Eric Willett

Industry Involvement

Eric works with market-leading firms throughout the real estate industry to craft and execute portfolio transformation, organizational strategy, and corporate growth initiatives

Eric Willett is the Managing Director of RCLCO’s management consulting practice. Eric brings extensive experience in strategic planning and organizational improvement to projects that interface with client teams at all points in the corporate 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.

In his free time, Eric enjoys hiking with his dog, visiting postmodern architecture icons, and scouring used bookstores for rare urbanism books.