Erik Hayden

Responsible for developing more than $3.5 billion in real estate projects, including over 2,300 residential units in the California Bay Area, Mr. 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. Mr. Hayden also has expertise in navigating projects through the entitlement process by working with elected officials, community groups, and political organizations to gain support and get projects approved.

Blog Post by Erik Hayden

Erik HaydenNov 3, 2023 12:15:33 PM14 min read

Separating Fact from Fiction: The California Corporate Exodus Myth

Last week, we published the first of a three-blog series spotlighting our new white ...

Erik HaydenNov 1, 2023 11:57:32 AM16 min read

We’ve acquired the last piece of our icon/echo puzzle, allowing us to move our single biggest project forward

For nearly two decades, a few real estate developers and the owners of four adjacent ...

Erik HaydenOct 26, 2023 2:22:26 PM15 min read

Part one of a three-blog series highlighting our new white paper: Debunking California’s population exodus myth

Over the past several years, we at Urban Catalyst have heard many exaggerated takes on ...

Erik HaydenOct 19, 2023 12:01:53 PM14 min read

The Reintroduced Opportunity Zone extension legislation has two potential benefits for investors like you

Say you want to invest your capital gains into a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund but ...

Erik HaydenOct 5, 2023 1:43:19 PM14 min read

Paseo is our first award-winning development project!

The Silicon Valley Business Journal’s annual Structures Awards are the closest thing we ...

Erik HaydenSep 28, 2023 12:38:08 PM15 min read

The San Jose metro’s rent-to-own gap is the widest in the nation

In January, we published a blog about how the San Jose metropolitan area has the largest ...

Erik HaydenSep 14, 2023 2:30:32 PM15 min read

Google reaffirmed its commitment to san jose — and threw a block party to boot

Erik HaydenSep 8, 2023 10:42:02 AM16 min read

San Jose has quietly become Silicon Valley’s all-around strongest multifamily submarket

California, mired in a decades-long housing crisis, is one of the world’s most expensive ...

Erik HaydenAug 23, 2023 11:41:00 AM14 min read

We launched a new fund focused on the development of a multifamily project

We are excited to announce the launch of our newest fund, UC Multifamily Equity I LLC ...

Erik HaydenAug 17, 2023 11:27:26 AM6 min read

Nasdaq 100’s special “rebalance” underlines Silicon Valley tech stocks’ impressive rebound

Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Some call this ...

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