Rands Consulting is a real estate development, advisory, and project management firm, specializing in commercial and residential ground up and major renovation projects in the greater New York City and Northern California areas.   

Our solution based process, problem solving, and quality work product are tailored to each individual project to maximize the benefit to our clients and stakeholders.

Chris Rands - Principal

Mr. Rands has 20 years of real estate development experience, serving property owners, developers, corporations, and construction managers in a variety of industry sectors.  His skill set includes management of all phases of commercial and multifamily residential developments, from project financial inception through site diligence, entitlements, design, approvals, procurement, construction, occupancy, and property management. 

Prior to forming Rands Consulting, Chris worked for Cayuga Capital Management, The Related Companies, Ernst & Young, and Turner Construction Company. While at Cayuga Capital, Chris was the Development Director, in charge of all active and planned developments; namely multi-family residential and commercial mixed-use projects in New York City.  At Related, Chris helped manage over $4 billion of new construction on the Hudson Yards project in Manhattan, New York.  At Ernst & Young, Chris consulted on numerous complex large-scale capital projects. Clients included Prudential, MGM Grand, Chevron, Shell Oil, CH2M, Duke Energy, and Southern Company. At Turner, Chris performed roles as Project Manager, Engineer, Superintendent, Estimator, and Purchasing Agent for several multi-million dollar ground up construction projects in San Diego, CA. 

Chris holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Arizona State University, and an MBA in Real Estate Finance & Investment from DePaul University in Chicago.