Team & Partners

An Institutional Team Built for This Exact Opportunity

Emerald Park is led by a team with deep expertise across real estate development, healthcare operations, modular construction, and senior living management. Every partner was selected for their specific, proven track record in executing projects of this type and scale.

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Sponsor & execution

Development Leadership

Managing member

Martin Pham — Managing Member & Developer

Martin Pham is a Bay Area real estate developer and investor with 24 years of experience in entitlements, rezoning, and large-scale development across Northern California. His portfolio includes the co-development of the Fox Hills subdivision (3,000+ lots) and the strategic assembly of 13 parcels in downtown San Jose for a three-tower mixed-use redevelopment. Prior to real estate, Martin served with the United Nations on industrial development programs across East Africa and South Asia. He has been navigating Bay Area entitlements and government partnerships since 2002.

Construction advisory

Scott Eastman — Construction Advisor

Scott Eastman brings 24 years at Turner Construction — the nation's largest general builder by volume — where he advanced to Vice President overseeing Bay Area operations. His background spans large-scale healthcare, hospitality, multifamily, and institutional construction. Scott's expertise in modular and prefab delivery directly reduces execution risk and timeline uncertainty for Emerald Park.

Operator

Operations Partner

Fresh Start Care Inc. — Senior Living Operator

Fresh Start Care is a California-based senior living management company specializing in Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, and Habilitation Programs. Their team manages the full operational lifecycle of senior housing assets — from pre-opening licensing and staffing to census growth and regulatory compliance.

Founder & CEO

Rosalie Sullivan

20+ years in healthcare management. RCFE Administrator License. Certified Director of Assisted Living. Licensed Vocational Nurse. Expert in operational program development, census growth, and regulatory compliance across California.

Chief Marketing Officer

Melissa Bluhm

30+ years in healthcare industry leadership. Specialist in high-volume, multi-site senior living sales and marketing. Expert in workforce development, customer retention, and building high-performing care teams.

Fresh Start Care's managed and past portfolio includes 14 facilities across California spanning Sacramento, Lodi, Newport Beach, Fresno, Rancho Cucamonga, and Southern California markets — totaling over 1,500 beds under management.

Design & build

Design & Construction Partners

Architecture

Paul Pellicani — Architect's Loft Inc.

Paul Pellicani is a Modular and PreFab construction specialist with 30+ years of design and general contracting experience. As founder of Architect's Loft Inc., Paul has designed senior housing, hospitality, and mixed-use projects across the U.S. He is a recognized national expert in volumetric modular construction, with panelist and media appearances at industry events. He co-patented a Flood Lift System for new construction and retrofit applications.

General contractor

Colt Builders Corp.

Founded in 2004, Colt Builders Corp. is a national leader in wood-frame and modular construction. Under CEO Glen Yates — a 20-year construction industry veteran — Colt has completed 400+ senior housing projects and expanded into large multifamily developments across Stamford, Phoenix, and Austin. Colt's model of 'national reach, local management' ensures Bay Area-specific expertise without sacrificing the depth of a national contractor's resources, purchasing power, and supply chain relationships.

Colt Builders' 400+ senior housing projects represent the deepest specific experience available for this asset type. This is not a team learning on the job — this is the most experienced modular senior housing contractor in North America.

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