Firm: Gray Real Estate Advisors

Education: BA Applied Mathematics UCLA; MArch UCLA

Website: Gray Advisors 

Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anngray/

As principal at Gray Real Estate Advisors Ann Gray advises property owners, investors and attorneys on development related issues from transaction through entitlements and construction with a goal of optimizing value. She has provided strategic property advice to property owners as Citibank, Wells Fargo, Crimson Pipeline, The Los Angeles Times, the South Coast Transit District, and the Auto Club of Southern California. She is a frequent member of legal land-use teams from firms such as Sheppard Mullen Richter Hampton and Hill Farrer Burrill.

Prior to forming her company, Ann oversaw development of the studio lot at Paramount Pictures for eight years where she oversaw approximately $500 million in new construction and remodeling of industrial, corporate, and specialized production facilities. Prior to her work at Paramount, Ann was Vice President at Indivest, a real estate development company.  Ann is the founder of Balcony Media, Inc. a publishing company that publishes arts and architecture books and previously FORM magazine. Ann Gray is a licensed architect and real estate broker. She has degrees in Math and Architecture both from UCLA. In 2015, Ann was elected to the Global Governing Council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and elected to the presidency in 2023.

Why AIAPF:

"I have a long history with the LA Chapter that I've really enjoyed, but having lived in the Pasadena area for a few decades now and feeling very at home with my fellow AIAPF colleagues, I thought it was time to make an honest woman of myself and transfer over!"