LANCE TATE + President
Lance Tate founded Tate Development + Investment, an asset agnostic development and investment firm, with the vision of marrying favorable financial outcomes with positive social impact. He brings over 20 years of diversified yet deep real estate experience as a seasoned leader in underwriting, evaluating, and guiding investment efforts for retail, office, entitlement, residential, industrial, and multi-family assets. He has proven to be exceptionally talented at sourcing deals in heavily competitive markets and acquiring entitlements in some of the most politically charged jurisdictions. Prior to founding Tate Development + Investment, Lance co-founded Fortbay, LLC a diversified development and investment platform responsible for over $250,000,000 of core Bay Area acquisitions. Prior to founding Fortbay, Lance founded Urban West, a real estate development and investment firm focused on ground up and value add commercial and residential infill projects. His previous post was at The Truax Group, a Temecula, CA based real estate development consulting firm, where he led marketing and business development efforts. In his career, Lance has been involved in the investment, entitlement, and development of well over $1,000,000,000 in real estate assets.
A Bay Area native, Lance attended the Harker School and Menlo School before earning his B.A. in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific. Lance currently resides in Del Mar, California, with his wife and four children.