James M. Taylor Jr.

James (“Jim”) M. Taylor was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Brixmor Property Group in May 2016 and to the Company’s Board of Directors in June 2016.  Jim brings more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry.  

Prior to joining Brixmor, Mr. Taylor served as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT), where he was also responsible for sourcing and evaluating business development and strategic opportunities for Federal Realty’s east coast portfolio, as well as for operational oversight of its southeast portfolio.  As a member of Federal Realty’s executive and investment committees, he contributed to developing and executing its corporate strategy.  From 1998 until joining Federal Realty in 2012, Mr. Taylor was a Senior Managing Director and the head of real estate investment banking at Eastdil Secured / Wells Fargo, where he successfully completed over $100 billion of public debt and equity offerings, M&A transactions, asset and portfolio sales, private equity placements, mortgage financings, and bank loans for his real estate clients.  

Mr. Taylor is the Vice Chairman of ICSC and serves on the Executive Board of Nareit.  He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).      

2012-2016
Federal Realty Investment Trust
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

1998-2012    

Eastdil Secured/Wells Fargo

Senior Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Investment Banking