IRVINE, CA-Bixby Land Co. has hired Martin O’Hea as CFO. O’Hea will oversee all financial activities at the commercial real estate investment firm, directing capital markets activities for Bixby’s 6-million-square-foot office and industrial portfolio and structuring the financing for future investments.
As CFO, O’Hea will direct all strategic planning and forecasting, capital markets activities, joint venture relationships, investor relations and financial reporting. He brings a 27-year background to the position.
O’Hea joins Bixby from Sares Regis Group, where, as senior vice president of finance, he managed the firm’s real estate financings and financial asset management. O’Hea directed all capital market functions for Sares Regis, securing $1.5 billion in construction and permanent loan financings and joint venture equity transactions on more than 60 properties.
O’Hea has also served as senior vice president of finance at Legacy Partners, where he was instrumental in the formation of a $330 million investment fund. Prior to Legacy Partners, O’Hea held finance positions at the Irvine Co. and Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young).
“Marty O’Hea is extremely knowledgeable in the capital markets and he will play a critical role in Bixby’s expansion going forward,” says Bill Halford, president and CEO of Bixby Land Co., in a prepared statement. “He is highly experienced in the structuring of real estate capital at the asset level and across entire portfolios.” Bixby plans to grow its portfolio of institutional grade properties, and the hiring of O’Hea will expand the firm’s access to the capital markets.
Bixby Land Co. is a privately held REIT that owns and operates a 6-million-square-foot portfolio of office and industrial properties in California, Arizona and Nevada.
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