builder

1. Outsource many departments of the process, at mercy of vendor timeline

2. No emphasis to improve costs of labor and material to below market pricing

3. Limited recourse to control quality of deliverables

Pi Group

1. Full control on timeline expectations with inhouse staff

2. Constant emphasis to find cost-efficiencies to improve profit margins
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3. Oversight ability to influence the quality of the builds, to achieve higher exit prices
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Innovate

Our Journey: Milestones and Achievements

Journey of success

2014

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Development 2016

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2020 - California Housing crisis allowed a firm pivot to heavy-construction projects

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Full vertical integration

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Innovators

Meet Our Team

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Ken Pham

Chief Executive Officer

Experienced Investment executive with over two decades of successful and innovative real estate investment experience. Ken provides oversight to each department, utilizing his direct experience with the development process.

Vinh Le

Chief Operating Officer

Vinh provides executive-level strategy and operational support to streamline our investment pipeline with the goal of maximizing efficiency and reducing friction.

Mike Duong

Investment Capital Director

Mike oversees the finance & investment capital department, utilizing his background in commercial real estate investment and finance to design investment offerings which provide competitive risk-adjusted returns while mitigating downside risk.

Mike Barnett

Land Use & Entitlements Director

Mike specializes in identifying land use strategies and directs projects through planning, design, and entitlement.

Bach Le

Chief Construction Officer

Bach relies on his extensive background in institutional construction management to optimize our construction operations to minimize delays, and emphasize a return-centric approach.

Target Strategy

We target high-demand coastal markets in Orange County and Los Angeles County with strong appreciation potential & upward trending rent growth which have been historically insulated from macroeconomic market volatility. As developers, we aim for underpriced assets that have pricing dislocation due to fragmented or underutilized land use.

We take advantage of recently passed statewide legislation which makes residential land development much quicker, ultimately reducing risks by removing subjective elements of the design and permitting process. Further, fast tracked timelines provided by state legislation also reduces our permitting timeline, which brings tremendous cost savings associated with professional work (design revisions, redrafts), as well as financing costs.

Once acquired, we do a cost analysis to assess if we can preserve any existing units on the site, and we will use our inhouse design and construction teams to develop additional ADUs and maximize the land value.

Upon completion of construction, we can elect to refinance or market the property for sale, in order to return investment capital to our investors.