Eric Clapp

Founder at Crescent Capital Partners

Speaker

Eric founded Crescent Coast Partners, a boutique commercial real estate investment and advisory firm, in 2023. The firm was formed to take advantage of the growing dislocation in the commercial real estate markets triggered by the rapid rise in interest rates, decreased lending from banks and other commercial real estate lenders, a historic rise in office vacancies from the covid-19 pandemic, and a significant shift to remote and hybrid work.

Mr. Clapp has worked in the Commercial Real Estate Industry and Investment Banking for over twenty-five years. Over the course of his career, he has led all stages of investments in most metropolitan areas in the Western United States, including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, the Bay Area, Seattle, Portland, Denver and Salt Lake City. The investments have included ground-up multifamily, hospitality, office redevelopment, industrial, land and other investments. He has held senior positions at Westport Capital Partners and Rubicon Point Partners. While at both funds, he took on the role of an owner/operator and led the acquisition, financing, asset management and disposition of the various assets.

His experience totals over $1 billion of real estate covering more than 4 million rentable square feet. Some select projects include:

Mr. Clapp began his career in Investment Banking working for bulge bracket firms in New York City, Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles. He focused on multiple industries including Energy and Power and a specialization in Mergers and Acquisitions.

Mr. Clapp attended the University of Virgina for his undergraduate degree where he received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with a concentration in Finance from the McIntire School of Commerce. He attended the University of Southern California for his graduate studies where he received a Masters in Business Administration and a Masters in Real Estate Development. He has continued to be heavily involved in both schools’ real estate programs, including lecturing at USC on multiple occasions.