Contextual Architecture
Place Making
Development Culture
A real estate planning and development company bringing new vitality to the heart of Pasadena’s Playhouse Village
Our Mission, Our Values
Village Orientation
Enhance the Playhouse Village as Pasadena’s center for the arts and culture— helping make the area a livable, walkable and workable neighborhood, a destination of stimulating and gracious urban life.
Respect the Village’s historic framework and treasures—build upon the neighborhood’s rich architectural heritage with quality new buildings of varying uses and massing in an integrating manner.
Focus on creating places, elevating the experience and opportunity for residents, visitors and investors alike. Each project must address gathering spaces, open vistas, connections and inspiring beauty.
Pursue a “timeless way of building”— a collaboration of designers, contractors, managers and craftsmen who look to tradition as a compass and community cohesion as their purpose. Strive for excellence.
Mill Creek’s projects are all within a short walk of the Pasadena Playhouse—an array of condominiums, apartments, retail shops, restaurants and offices.
The arts and cultural center of Pasadena— home to the Playhouse, Boston Court Theater, Vroman’s Bookstore, Laemmle’s Theater, the USC Pacific Asia Museum, the Children’s Museum, shops, churches, restaurants, cafes, homes, apartments and offices.
“Ken has been dedicated to Pasadena and this district for a long time—creative and persistent in his commitment.”
- Bill Bogaard
Former Mayor
City of Pasadena
“We’re going through a major renaissance at the Playhouse, and Mill Creek is key to the neighborhood’s creative feel. They’re helping make it an exciting place to be.”
- Danny Feldman
Producing Artistic Director
The Pasadena Playhouse
“Ken is uncompromising in his efforts to build a better Playhouse Village— he’s been at it from the start. He cares about every little detail of Mill Creek’s projects.”
- Joel V. Sheldon
Chairman & Owner
Vroman’s Bookstore