Dedicated to helping clients successfully

put together the puzzle pieces…

of a real estate negotiation, project entitlement, development agreement, or similar process.  Ken specializes in creative public-private transactions
to create value and public benefit.

Ken offers strategic guidance, problem-solving and project management services for:

  • Cities, counties and other public agencies involved in a complex public-private real estate negotiation

  • Companies, institutions or developers involved in complex entitlements or a development agreement

  • Nonprofits, families or individuals engaged in real estate development

Kenneth J. Rich Consulting is a one-person, boutique practice, serving only a few clients at a time.  Leveraging connections from his 28-year career in the Bay Area, Ken can recommend teams as needed from disciplines including attorneys, economists, architects, landscape architects, engineers and public relations professionals.

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Ken Rich has spent 28 years in real estate development and city planning in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

During that time, Ken has steered many complex projects and plans through San Francisco’s extremely challenging approval process as a senior level staff member in the City’s Planning Department and Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

 From 2010 to 2020 Ken served as Director of Development for San Francisco Mayors Ed Lee and London Breed. He led the City’s team responsible for negotiating complex entitlements and development agreements for a series of large, transformational real estate development projects, encompassing more than 20,000 new residential units, 6 million square feet of commercial space and 40 acres of new open space for the City. Ken also served as a principal adviser to both mayors on planning and development issues.

Since 2020, through his ongoing consulting practice, Ken has advised government, private and nonprofit sector clients around real estate entitlements and negotiations. Ken also is a part-time staff member of the Union Square Alliance where he serves as Director of Policy and Economic Development to do his part toward the recovery of downtown San Francisco.