HEADLAND PARTNERS / PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Development is a technical profession where experience equates to assurance of execution and good stewardship of capital. Headland's principals have decades of experience spanning multiple project types, from skyline-changing towers to complex adaptive reuse projects.
A non-exhaustive selection of the sponsors portfolio projects are below.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
26 PROJECTS / DEVELOPMENT & ADVISORY
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Entitlement, design, and sale of a prime mixed-use development site in Downtown Oakland. The sponsor secured entitlements, completed schematic drawings, and sold the site to Grosvenor, a large private international operator.
220,000+ gsf · 225 units · $125M development cost.
TIM ROONEY AS GENERAL PARTNER
DEVELOPMENTSAN FRANCISCO, CA
Office-to-residential conversion of a 30-story high-rise into a Class-A luxury residential apartment building with retail.
340,000 gsf · 418 units · $230M total cost · JV with pension fund & LifeCo construction debt · Best of the Rest Award, ENR (2016) · Deal of the Year, SF Business Times (2015).
During Principal's Tenure at Emerald Fund
DEVELOPMENTSAN FRANCISCO, CA
Ground-up construction of a residential high-rise and public park.
336,000 gsf · 326 units · $100M total cost · sponsor equity, HUD 221(d)-4 construction loan, California Infill Infrastructure grants, SOMA Stabilization Fund.
During Principal's Tenure at Emerald Fund
DEVELOPMENTSAN FRANCISCO, CA
Ground-up construction of a residential high-rise.
154,000 gsf · 162 units · $87M total cost · JV with pension manager and HUD 221(d)-4 construction loan.
During Principal's Tenure at Emerald Fund
DEVELOPMENTSAN FRANCISCO, CA
Ground-up construction of a residential high-rise.
450,000 gsf · 420 units · $230M total cost · JV with pension fund and LifeCo construction debt.
During Principal's Tenure at Emerald Fund
DEVELOPMENTBERKELEY, CA
Ground-up student housing development. Substantial value was created through entitlement, with loan appraisal valuing the land approximately $10M over basis.
95,000 gsf · 144 units / 293 beds · $63.8M total cost · fund equity & construction debt · Completed 2026.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTBERKELEY, CA
Ground-up student housing development. Substantial value was created through entitlement, with loan appraisal valuing land at approximately $7M over basis.
72,000 gsf · 66 units / 306 beds · $57.9M total cost · fund equity & construction debt · Completed 2026.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTBERKELEY, CA
Ground-up student housing development. Fully entitled and in for building permit.
69 units / 382 beds · $70.8M total cost · Completion Summer 2027.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTBERKELEY, CA
Ground-up affordable housing development.
77,900 gsf · 166 units · $57M total cost · fund equity & construction debt · Completed 2026.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Ground-up workforce housing development.
69,000 gsf · 117 units · $44.1M total cost · fund equity & construction debt.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTSAN DIEGO, CA
Ground-up workforce housing development.
130,700 gsf · 259 units · $80M total cost · Groundbreaking Q2 2024 · Completion Q2 2026.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTSANTA CRUZ, CA
Ground-up multifamily housing development.
130,700 gsf · 225 units · $80M total cost · Groundbreaking Q4 2025 · Completion Q4 2027.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Ground-up townhome-style apartments.
Completed 2021.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Ground-up townhome-style apartments.
90 units · Completed 2024.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Ground-up townhome-style apartments.
Completed 2024.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTEMERYVILLE, CA
Ground-up townhome-style apartments.
Completed 2023.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Ground-up townhome-style apartments.
Completed 2022.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Ground-up townhome-style apartments.
Completed 2023.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Ground-up townhome-style apartments.
Completed 2022.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Ground-up townhome-style apartments.
Completed 2020.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Historic downtown hotel adaptive-reuse renovation to 130 stylish apartments.
Completed 2024.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Complete renovation of a historic mixed-use building in downtown Oakland to 33 apartments.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Conversion of a historic church and schoolhouse into 60 residential apartment units, involving extensive restoration and seismic upgrades. The project is registered with the National Park Service and State Historic Preservation Office.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
DEVELOPMENTOAKLAND, CA
Complete renovation and seismic upgrade to an existing 130,000-square-foot historic cannery warehouse in Oakland’s Fruitvale District. Constructed in three phases over two years. ArtHaus Works combines creative office space, artist studios, and maker space under one roof.
During Principals' Tenure at Riaz Capital
ADVISORYPORTOLA VALLEY, CA
Development advisor for a complex mixed-income campus expansion of an existing senior life-care facility. Engaged residents, facilities employees, and city officials; led exploratory geophysical and fault studies; and produced a feasibility report for ownership.
Approximately $40M budget.
TIM ROONEY AS GENERAL PARTNER
ADVISORYOAKLAND, CA
Completed and sold out a condominium project on behalf of a construction lender after sponsor default.
During Principals' Tenure at Emerald Fund