Michael O’Callaghan is the founder of Finback Real Estate (“Finback”), a boutique real estate advisory firm.
Michael recently served as a Senior Managing Director at Savills-Studley (“Savills”), where he oversaw the development and continued expansion of the firm’s US Capital Markets platform and Cross Border Investment teams. At Savills, he specialized in the recapitalization of large institutional assets and portfolios on behalf of US-based owners/operators. He represented a myriad of foreign institutional investors from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as a buy-side advisor for investments in US assets.
Michael served as a member of the senior management team Rubenstein Partners, a private equity real estate fund manager (“Rubenstein”). At Rubenstein, he was responsible for sourcing and executing value-added office investments in Eastern US markets. Michael spearheaded the firm’s efforts to identify best-in-class local real estate operating companies and lead business development efforts. During his tenure at Rubenstein, Michael sourced millions of square feet of proprietary and off-market investment opportunities, negotiated and structured joint venture partnerships, sourced brokerage and banking relationships and evaluated hundreds of assets.
Michael co-founded and served as CEO of Union, a full-service advertising agency located in New York City. At Union, he oversaw the day to day management of the firm as well as the development of strategic brand positioning and advertising and marketing campaigns for national and international clients.
Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in Political Science and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law. He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute and serves a Vice Chair of the Urban Development Mixed Use Council Blue.
He purchased the home for $9.5M in 2013 from David C. Farrell, who began his career at Kaufmann’s department store, which was part of the May Department Stores Company, and worked his way up to become chairman and chief executive officer of the May Company.
During his tenure at May, Farrell oversaw one of the largest mergers of retailing companies of the decade when May Department Stores acquired Associated Dry Goods Corporation in an exchange of stock roughly valued at $2.7 billion. As a result, May Company grew to include 303 department, specialty and discount stores.
Michael recently served as a Senior Managing Director at Savills-Studley (“Savills”), where he oversaw the development and continued expansion of the firm’s US Capital Markets platform and Cross Border Investment teams. At Savills, he specialized in the recapitalization of large institutional assets and portfolios on behalf of US-based owners/operators. He represented a myriad of foreign institutional investors from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as a buy-side advisor for investments in US assets.
Michael served as a member of the senior management team Rubenstein Partners, a private equity real estate fund manager (“Rubenstein”). At Rubenstein, he was responsible for sourcing and executing value-added office investments in Eastern US markets. Michael spearheaded the firm’s efforts to identify best-in-class local real estate operating companies and lead business development efforts. During his tenure at Rubenstein, Michael sourced millions of square feet of proprietary and off-market investment opportunities, negotiated and structured joint venture partnerships, sourced brokerage and banking relationships and evaluated hundreds of assets.
Michael co-founded and served as CEO of Union, a full-service advertising agency located in New York City. At Union, he oversaw the day to day management of the firm as well as the development of strategic brand positioning and advertising and marketing campaigns for national and international clients.
Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in Political Science and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law. He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute and serves a Vice Chair of the Urban Development Mixed Use Council Blue.
He purchased the home for $9.5M in 2013 from David C. Farrell, who began his career at Kaufmann’s department store, which was part of the May Department Stores Company, and worked his way up to become chairman and chief executive officer of the May Company.
During his tenure at May, Farrell oversaw one of the largest mergers of retailing companies of the decade when May Department Stores acquired Associated Dry Goods Corporation in an exchange of stock roughly valued at $2.7 billion. As a result, May Company grew to include 303 department, specialty and discount stores.
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