Susi Yu

Co-founder of Bungalow Projects

Susi Yu is a co-founder of Bungalow Projects focused on development of purpose-built soundstages and production facilities for content creation in partnership with Travis Feehan and Bain Capital Real Estate.  Previously, Susi was a Principal and Founder of MAG Partners responsible for leading and managing the firm’s development strategy across all asset classes, as well as identifying, evaluating, and closing new development opportunities.

Prior to MAG Partners, Susi served as EVP of Development for Forest City Ratner Companies leading the Residential Development team on execution of Pacific Park Brooklyn.  Susi had been with Forest City since 2001, except for a 20-month stint from 2013-2015 with the Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) as Senior Vice President of Development.  At the Howard Hughes Corporation she oversaw the entitlement of a 400,000 SF hotel and condominium project as well as development of a 500,000 SF residential tower in Lower Manhattan.  In February 2015, she was invited to return to Forest City as EVP of Development.  There, Susi managed 20 development and construction project managers and executives on the build-out of Pacific Park Brooklyn, the 22-acre project in Downtown Brooklyn that will ultimately comprise: 6,430 residential units, 247,000 SF of retail space, 336,000 SF of office space and 8 acres of publicly accessible open space. In addition, she also oversaw asset management of Forest City’s NYC residential portfolio, where she achieved annual NOI growth by increasing rents, improving occupancy, and reducing operating expenses.

Trained as an architect at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, Susi previously worked for 10 years as an architect, most recently as a Project Architect for Robert A.M. Stern. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Master of Science in Real Estate Development Program and is a registered architect in New York State.