Projects &
Properties
Timberline specializes in developing and owning one-of-a-kind living communities, seamlessly blending beauty and functionality into every space.
From constructing new developments to acquiring or converting existing buildings, all of our projects share a common theme – enhancing the lifestyles of the people that occupy them.
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.
Work With Us
Private Investors & Family Offices
Real estate has long served as the tried and true method of establishing and preserving generational wealth.
Our relationships with private investors and family offices are rooted in trust, transparency, and clarity. Family office clients and private investors know us as fiduciaries, but think of us as family.
Public & Institutional Partners
We believe the success of institutional partnerships starts by approaching every problem with flexibility. Every institution has unique goals, and we aim to personalize our partnerships with each company’s specific objectives in mind.
It’s discipline that defines us and ensures the long-term success of any institutional partnership.
