KASA PARTNERS brings over 60 combined years of relevant institutional experience, entrepreneurial zest, local knowledge and best practices in the real estate industry. Our experience is rooted with some of the most preeminent global real estate firms in the country. Together, we've built over $2 billion of real estate to date. We are 100% minority owned with a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Andrew K. Kawahara is a Partner at KASA Partners.
His experience in real estate development, corporate and public sector real estate, public and private partnerships, architecture and urban planning spans over 25 years. As a developer, Andrew has been involved in some of the most complex real estate projects and transactions in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Andrew serves as Principal role on KASA’s development projects including an 800-unit residential and retail development in South San Francisco . He led the 14-member development team for Salesforce’s proposed 1.9 million square foot, $2 billion headquarters in Mission Bay, San Francisco. He continues to lead KASA’s team to provide real estate advisory and project management services for many clients and institutions in Northern California. Previously, Andrew was Senior Vice President of Myers Development Company in San Francisco, where he oversaw day-to-day development of residential and office projects totaling in excess of $600 million. Projects include Centennial Towers, a two-phase 665,000 sf office campus, The Peninsula Mandalay, a 112-unit, 18-story residential tower and 80 Natoma, a 423-unit, 50-story luxury condominium tower in San Francisco. Prior to Myers, Andrew was Development Manager for a boutique development company in San Francisco specializing in housing in South of Market and at Jones Lang LaSalle in Silicon Valley. Andrew is a member of Urban Land Institute, where he is an UrbanPlan School Champion, and on the Community Relations Committee of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California (JCCNC). He is a registered architect in California and New York. Andrew served two-terms on the Board of Trustees for Mark Day School in Marin County and is currently Site Committee Chair. EDUCATION Harvard University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
