David Dollinger Net Worth 2026: Real Estate Principal

No reputable publisher has released a net worth estimate for David B. Dollinger, and the $33.3 million figure and income table that appeared here had no source, so we removed them. What is on the record is the size of the family business he helps run. Dollinger Properties, based in Redwood City, California, describes itself as the largest landlord of multi-tenant space in Silicon Valley, and The Real Deal reported in 2025 that the firm owns about 90 multifamily, industrial and retail properties across California totaling roughly 7 million square feet.

What Is David Dollinger's Net Worth?

There is no published estimate. Dollinger Properties is private and family-owned, and its assets are held through many separate partnerships, with the firm and its principals acting as general partners. How much of that portfolio belongs to David Dollinger personally, and how much debt sits against it, is not public. He shares the principal role with Michael I. Dollinger and Barrie Dollinger Mengarelli.

One public figure does show the family's means: in the early 2020s he and his wife, Tara, gave $2.4 million to Stanford Medicine, as described below. A gift of that size points to substantial wealth, but it does not let anyone calculate a net worth.

Dollinger Properties: The Family Business

The company traces back to 1946, when Mel Dollinger started building homes. Michael Dollinger joined in 1964 and moved the business toward industrial property under the name Franciscan Builders. David B. Dollinger added retail development in 1987. Since then the firm has built retail and industrial projects in Northern and Southern California and in Arizona.

• Headquarters: Redwood City, California, with a construction division in San Jose.
• Strategy: long-term ownership — buying and renovating older buildings, building new ones and keeping them rather than selling.
• Property types: R&D and industrial flex buildings, retail centers, offices and some multifamily projects.
• In-house services: the family's DPM Property Management, founded in 1989, handles construction, tenant improvements and management.
• Scale: about 90 properties and roughly 7 million square feet, per The Real Deal in 2025.

Industry conference biographies describe David Dollinger as a licensed general contractor who also holds a California real estate license.

Recent Deals (2022–2025)

The firm has been an active buyer while many office owners were selling at a discount. Reported deals include:

The Sunnyvale loan shows the firm also builds from the ground up: the Almanor Avenue property is a four-story, LEED Gold-certified office building in the Perry Park district, and lender broker Gantry arranged the $97 million loan to pay off its construction debt. In San Jose, the Mercury News noted, the Teamsters building sold for far above its old assessed value, which could raise the property tax bill.

The company has also sponsored housing projects, including 476 apartments planned for the former Mervyn's headquarters site in Hayward (approved in 2017) and a six-story, 45-home mixed-use proposal on MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland (2024). In February 2024 The Real Deal reported the firm was trying to sell a Brea office building for about $27 million, roughly 20% below what it paid five years earlier.

Philanthropy

Tara and Dave Dollinger gave $2.4 million to Stanford Medicine to create the Tara and Dave Dollinger PANS Biomarker Discovery Core, a biorepository for research on pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Stanford says the couple were moved to give after a child close to them spent years without a diagnosis before being treated at the Stanford PANS clinic. The collection of data and samples is open to researchers outside Stanford as well.

The company also runs a matching program that matches employees' charitable donations up to 10% of their annual salary.

Personal Life

David Dollinger is married to Tara Dollinger, according to Stanford Medicine. The previous version of this page gave her a different surname, a college degree for him, and his age, height and weight, none of which we could confirm; those details were removed. The invented childhood anecdotes were removed too.

Net Worth Compared

Other property owners profiled on this site include Bill Shopoff of Shopoff Realty Investments and New York investor Aaron Jungreis. You can also read our pages on Bert Dohmen and Bob Marvin.

Why There Is No Reliable Figure

A family real estate company's value depends on property appraisals, loan balances and how ownership is split among relatives and partners, and none of that is public for Dollinger Properties. Deal prices tell us the firm is buying at scale, not what any one family member is worth. We will add an estimate if a reputable outlet publishes one.