Michelle Thrakulchavee

Ms. Thrakulchavee brings nearly fifteen years of residential and mixed-use development and homebuilding experience to the City Ventures team. At a very early age, she discovered her passion for architecture, urban design, and real estate development and has been pursuing development opportunities for residential homebuilding and mixed-use projects since the very start of her career. Joining City Ventures in 2011 and promoted to Managing Director in December 2019, Ms. Thrakulchavee leads the Southern California development team consisting of both land acquisition and project management. Working in tandem with her team, Ms. Thrakulchavee is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, and managing land acquisitions for residential and mixed-use development projects throughout California and has successfully acquired over 2,200 lots for the company. As Managing Director, Ms. Thrakulchavee and her team are focused on both identifying underutilized infill properties in supply constrained urban markets throughout California and the value-add entitlement strategy for those property acquisitions. Working closely with landowners, city officials, the brokerage community, and project and design consultants, Ms. Thrakulchavee manages all aspects of site acquisition including identifying the development opportunity, analyzing the financial viability of the potential project, structuring the deal, negotiating the contract, analyzing the feasibility of the future community, and consummating the transaction. Prior to City Ventures, Ms. Thrakulchavee was an Acquisitions and Development Associate with Province Group, a private entrepreneurial real estate development and investment company. Working directly with the Founder and Principal of Province Group, she was responsible for sourcing and underwriting residential development and investment opportunities for both land development and multifamily investment properties. She began her career with Newhall Land and Farming Company as a development associate before joining Richmond American Homes, a publicly traded homebuilder, where her responsibilities included conducting the financial analysis and market studies for acquisition opportunities and due diligence analysis for project feasibility. Ms. Thrakulchavee is a current Board Member for both the Orange County Chapter of the Building Industry Association (BIA) and HomeAid Orange County. She has been an Urban Land Institute (ULI) Member for the past fourteen years and is actively involved in the ULI Orange County Young Leaders Group (YLG), Multi-Housing Local Product Council (MHLPC), and NEXT Local Product Council. In July 2018, she was invited to be a co-host for Spaces Podcast, a show and growing multimedia platform that aims to elevate the understanding and appreciation for spaces we occupy everyday. Ms. Thrakulchavee received a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.