About Us

Timberline is a real estate developer, investor, and operator dedicated to pursuing opportunities and investments that exist at the intersection of architectural artistry and outsized investment returns.

We specialize in projects that are interesting, and which positively contribute to the development and growth of the communities we’re a part of. The result is one that benefits our investors and partners with financial success, and empowers residents to get the most out of the spaces they use for living and working.

As a full-service real estate company, our offerings include ground-up development, advisory services, and asset management.

Our Services

  • Development Services

    In order to navigate today’s ever-changing development environment and successfully build impactful real estate, it takes a lot more than just time and money.

    We have decades of experience developing properties from conception to completion. We’ll lend you the expertise of our team to ensure your next project is a successful one.

  • Advisory

    You have the vision and we have the experience to bring that vision to life. Our team will support you from strategy through execution.

    Advisory services are built to suit your needs, and include acquisitions & dispositions, due diligence, growth strategies, and expert counseling in navigating capital restructuring.

  • Asset Management

    Our asset management team will work with you to shape actionable strategies to both minimize downside risk and drive value creation.

    We’ll use our decades of firsthand expertise as principals to help guide you through times of challenge and times of growth, managing your assets as if they were our own.

Executive Team

Our real estate professionals have an active, entrepreneurial, hands-on management style. The result is a team able to quickly create, identify, execute and capitalize.

Simon Chen, CFA

Principal

Simon is the founder and Principal of Timberline, and a longtime real estate developer, investor and operator. Simon began his career as a banking analyst specializing in real estate investments. Since then, he has leveraged his analytical skills to establish himself as a proven leader with an impressive track record of heading up growth initiatives and development opportunities.

Prior to starting Timberline, Simon spent nearly two decades helping lead Madison Park Financial (MPF), a prolific, award-winning multifamily developer and investor in the San Francisco Bay Area. Simon served in several roles during his time at MPF, including the company’s CFO beginning in 2008, and later expanding into the role of COO; overseeing the firm’s real estate portfolio of over $700M of assets under management.

Simon founded Timberline to pursue opportunistic projects that are both architecturally compelling and capable of delivering exceptional value creation for investors and partners. Simon is proud to lead Timberline, and to continue demonstrating that thoughtful execution and great architecture are a winning combination for creating real intrinsic value.

Simon earned his Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and has been a CFA charterholder since 2010. He is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute, SPUR and the CFA Institute.

Join Us

Interested in joining our team of real estate development, investment and management professionals? Contact us to learn more about current employment opportunities.