Patrick B. Strader – CEO

Patrick B. Strader, Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel for Starpointe Ventures has over two decades of real estate experience. He has a B.S. in Political Science from UCLA and a J.D. with a certificate in High Technology Law from the Santa Clara University School of Law. Prior to his legal career, Patrick worked as a commercial construction superintendent, asset manager at a large multifamily complex, and leasing associate for a major L.A. retail brokerage firm.

Patrick's real estate experience as a licensed attorney has run the gamut from representing both buyers and sellers in residential and commercial transactions to forming and structuring business entities to hold and invest in real property.  In addition, he has litigated numerous cases and prevailed in a complex summary judgment on a specific performance and breach of contract lawsuit resulting from a cancelled escrow for the purchase and sale of redevelopment property.

 At Starpointe Ventures, Patrick has successfully obtained approval of many General Plan Amendments, Zone Changes, Conditional Use Permits, Master Plans, Tentative Tract Maps, Park Plans, EIRs, Affordable Housing Plans, and other discretionary approvals.  He has supervised the approvals of over 8,000 residential units in the Irvine Business Complex (IBC), all of the entitlements for the Great Park Neighborhoods since 2007, several projects in Newport Beach, and the former LA Times Printing site in Costa Mesa.

Patrick was a member of the inaugural class of the NAIOP Young Professionals Group and the Leadership Tomorrow Class of 2005 through the Chambers of Commerce of Irvine, Newport Beach, and Costa Mesa.  Patrick served on the Board of Directors of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce for 7 years and Chaired the Government Affairs Committee, on the Board of Governors of the Irvine Valley College Foundation, and the Board of Directors of the Irvine Children's Fund.  Additionally, he served as a Board Member of the Building Industry Association (BIA) for 6 years.

Patrick was selected as a National Emerging Leader in Real Estate by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) in 2006.

He was selected as one of the "40 Under 40" Honorees by OC Metro Magazine in 2012.

Patrick was selected as founding Board Member of the Irvine Community Land Trust in 2007 and has served continuously since then.  The Trust has purchased or developed 475 units of permanent affordable housing.  See https://www.irvineclt.org/quick-facts for more information.

Patrick regularly lectures on entitlement issues to many groups including the Irvine Chamber of Commerce, NAIOP, and UCI Merage Graduate School of Management were he was a Lecturer for a Graduate-level course on Management of the Real Estate Enterprise for 8 years.