Thompson | Dorfman Partners Hires Gillian Sutton Cho as Vice President of Development

Mill Valley, Calif.—Thompson | Dorfman Partners LLC, a professional developer, owner and manager of multifamily real estate, announced that industry veteran Gillian Sutton Cho has been hired as vice president of development.

In her new role, Cho is responsible for managing project specific acquisition and entitlement activities. Thompson | Dorfman Partners currently has nearly 1,200 residential units under construction or in the design or entitlement phase in the Bay Area. One of her projects includes a 100,000-square-foot mixed-use urban infill development in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, which will provide residential apartments and retail.

Previously, Cho served as vice president of development at Extell Development Company in New York City, where she led project management initiatives for large scale mixed-use development projects in Manhattan. These activities included working on the development of Riverside South, a 5,000,000-square-foot neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan with over 3,000 residential units, the completion of five residential buildings with the combined gross sellout of over $2 billion and the rezoning of Riverside Center, an 8.2-acre master plan, and the final site in the Riverside South neighborhood.

Prior to Extell, Cho worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company in their London and New York offices. While at Bain, Cho advised clients in the US, UK and continental Europe on corporate strategy, organization and acquisitions, working across multiple industries including hotels, financial services, private equity, healthcare and consumer products.

Cho obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from New College at the University of Oxford, England and her MBA from Harvard Business School.