OAKMONT CORPORATION
Oakmont Corporation, the owner of Cabo Del Sol, is a private investment firm and family office serving a multi-generational, extended family and related private foundations. Oakmont and its affiliates have more than 50 professionals located in Los Angeles across investment management, legal, accounting, and tax disciplines.
The company manages an investment portfolio of roughly $3B pursuing an opportunistic strategy focused on direct private equity, real estate and hedge funds. Oakmont also includes three operating companies: Cabo del Sol, a luxury master-planned development in Los Cabos, a mixed-use real estate development project in San José Cabo, and The Cypress Funds LLC, a long/short-equity hedge fund in Los Angeles.
MEET THE TEAM
PETER CARLTON
President, Oakmont Corporation
Peter Carlton is President of Oakmont Corporation, owner of Cabo del Sol, and a private investment firm and family office serving a multi-generational, extended family and related private foundations. Oakmont and its affiliates have more than 50 professionals located in Los Angeles across investment management, legal, accounting and tax disciplines. He leads the management of Oakmont’s portfolio of investments of roughly $3B pursuing an opportunistic strategy focused on direct private equity, real estate and hedge funds.
LIFESTYLE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
Development Partner
Steve Adelson heads up Lifestyle Development Company, a Development Partner for Cabo del Sol. For 17 years, Steve Adelson served as partner and Chief Operating Officer of Discovery Land Company (DLC) where he helped guide the successful development of more than 20 luxury communities and deliver in excess of 20 billion in real estate sales. His unique ability to marry exceptional financial performance with a commitment to the environment, family experiences and customer service helped DLC grow through the recession and thrive in today’s environment.
ROBERT C. GLAZIER
Architect
Robert Glazier specializes in the design of world-class destination resorts and mixed-use urban hotels. His designs have achieved national and international recognition for their unique response to both local architectural traditions and natural site features. He has completed numerous hospitality projects throughout the United States, Central America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Robert’s clients include many of the world’s leading hotel developers and operators including Four Seasons, Montage, Ritz Carlton, Auberge Resorts, Rosewood, St. Regis, One & Only, and Park Hyatt.
DON VITA
Land Planner and Landscape Architect
Don Vita is the founder of VITA Planning and Landscape Architecture. He has been practicing landscape architecture and land planning for over 30 years. His experience includes large-scale town and resort planning and design throughout the Pacific Rim, Hawai’i, India and Australia; new community development in the western U.S.; urban design, city planning and waterfront assignments in New York, Hong Kong, China and the Philippines; as well as landscape design for private estates throughout the U. S., Singapore and Hawaii.
CRAIG ROBERTS
Hart Howerton
Craig is one of those rare designers whose thoughtful creativity consistently produces warm, welcoming, relaxed elegance in the work Hart Howerton produces. He understands the qualities that characterize the world’s finest residential and hospitality projects, and he combines that knowledge with effective team-building. He is highly regarded in the profession for his broad international experience, his facility to quickly conceptualize big ideas and his commitment to design excellence. Since joining Hart Howerton in 1999, Craig has had his hand on many of the firm’s most notable projects including Kūkio, Four Seasons, Mirabel, Palmetto Bluff, El Dorado, and the Santa Lucia Preserve.
MEYER DAVIS
Design Studio
Meyer Davis is a multi-disciplinary design studio founded by Will Meyer and Gray Davis. The award-winning firm has established itself at the forefront of high-end commercial and residential design through its work on private residences, hotels, restaurants, retail experiences, and workplace environments around the globe. Meyer Davis designs seamless physical experiences tailored to their client’s individuality, combining principles of great design with a clear vision for the experience they seek to create. Playing with space, form, texture, and light, they develop a visual experience that seeks to compel and inspire. The firm believes in the power of restraint, and their work proves intelligent subtraction often yields the greatest results.
BLACK PALM DEVELOPMENT
Project Manager, Four Seasons Resort & Residences
Providing experience-based hospitality development and project management services in the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean, Black Palm Development merges proven experience with a modern vision, confidence with creativity and intelligence with innovation. Black Palm has assembled a team of experts, including Lane Holland and Edgar Caballero, with vast experience working in many locations, successfully dealing with the complexities each project brings. Their project portfolio includes The Resort at Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas, The Cape, A Thompson Hotel, Cabo San Lucas, Conrad Playa Mita, Esperanza, and One & Only Palmilla, Los Cabos.