Cameron Joins Dornin as CFO

LAGUNA BEACH, CA-GlobeSt.com has learned exclusively that Christopher Cameron has joined Dornin Investment Group as chief financial officer. Cameron will play a key role in targeting more than $250 million of office and multifamily acquisitions within the next two years.

Cameron has more than 15 years of accounting and real estate experience. He previously served as CFO with the O'Donnell Group, a private- and institutional-equity real estate investment firm focusing on the development and acquisition of industrial real estate. Prior to joining that firm, he spend more than six years as a director with Cole Real Estate Investments, a real estate investment firm specializing in high-quality income-producing real estate. During his time at Cole, Cameron was a key player in the growth of the company from approximately $20 million to more than $6 billion in real estate and real estate-related assets.

According to Chris Dornin, president of DIG, “Chris has a vast amount of experience in the areas of real estate investor-fund accounting, finance, acquisitions, dispositions and asset management with top firms, and we are excited to announce his addition to our already strong team. We believe he will add significant value in this role, and our company and investors alike will benefit from his leadership and experience.”

Dornin added in a prepared statement that the planned acquisitions are in California, Texas, Nevada, Colorado and Arizona, “and Chris will be instrumental in achieving those goals.”

As GlobeSt.com reported exclusively in January, DIG acquired two Western US properties: Tenaya Quail East, a three-building, 54,112-square-foot distressed office, retail, flex and industrial commercial property in Las Vegas, and the Kelsey Apartments, a new 41-unit, class-A apartment building in Los Angeles. The combined purchase price for the assets was $13.8 million, according to Dornin.