Robert Lalanne

Biographie : 6/13 Bob, a native San Franciscan, is President of The Lalanne Group, a developer of urban in-fill residential and mixed use projects in San Francisco and the Bay Area. For the past 25 years, he has acquired, entitled, and developed a variety of award winning projects, these include the Portside condominiums along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, The Potrero Center Shopping Center, Falletti Plaza, a 5 story mixed-use residential and retail project on Fell Street near Golden Gate Park, and over 1000 multi-family units in San Francisco, San Rafael, Novato, Pacifica, Berkeley and Oakland some of which were grocery anchored with Safeway and Whole Foods. After receiving his Bachelor of Architecture degree from University of California, Berkeley over 30 years ago, Bob was project manager for Dinwiddie Construction Company on a number of major San Francisco projects including the Crocker Tower and Galleria and Levi Plaza and was a partner in the development of The Gift Center in Showplace Square. He worked with Lincoln Property Company in San Francisco before he started The Lalanne Group. He is a Trustee of the University of California Berkeley Foundation, sits on its’ Executive Committee, was immediate past Chair of the Finance Committee and is current Chair of the Real Estate Advisory Board. He is Chair of the Dean’s Advisory Council of U.C. Berkeley College of Environmental Design, a member of the Executive Committee Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the Haas School of Business at U. C. Berkeley. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of Mission Dolores Academy, a K-8, full scholarship, highly academic, independent Catholic elementary school serving low income families in San Francisco, is a Trustee of the St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center Foundation, member of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Investment Committee and was a Trustee and Past-Chair of the Board of Regents of Saint Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. He is a member of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Finance Council. He was past member of the Urban Land Institute District Council Executive Committee in S.F., past Chair of the Small Scale Development council and is current Chair of the University Real Estate Development Council. He is a member of Lambda Alpha. Bob lives in San Francisco with his wife Millicent. Their two daughters Jacqueline and Michaela both attend U.C. Berkeley.