About
For more than sixty years,
this has been our work.
An independent California real estate firm. Not a franchise. Not a national brand. A company built through generations of ownership, development, and counsel — and still guided by the same principles today.
Most companies tell you about their vision.
We would rather show you our record.
Cooper One Fourteen is an independent California real estate firm — one whose roots trace to K Investment Co., founded by Ronald N. Krajian in 1960. In 2018, Cooper One Fourteen was established as its successor: a continuation of the same ownership philosophy, relationships, and institutional knowledge, carried forward into a new generation of practice.
The firm was built on the premise that real estate, pursued with discipline and patience, is among the most enduring forms of long-term wealth. That conviction has shaped every investment and advisory engagement across more than six decades of participation in California real estate markets.
Today, the firm operates across commercial brokerage, residential representation, advisory, development consulting, and asset management — from our offices in Newport Beach, California, under California real estate broker license DRE #02086191.
Origins — K Investment Co.
Built Over
Generations.
The foundations of the company trace back to K Investment Co. — founded in 1960 by Ronald N. Krajian. Known for success in speculative land and development opportunities across California's beach cities and Aspen, Colorado, K Investment Co. built a legacy of strategic investments and market expertise that would shape this firm for six decades.
The premise was straightforward: real estate, approached with discipline and patience, is one of the most reliable long-term investments available. From the beginning, the philosophy was ownership — not speculation. Assets were acquired, held, managed actively, and disposed of only when the strategy called for it.
That same discipline — maintained through the S&L crisis, the dot-com recession, and the 2008 financial collapse — defines how we approach every investment and advisory engagement today.
Investment Discipline
Perspective Shaped
by Ownership,
Not Theory.
A long-term ownership orientation distinguishes this firm from those that have only ever brokered transactions. The perspective gained from holding assets through multiple cycles — managing, improving, and disposing of them strategically — is the foundation of every recommendation we make.
Commercial & Residential Experience
Cooper One Fourteen and its predecessor entities have participated in the acquisition, development, ownership, management, and disposition of commercial and residential real estate throughout California — spanning multiple market environments and asset classes.
Stewardship of Capital
Capital entrusted to real estate deserves stewardship, not salesmanship. We approach every advisory engagement as if the capital at risk were our own — because for much of this company's history, it was.
Relationship-Driven Representation
Every client engagement begins with a genuine understanding of objectives, constraints, and long-term goals. Transactions are the result of strategy, not the starting point. The relationships built here tend to last decades.
Leadership & Experience
Continuity, Stewardship,
and Institutional Knowledge.
The individuals who represent Cooper One Fourteen carry a depth of experience that cannot be assembled — only accumulated. What follows is an account of that experience, not a roster.
Cooper One Fourteen, Inc.
Dick Hamparsumian
Founder & Managing Principal
CA DRE #01974051
Dick Hamparsumian founded Cooper One Fourteen in 2018 as the natural successor to K Investment Co. — the California real estate investment firm established by Ron Krajian in 1960. As Founder, Managing Principal, and Chief Executive Officer, he is the individual responsible for carrying that legacy forward and guiding the firm through its next chapter.
His perspective on real estate is shaped by decades of direct involvement in investment, asset management, and advisory work across commercial and residential property types throughout California. He came to this work not through a transactional career path, but through proximity to one of the state's most disciplined long-term investors — and that orientation informs every engagement he takes on today.
Under Dick's leadership, Cooper One Fourteen has evolved into a full-service brokerage and advisory platform while preserving the values that defined its predecessor: patient capital, careful stewardship, and counsel grounded in ownership experience. He maintains long-term relationships with a network of investors, developers, and advisors built across multiple real estate cycles — a foundation that continues to create value for clients who expect more than transactional guidance.
Dick also serves as Chair and Executive Director of the Ronald N. Krajian Foundation, through which he continues the philanthropic commitment of the firm's founding generation.
In Memoriam
Ronald N. Krajian
Founder, K Investment Co.
1931 – 2017
CA DRE #00150407
Ronald N. Krajian established Krajian Investment Company in California in 1960 — a firm built on the conviction that real estate, pursued with discipline and patience, is among the most enduring forms of wealth. Over the decades that followed, K Investment Co. became known for its quiet success in speculative land, development, and investment across California's coastal markets and, eventually, Aspen, Colorado.
Ron's approach was defined less by volume than by selectivity — a considered, long-horizon orientation that distinguished him from the more transactional culture of the industry. He held assets deliberately, managed them attentively, and disposed of them only when strategy called for it. That philosophy shaped not just his investment record, but the character of the organization he built.
Honored by the Aspen Historical Society as one of its Outstanding City Figures, Ron was equally known for his generosity and his gift for lasting relationships. His legacy continues through Cooper One Fourteen, which was established as the direct successor to his work, and through the Ronald N. Krajian Foundation — a private charitable foundation dedicated to the welfare of children and families in need.
"One of the best things you can do if you have the opportunity — is to help others."
Ron Krajian · Founder, K Investment Co.
Executive Assistant
Barbara Etherington
Executive Assistant
40+ Years of Service
Barbara Etherington joined Krajian Investment Company more than four decades ago as Executive Assistant to Ron Krajian, and has remained a steady presence through every transition the firm has undergone since. Her tenure spans the full arc of the company's history — from its years as an active investment and development operation to its evolution into Cooper One Fourteen.
What Barbara brings to this firm cannot be hired or recreated. The depth of institutional knowledge she carries — the relationships maintained, the context preserved, the history lived — is an asset in the truest sense. Her continuity through decades of change is itself a form of stewardship, and her presence remains central to how the firm operates and how it is experienced by those who work with it.
Real Estate Associates
Mathew Mahdian
Real Estate Associate
CA DRE #01887372
Mathew Mahdian is a real estate professional with a particular focus on investment properties. His approach is grounded in a deep familiarity with the investment side of real estate — absorbed through years of direct exposure — and brought to bear on every client relationship and transaction he undertakes.
Denise Selbe
Real Estate Associate
CA DRE #01988218
Denise Selbe is a seasoned advisor who combines deep market knowledge with a long record of professional service. As the lead of Team Selbe, she heads a group of dedicated professionals focused on Southern California residential and investment markets — bringing consistency, care, and market expertise to each engagement.
Aaron Smith II
Real Estate Associate
CA DRE #02145091
Aaron Smith brings honesty, integrity, and genuine commitment to every client engagement. His approach is direct: understand what the client needs, provide sound counsel, and build a relationship that extends well beyond any individual transaction.
Advisory Expertise
A Full Spectrum
of Real Estate Practice.
Cooper One Fourteen operates across every major facet of real estate — from commercial investment sales and residential brokerage to strategic advisory, development consulting, and asset management.
Each discipline is grounded in direct ownership experience and a commitment to maximizing long-term value for clients across every stage of the investment lifecycle.
Commercial Brokerage
Residential Brokerage
Investment & Advisory
Development & Entitlements
Acquisitions
Asset Management
Dispositions
Off-Market Opportunities
Brokerage Solutions & Consulting
Community
The Ronald N.
Krajian Foundation.
The company maintains an annual charitable budget allocated to the Ronald N. Krajian Foundation — a nonprofit private foundation dedicated to enriching the lives of children and families in need.
Service, integrity, and personal responsibility are not aspirational values. They are the principles that built this company — and they continue to shape how we work and how we give back.
Trusted counsel. Long-term perspective. Built on relationships.
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