Senior Real Estate, Construction Project Management, and Operations Professional with over twenty years of experience within several different sectors of the real estate and construction industry.

As Managing Director for the San Francisco office of Gensler, Hao leads with design and is focused on building a dynamic practice through an open and collaborative culture. An inquisitive architect by nature, he is passionate about transforming experiences based on a deep understanding through research, the craft of technical excellence and a rigor of intellectual thought, all while striving to design beautiful places that impact people for the better. Working with diverse and talented teams, Hao’s projects such as The Tower at PNC Plaza, NVIDIA Headquarters, Adobe Systems’ Headquarters, and Mercedes- Benz USA Headquarters have elevated the firm’s national and international profile and are well known for their high level of innovation and quality. He is an alumnus of UC Berkeley, where he graduated with Highest Honors, and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

A Strategic Counselor In Securing Land Use Approvals Margo is best known for her practical and strategic approach to the land use approval process. She counsels clients on structuring entitlement strategies that not only satisfy legal requirements, but also maximize client objectives and opportunities to develop political support, neutralize opposition, and minimize the risk of challenge. With over 30 years of experience in jurisdictions spanning the Bay Area, Margo guides developers, corporate users, lenders, and non-profits from due diligence and entitlement strategy development through successful project approval. She assists clients in securing entitlements for transit-oriented and urban infill projects, corporate campuses (including technology and biotechnology), office and industrial parks, data centers, residential and mixed-use projects, retail and lifestyle centers, senior housing, military base reuse projects, schools, and an array of other projects. A Trusted Advisor For California Developers Margo is one of Northern California’s leading entitlements lawyers. Clients trust Margo for practical, experienced counsel on the full gamut of development laws, including general and specific plans, zoning, development agreements, housing law (including Builder’s Remedy, Housing Element Law, Housing Accountability Act, Density Bonus Law, Accessory Dwelling Unit Law, SB 330, AB 2011/AB 2243, and SB 35/SB 423), historic resources, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), subdivisions, use permits, and fees and exactions. Land Use Advice For Real Estate Acquisitions And Dispositions Margo advises clients on the land use aspects of acquisitions and dispositions. She has extensive experience advising both buyers/tenants and sellers/landlords in real estate transactions that are contingent on the receipt of land use entitlements. Margo also conducts land use due diligence for real estate acquisitions and dispositions and portfolio transactions. Bio from coxcastle.com/profesionals-bradish-margo-n

Stuart has more than fifteen years of experience in professional land use planning, guiding many proposals through from initial contact to completion. Experience with land acquisition, the entitlement process, development design, land development, project presentation and negotiations Works effectively with citizen committees, elected officials, ad-hoc citizen groups and the general public on matters related to planning and community development, providing a high level of customer service AICP Member, American Institute of Certified Planners 2006 - current Above text pulled from https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuwagner/.

Chris specializes in entitlement, financial analysis and land acquisition. Chris works with some of the largest clients in Northern and Southern California including Tishman Speyer, Lennar Urban, TMG Partners, Morgan Stanley, The Pauls Corporation, CIM Group, Trumark Urban and others. Over the past decade, Chris has brokered and consulted on land transactions involving over 10,000 condominium residences and apartments. Since 2012, Chris has brokered over $400 million of development projects for clients in the San Francisco area. Chris spends his time and expertise helping non-profit organizations such as the Homeless Prenatal Program, Sword to Plowshares, Family House and United Playez; he is also a board member at the Chinese American International School in San Francisco and the East Cut CBD. Above text from groundmatrix.com/team/chris-foley/. Chris Foley was a co-founder of Polaris Group. His background includes over twenty-five years of commercial and residential brokerage experience. Chris’ clients have developed thousands of new condominium residences across the region and he acts as a consultant for some of the largest developers in the Bay Area. Chris’ expertise lies in the area of land acquisition, site analysis, construction financing and risk management.

As Chief Executive Officer for Related California’s Northern California Affordable and Northwest Divisions, Ms. Silverberg is responsible for the strategic direction, overall management and daily operation of the company’s over $3.5 billion affordable portfolio in Northern California and the Northwest. For the past six years, Ms. Silverberg has overseen or directed the growth of the affordable pipeline in Northern California and the Northwest to over 5,000 units under construction and in predevelopment. Prior to joining Related California, Ms. Silverberg was Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at BRIDGE Housing Corporation where she directed and oversaw their Northern California Division. She led the development and redevelopment of more than 8,000 affordable, mixed-income, mixed-use and transit-oriented housing units, including the acquisition and redevelopment of nearly 1,000 public housing units in San Francisco and Sacramento, the joint venture development of mixed-income residential units with Essex in the Transbay area of San Francisco, and mixed-income residential units in Santa Clara County. She directed the capital aggregation and placement of equity and debt for their Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and non-LIHTC developments, and oversaw the negotiation and placement of over $3 billion in project level debt and equity. She is a recipient of the Northern California Real Estate Women of Influence and Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business awards by the San Francisco Business Times, and has been recognized as one of the most dynamic women in commercial real estate by BISNOW. Ms. Silverberg is the immediate past chair of the Board of Directors of the California Housing Consortium and was a co-chair of California State Treasurer Ma’s California Debt Limit Allocation Committee/Tax Credit Allocation Committee Working Group. She serves as the co-chair of the Bay Area Council Housing Policy Committee and is on the Housing Policy Committee of the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). She was appointed to the SF Housing Leadership Council, is a board member of the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC), vice chair of the ULI San Francisco Local Product Council, and past president of the Board of Directors of the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California. Ms. Silverberg is a faculty lecturer in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, where she teaches a graduate level methods class in affordable housing finance. She holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles. Above text from https://www.relatedcalifornia.com/our-company/leadership/ann-silverberg.

Angela Biggs is the Managing Director, Investment for Grosvenor Americas. She is responsible for the acquisitions and dispositions of multifamily, retail and office properties in Northern and Southern California. She serves on Grosvenor Group's Eaton Program, a global initiative designed for its ten members to enable improvement through the delivery of strategically significant projects and the sharing of best practices across worldwide operating companies. Angela co-chairs ULI NEXT for ULI SF and is an active volunteer for Urban Plan. Previously, Angela oversaw portfolio management for the Sares Regis Group Value-Add Multifamily Funds, as well as acquisitions and asset management at Vantage Data Centers and Farallon Capital Management. She holds a BA from University of California Los Angeles and an MBA from Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. Angela is the mother of two young kids and lives in the Richmond District of San Francisco. She supports Science is Elementary, which brings experiment based classes to elementary schools in the Bay Area, and Upwardly Global, which aids immigrants with the job search process in the United States.