Charles Tourtellotte

Charles Tourtellotte is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of LaTerra Development, a Los Angeles based real estate investment and development company. Following the Great Recession in 2008, Mr. Tourtellotte began to purchase land at heavily discounted prices from lenders who had foreclosed on developers and founded LaTerra Development. Today, LaTerra Development and its GC affiliate, LT Building, are entitling, developing and constructing more than 3,000 multifamily units across Southern California with an estimated value at completion of more than $2 billion. Mr. Tourtellotte began his career over 40 years ago after graduation from the University of Denver where he and his tenured professor purchased and managed more than 200 single-family homes. Mr. Tourtellotte went on to manage the Western Regional Acquisitions office for the Robert McNeill Corporation and then transitioned to Consolidated Capital as Senior Vice President covering national property acquisitions. During this time, Mr. Tourtellotte underwrote and acquired more than 12,000 multifamily units and 10M sf of commercial, office and retail properties in major markets throughout the U.S. After Consolidated Capital, Mr. Tourtellotte founded Metro Golf, a golf company that owned, acquired, developed and managed golf courses and driving ranges across the U.S. As CEO, Mr. Tourtellotte took Metro Golf public in 1996 with a NASDAQ listed IPO and led Metro Golf through a merger and acquisition with another public company. After divesting his interest in Metro Golf, Mr. Tourtellotte formed Shoreline Communities, a San Diego development company that completed, together with its team, more than 1,000 multifamily units and single-family homes. Mr. Tourtellotte has been featured on the Today Show, CNN/FN, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, and multiple real estate and business journals.