The Pinyon Group prioritizes social and environmental equity through the creation of thoughtful, contextual real estate developments with an emphasis on artfully designed sustainable urban housing at all income levels.

Our Ethos

We believe that intentional real estate development has the power to effect positive environmental, social, and policy change. Our values hold us accountable in our quest to influence positive change in all our pursuits.

Integrity

We value truth, transparency and trustworthiness. Our word is our bond and our reputation is our greatest asset.

Equity

We recognize the vast disparities in access to basic resources (such as housing) and work diligently to create a diversity of equitable opportunities for all – both through our projects and through our advocacy.

Nimbleness

We choose to stay highly focused on select projects and initiatives to ensure that we can adapt quickly – and respond wisely – to inevitable change.

Impact

We are unwavering in our commitments to social responsibility, environmental sustainability, and creative community-centered placemaking.

Our Partners

  • Century Housing
  • Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • City of Los Angeles
  • Genesis LA
  • Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles
  • Related California
  • The Max Collaborative
  • Thomas Safran & Associates
  • USA Properties Fund, Inc.
  • US VETS

Our Focus

The Pinyon Group is deeply committed to addressing issues of social and environmental equity through thoughtful, contextual, and beautiful real estate projects. We excel at applying our creativity and expertise to leverage a multitude of policy and financing tools to achieve these ends.

Urban Real Estate Development

The Pinyon Group develops real estate–for own account, in partnership with land owners, and on behalf of clients–with a keen focus on developing projects that leave the world in a better place than which we found it. We are passionate about good design, and are experts in creatively utilizing public-private partnerships, tax credit finance, tax-exempt bonds, and a variety of other forms of market-based public and  private financing (including impact investment and philanthropic initiatives) to bring worthy projects to fruition.

Construction Management

With experience directly managing the construction of over 5,600 residential units (from lowrise to midrise to highrise), The Pinyon Group’s wholly owned construction management subsidiary, TPG CMS LLC, provides access to a team with an intimate understanding of construction logistics and real time cost estimating data from the very earliest stages of a project. As projects progress from concept through value-engineering and construction, they offer an expert team to negotiate the documentation for, and oversee the delivery of, highly-complex construction projects to ensure the delivery of projects on-time and on-budget.

Advisory & Consulting

Our Advisory & Project Delivery Services turn vision into reality. With over $5 billion of project experience as real estate developers, builders, operators, and institutional investment fund managers, our advisory services are highly-informed, action-oriented, and steeped in “real world” perspective–which our clients and partners find to be invaluable and critically important to their mission.

Our People

Robert T. De Forest

Founder & Principal

Jay H. Stark

Principal

Sean Buran

Managing Director of Development & Construction

Kyle De Leon

VP of Finance

Michelle Morehead

Development Manager

Hollie Williams

Development Associate

Lemon

SVP of Barketing

Our Info

633 West 5th Street
Suite 5880
Los Angeles, California 90071

Phone: (213) 438-9008
Email: info@thepinyongroup.com

The Pinyon is a beautiful and resilient evergreen tree that is able to thrive in harsh climates while producing a nutritious pine nut that has sustained human and animal populations since prehistoric times.