About
Plus Design Studio is a full service design firm based in Los Angeles. With a focus on custom residential homes, commercial, hospitality / resort, mixed use, creative office and interior design. We offer a range of services from concept design, schematic design, construction administration to interior architecture and furniture design. We are keen on simplicity and believe that a project is best executed when all of its elements can be reduced to its purest form. Passionate for materials, light and space we design each project to match a narrative inspired by its geography and intended use.
- Residential
- Commercial
- Interior Design
- Feasibility & Concept Design Study
- Tenant Improvement
- Hospitality
- FF&E
Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Dublin and Dubai, Plus Development is a real estate development management firm specializing in design oriented projects in the residential, multi-family, commercial / hospitality, creative office and retail sectors from site acquisition through to ownership and sale. The company was formed based on a passion for real estate and the desire to collaborate with the top firms and individuals in our industry, from Architects, Interior Designers, Engineers, General Contractors, Corporations and Business Partners.
- Project Management
- Development Management
- Construction Management
- Design
- Loan Monitoring
- Expert Witness
- Cost Management
- Dispute Resolution
- Real Estate Brokerage
- Due Diligence
- Lenders Representative / Fund Control
- Design / Entitlements Management
- Procurement Management
- Schedule Management
Specializing in Residential, Commercial and Land, Plus Real Estate Group was formed to bring a collaborative approach to acquiring and selling assets. A team assembled with a diverse background focused on due diligence, highest-and-best use analysis, global marketing and record breaking sales.
Experience ranges from mixed-use to large-scale commercial to luxury estate sales. The scope of expertise demonstrates the most discerning level of comprehensive services tailored to the full spectrum of real estate brokerage services. A history of record-breaking sales and confidential off-market transactions, Plus Real Estate Group offers unparalleled representation.
- Commercial
- Residential
- Land
- Mixed Use
- Hospitality
- Office
Tyrone McKillen
Principal / Founder
Since forming Plus Development Tyrone has helped create a diverse multifaceted development company focused on creating a new benchmark in service for developers and investors by centralizing the design, financing, planning, development, management and selling process into one team. This centralized approach to development allows for the highest level of efficiency that helps curate the most sophisticated and targeted designs and programming to each specific project audience.
Tyrone has almost 20 years of international experience working in a diverse background in design, construction, development, finance, hospitality and real estate brokerage, located throughout Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Tyrone has helped set multiple sale records across Los Angeles.
Tyrone was born in Dublin, Ireland, raised cross-culturally throughout Ireland, England, France, Asia and the US, and has a BA a degree In Environmental Studies from UCLA.
Andrew Hurley
Director
Raised by a Carpenter, Andrew has always been surrounded by Construction. After graduating College majoring in Construction Engineering Technology Management, Andrew started his career off working with the top Real Estate Advisory firm in Toronto, Canada providing consulting services for a wide array of asset classes to corporations, developers, lenders, sureties, investment funds and government agencies across North America. Andrew later worked for two separate Fortune 500 companies in Los Angeles, CA where his main focus has been utilizing his international experience in the industry at all stages of the development process from project feasibility analysis’ to project/development management. Andrew’s primary focus is in the luxury residential, hospitality and commercial fields for projects ranging from $1 million to over $2 Billion in construction value.
Neil O'Connor Cox
Director
Neil O’Connor Cox graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology in 2010 before joining Irelands Leading Quantity Surveying practice where he specialized in multi-family and commercial development across Ireland, UK and the Middle East. Neil spent 5 years involved in the luxury high rise condominium market in Toronto, Canada where he specialized in construction finance, construction loan monitoring and project management. A construction cost expert, Neil brings a wealth of experience from different markets worldwide to the luxury residential and commercial market in LA.
Megan Fatemi
Director
Business and marketing / branding development professional with 15 years of experience in the real estate industry. Specializing in the luxury real estate sector in Los Angeles and amassing over $350M in sales annually as well as ranking #1 nationally for record breaking sales. Over the course of her professional career Megan has managed over $2billion in transactions from multi family, commercial, and raw land to the highest priced estate in the Country.
At Plus Development, Megan’s involvement spans across portfolio management, property due diligence and underwriting, cash flow and budget management, project analysis. Specializing in client representation during all phases of the property development process from master planning, site selection, land use approvals, team selection, bidding, and overall management of the design and construction process.
John Dunne
Director, NY
John moved to New York City in 2012 after beginning his real estate career in Ireland and then South Africa. After gaining international development experience in the residential and hotel sector, he focused his attention on the high end residential markets of Greenwich and SoHo, building luxury homes and boutique condo developments. Through his unique understanding of New York City’s complex zoning and building codes, coupled with a key focus on creating lasting relationships, John has the ability to efficiently guide clients through all phases of the development process.
Michael Piechowski
Project Manager
As a native Angeleno, Michael has seen first-hand how the Los Angeles real estate market has taken shape over the past ten years. Son of a mechanic, who doubled as a carpenter that built his childhood home, Michael knew from a young age he wanted to be involved in the business of real estate and construction. He began his career with a boutique firm based in West LA. It was there he sharpened his aptitude for the trades and gained a deeper understanding of the nuances involved in buying/selling and building real estate in Los Angeles.
Michael quickly came to understand the importance of constructing and designing top quality homes, so he supplemented his sales knowledge with design and project management. This has allowed Michael to provide his clients with the full suite of information, pertinent to real estate transactions. Michael joined the Plus Development team in 2015 and is currently managing over 200,000 square-feet of residential development projects in the design, planning and construction phases.
Michael was born and raised in Mar Vista, California. He attended Loyola High School in Downtown Los Angeles. After graduating from Loyola he attended the Ohio State University.
Sven Winkler
Project Designer
Sven was born and raised in Austria. After receiving his Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Innsbruck, he joined Studio Greg Lynn at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Shortly after attending an exchange semester at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles he returned to Vienna where he finished his graduate degree of Architecture.
Prior to joining Plus Development Sven worked as an architectural designer at International architecture firms and real estate companies. Sven taught seminars at the Städelschule in Frankfurt and design studios at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles.
His fascination with architecture and real estate not only originates from a theoretical point of view but also from his work experience which led him to manage projects from the design phase to plan check, construction documents and project construction administration. At Plus Development, Sven is lead designer, working on large scale projects, overseeing the designing and planning phases.
Michael Tingen
Project Designer
Michael Tingen is an architectural designer who has worked in New York, Zurich and Vienna. He holds a B.Arch from the Pratt Institute and an M.Arch from the University of Applied Art, Vienna under professor Greg Lynn. Michael is a design oriented architectural professional and is a firm believer that the role design is to provide unique formal solutions, which mediate beauty and pragmatism, and generate value, in the built environment.
Kane Olszowski
Project Manager
Born in Ireland and raised across Poland, France and Denmark, Kane has 4 years of experience in the property development industry. After graduating in Monaco with a degree in Business Management, Kane joined Plus Development, managing two single family homes in construction. After completing the projects in Los Angeles, he returned to Dublin and joined the leading development and hospitality group in Ireland. Kane was involved in the full life cycle of real estate development of some of the newest hotels in Dublin including the iconic Clery’s mixed-use development. After working 2 years in Ireland, he has returned to Plus Development to manage and complete future developments.
Tina Phan
Office & Accounting Manager
San Jose native Tina Phan brings creative tech savvy and a sharp mind for number crunching as the Office & Accounting Manager for Plus Development. Getting her start with the firm in 2015 as the Project Accountant, Tina now manages everything from payroll to financial procedures and policies.
Shortly after graduating from the University of California at Riverside with a degree in business economics, Tina started her career as an Accounts Payable and Logistics Coordinator with a manufacturing company, where she was responsible for paying vendors, and managed activities throughout the order fulfillment and transportation cycle to make sure deadlines are met. She then began working as an Accounts Payable & Inventory Specialist with a civil engineering company, where she conducted a number of accounting tasks, including inventory and cash management, job costing and reconciliation reporting. It is here that she found interest in construction and cost accounting.
Tina is also a member of the National Notary Association and CalChamber.