Eric Willett
Managing Director
P: (310) 294-1192
E: ewillett@rclco.com
Eric Willett is the Managing Director of RCLCO’s management consulting practice. Eric works with a wide variety of market-leading firms throughout the real estate industry to craft and execute organizational strategy, portfolio transformation, and corporate growth initiatives. Eric brings extensive experience in strategic planning and organizational improvement to projects that interface with client teams at all points in the development lifecycle. His collaboration with executive teams has resulted in transformational strategies for real estate companies across all industry sectors and a range of global markets.
More broadly, Eric regularly contributes innovative client-focused research and solutions across industry topics including risk management, alternative investment structures, and evolving consumer demographics. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events and is regularly cited as a commercial real estate expert by national and regional media. His research has been featured in the The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, among others. Eric is adjunct professor of Business Economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business where he leads a course on commercial real estate strategy. In addition, Eric serves on the Executive Committee of USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate.
Eric previously worked as the Director of Research and Thought Leadership at CBRE, where he oversaw the delivery of forward-looking insights spanning all major property sectors. Eric graduated magna cum laude from Yale University.
Recent Press
- Voice of America: Why Some Americans Are Leaving California for Texas
- NY Times: Tech Workers Who Swore off the Bay Area Are Coming Back
- NY Times: How the Pandemic Did and Didn’t Change Where Americans Move
- Wall Street Journal:Blackstone Flexes its Muscles in Hollywood
- Bisnow: Developers Eyeing Industrially Zoned Offices as Last-Mile Opportunities
- Bisnow: California Mostly Using Opportunity Zones as Intended, While D.C. and NYC Packed with Higher-End OZs
- Bisnow: Developers in Low-Income Areas Hoping to Catch the Attention of Opportunity Zone Investors
- Bisnow: Florida’s Most Gentrified Opportunity Zone? It’s In Fort Lauderdale
- Detroit Free Press: Experts Doubt New Tax Break will Help Detroit as Advertised
Industry Involvement
- Urban Land Institute
- Yale Alumni Real Estate Association
- University of Southern California Marshall School of Business
