KASA PARTNERS brings over 70 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 inclusion and equity initiatives.
Andrew K. Kawahara is a Partner at KASA Partners.
Andrew's experience in real estate development, corporate and public sector real estate, public and private partnerships, architecture and urban planning spans over 30 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 led the KASA team to manage over 950,000 square feet of tenant improvement for Salesforce at Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. He continues to lead KASA’s team to provide real estate consulting 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.
Andrew is currently Emeritus Trustee on the Board of Trustees at Mark Day School in Marin County and is currently its Site Committee Co-Chair. He is on the Board of Directors for the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California (JCCNC) and Vice Chair of its Community Relations Committee.
Andrew is a registered architect in New York.
EDUCATION
Harvard University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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 led the KASA team to manage over 950,000 square feet of tenant improvement for Salesforce at Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. He continues to lead KASA’s team to provide real estate consulting 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.
Andrew is currently Emeritus Trustee on the Board of Trustees at Mark Day School in Marin County and is currently its Site Committee Co-Chair. He is on the Board of Directors for the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California (JCCNC) and Vice Chair of its Community Relations Committee.
Andrew is a registered architect in New York.
EDUCATION
Harvard University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
