Approvals Into Assets
ZG Properties Development is a well capitalized boutique development and investment firm building residential and industrial assets across Southern California.
Our Philosophy
No Hands Off
A development return is not one decision. It is several hundred, made over several years, and most of the value leaks at the seams where one firm hands the project to the next. We took the seams out. ZG buys the land, carries the entitlement, pulls the permit, and closes the sale.
A principal sits on every one of those decisions. This is only possible because we are a small firm, and we intend to stay that way. Our principals have delivered ground up development from Southern California to Shanghai, including projects that helped shape that skyline. Small firm, large projects.
Our own capital goes into every project we sponsor. We are general partner on the majority of our portfolio, and where the alignment is right we come in as co general partner or as a limited partner. On selected assignments we provide the financing and the development management without taking title.
$200M+
Development Value
$80M+
In Project Pipeline
15+
Years Experience
What We Build
Residential
Multifamily, condominium, hotel, and commercial.
We focus on infill, in mature neighborhoods with strong renter demand and appreciation potential. By right is the preference, not the rule. We understand value is created at the approval and protected in the build, and we have the record to take the harder path when a site is worth it.
Industrial
Southern California started us in warehouses, and we never left. We carry an industrial project across its full life: site, shell, tenant improvement, occupancy. One team the whole way, so nothing is lost in a handoff.
Part of that work is cannabis. It is a specialized build. Heavy power, heavy ventilation, and a permitting path that runs alongside the building permit. Most shell developers will not take on cannabis TI. We will, and when an owner wants us through operations, we stay. We have been running successful cultivation facilities alongside our partners since the early days of legalization.
Services
Disciplined Process, Measured Outcomes.
Most of our ground up projects run under three years from acquisition to delivery, depending on project size and complexity.
The Principal
Two principals, decades of built work behind them, and a project manager who runs the job rather than reports on it. Nothing gets handed solely to a junior. The people who underwrite the deal are the people at the jobsite.