Samarth manages multiple projects across Novin development’s pipeline.
Samarth has more than a decade of interdisciplinary experience in architecture, construction, and real estate. He has worked in Asia and North America markets and cumulatively oversaw over 50 million square feet of infill developments, such as multi-family, affordable housing, and offices to large master-planned mixed-use development. In the last 5 years, his work has directly contributed to the development of 800 housing units with another 500 units in pipelines in California. Samarth has vast experience in affordable, multi-family and commercial real estate.
Prior to joining Novin Development, Samarth Kohli worked at Eden Housing, where he worked on multiple mixed-income projects in both Northern and Southern California markets. He managed the projects through the whole development cycle from acquisition till leasing. He was directly involved in delivering close to 300 new units on 4 new ground-up developments and worked on 3 rehabs that included a total of 80 units. Samarth has also worked as an acquisition associate at oWOW, a local market-rate development company in the Bay Area. Here he led acquisitions of multiple sites in Oakland and San Francisco by identifying, analyzing, negotiating terms, financing, and working with capital partners for both acquisition and development deals.
Samarth has a bachelor’s in architecture from Gujarat University, a master’s in real estate from UC Berkeley, and an advanced certificate in innovation management from ICFAI. He also currently sits on the technical advisory board committee of the Northern California Land Trust, a non-profit developer based in Berkeley, advising them on their Berkeley project. Outside of work, Samarth likes to spend his time going on hikes with friends, reading, traveling, and cooking in his free time.