"Before Park Lane Co., this process was something that happened to me — and I built this firm so it would never feel that way for someone else."
Building this firm started with being a client — and not a happy one. The waiting for updates that didn't come. Asking questions that weren't really answered. Feeling the project move forward without you in ways you could sense but couldn't verify.
That experience is the reason Park Lane Co. exists.
Jenn's path here is unusual. A background in engineering provided the technical vocabulary. Years in finance established the discipline for budget management and risk assessment. A designer's instinct — cultivated through fashion, through living in well-made spaces, through the particular attentiveness of a mother — sharpened her eye for what a building should feel like when it is finished.
The firm works on a carefully selected number of projects each year in Menlo Park, Atherton, and Palo Alto — always in close collaboration with the architects, interior designers, and consultants who bring their own deep expertise to the work. We value those relationships above all else, and we treat every project as one worth returning to.
We do not build for volume. We build for the relationships that follow — with clients who return, with architects and designers who call us first.
Enduring Partnerships
Engineering, finance, and design eye in one conversation. We speak the language of architects and designers — and translate it faithfully into what gets built.
Multidiscipline
Having been the client changes how you run the work. Jenn knows what transparent communication looks like to receive, what adequate preparation feels like, and what it costs when those things are absent.
Owner Empathy
When something requires attention, clients hear from us first. We own the full arc of a project — its complications included.