Alan M. Katz

Principal

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

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