History

Our History


Headshot photo of David
In the early 50's, David Thomas Robinson, Sr. acquired his first apartment, a 20 unit building in Costa Mesa. He later purchased and developed additional properties in Southern California and Oregon. The company took the name Kaiser Road Associates after the street name of a project Dave was developing with his brother in Portland, Oregon.

Kaiser Road developed and operated many properties, which included both multi-unit residential and retail. With the passing of David Sr. in 1999, his son, David T. “Chip” Robinson, Jr. took over the helm of the operation. Chip had been working in the business since he was a youngster. First starting as a maintenance technician and eventually working his way to project manager.  Property management and maintenance in his blood. As the new leader of Kaiser Road Associates, he expanded into Arizona, helping manage and oversee multiple multifamily projects that he acquired there. Eventually Chip consolidated all ownership and property management services to Southern California so he could start a family. 

In 2006, the name Kaiser Road Associates was changed to The Management Works to better reflect what the company does: managing multi-unit residential apartment communities, retail centers, storage facilities, and manufactured mobile home communities, and created the motto “Improving the Way Our Residents Live.”

Chip’s vision is to provide the best-valued residential and commercial management company dedicated to honesty, integrity, and respect for owners, residents, and team members. His relentless approach to resident loyalty and retention equates to stability for his clients and their assets. Always fair and open-minded, he allows his team to find creative solutions to difficult problems in management and life.

Core Ideology

Our Values:
These are the principles and standards of behavior by which everyone at The Management Works chooses to live.
1) Honesty, integrity and respect for all others
2) Relentless resident loyalty and retention
3) Superior attention to detail, quality and consistency
4) Fair and open-minded treatment of anything new

Our Purpose: 
We are here to provide rapid, quality response to resident requests and to maintain and improve our properties as our way of “Improving the Way Our Residents Live.”

Our Mission: 
We will provide ourselves with an emotionally and financially secure environment that is challenging, inspirational, rewarding and fun. We will be recognized as the most creative, highest quality, best-valued multi-unit residential management company.
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