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Erik Hayden

Erik Eldred Hayden is an American businessman. He founded the first multi-asset Opportunity Zone Fund in the Bay Area focusing on downtown San Jose.

Early life

Erik Hayden was born in Lake Oswego, Oregon on May 3, 1979. He attended Lakeridge High School and later earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in mathematics from the University of Washington.  Career 

Responsible for developing more than $3.5 billion in real estate projects, including over 2,300 residential units in the California Bay Area, Hayden has experience in acquisition, contract negotiation, due diligence, risk assessment, financing, construction, and disposition of multifamily, single family and large mixed-use and master planned developments. He maintains relationships with a broad network of property owners, enabling him to identify and acquire prime investments. Hayden also has expertise navigating projects through the entitlement process by working with elected officials, community groups, and political organizations to gain support and get projects approved.

Following his graduation, Hayden moved to San Francisco to work for Swinerton, a large general contractor, as a Project Manager. Over the next decade, he continued to gain experience at multiple companies before going to work for Republic Urban Properties as Director of Land Acquisition and Development where he specialized in the acquisition and entitlement of large multifamily developments in core locations. In 2013, Hayden was hired by Lafferty Communities as Vice President of Land Acquisition where he focused on acquisition and entitlement of single-family residential homes throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. In 2015, he became President of Zarsion America Inc. where he worked for over 4 years. He managed a full-service development team, was lead contact in a joint venture partnership, and created detailed financial models to raise equity and debt financing. In March 2015, Hayden became President and CEO of Hayden Land Company LLC, a privately owned, full service real estate investment, management and development enterprise. He specialized in working with land owners, city staff, elected officials, community groups, consultants, brokers, lenders and prospective tenants to create unique urban mixed-use and master planned communities. In his working experience representing major institutional and private real estate developers in the greater Bay Area, Hayden earned the reputation as a man with the knowledge, skills, experience, and tenacity to see complicated land-use projects through, from land acquisition to completion. In October 2018, he founded the Urban Catalyst Fund.

Personal life

Hayden lives in Los Gatos and is married to Tandem Ogilvie Hayden. They have four children together: James, Sean, Luke, and Camilla. In his downtime, he loves to enjoy time with his children and plays music in a band.