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10 California Family Offices Investing in Real Estate (2026)

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Here are ten active family offices from our database that are based in California and invest in real estate, along with their websites:

  1. River Valley Holdings (Chico)
    River Valley Holdings represents three generations of a California family whose collaboration began more than 40 years ago developing fast food restaurants in the northern Sacramento Valley, a business sold in 2014. Today the office runs a diversified portfolio centered on commercial real estate, directly owning retail, office, and industrial properties across the country alongside joint ventures, limited partnerships, and startups.
  2. Floit Properties (San Diego)
    Floit Properties invests in, develops, and manages real estate across asset classes, including multifamily, self-storage, retail, and office properties in San Diego and Southern California. Since its founding in 1982 it has built a portfolio of roughly 1,200 multifamily units, 20 commercial properties, and 4,000 self-storage units, and it prefers restoring buildings over replacing them.
  3. C.M. Capital Corporation (Palo Alto)
    C.M. Capital Corporation was established in Palo Alto in 1969 and is a member of the Cha Group, owned and operated by the Cha family. Serving as the family's U.S. family office, it started with a real estate focus before broadening into a wide variety of asset classes.
  4. Hillspire (Menlo Park)
    Hillspire is the integrated family office serving the business and philanthropic activities of Eric and Wendy Schmidt and their family. It supports more than 700 employees worldwide with services spanning finance, accounting, facilities, and real estate.
  5. Gaska, Inc. (Glendale)
    Gaska operates a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment and operating platform. For more than 40 years it has served Southern California neighborhoods by acquiring, managing, leasing, and redeveloping institutional-caliber shopping centers and multifamily communities.
  6. Champion Real Estate Company (Santa Monica)
    Champion Real Estate Company is a Los Angeles based firm founded in 1987 that has consistently achieved above-market annual returns by spotting niche opportunities before its competitors. Because it is private, non-institutional, and not a fund, it can move quickly when opportunities arise.
  7. Clausen Enterprises (Anaheim)
    Clausen Enterprises is a single family office established in 1960 with deep roots in the Shakey's pizza franchise. It creates value through patient capital investments aimed at generational stewardship for the Clausen family and its stakeholders, and real estate is a core part of its holdings.
  8. Geolo Capital (San Francisco)
    Geolo Capital is the private equity investment arm of the John A. Pritzker family office, continuing a four-generation record of creating, investing in, and building consumer-focused companies. It is also a vertically integrated institutional real estate developer, operator, investor, and lender.
  9. ARC Family Office (San Diego)
    ARC Family Office is a multi family office that gives families a single point of access to commercial real estate. It focuses on high-growth investment solutions through its private real estate debt and equity platform, working closely with investors beyond just finding properties or sponsors.
  10. Berggruen Holdings (Los Angeles)
    Berggruen Holdings seeks investments in the real estate and alternative energy sectors, with commitments ranging from modest amounts to multimillion dollar single transactions. The firm credits its financial flexibility to the guidance of its investment advisor, Nicolas Berggruen, which allows swift investment decisions.

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