TEJON RANCH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 10, 2015--
Tejon Ranch Co. (NYSE: TRC) announced today that Joe Rentfro has joined
the company as Executive Vice President of Real Estate. Rentfro is a
veteran real estate executive with 25 years of experience, including
development oversight for some of the highest profile projects in the
USA and Middle East. He has managed development projects totaling more
than $7 billion and been responsible for creating or leading the design
and/or development of more than 50 master-planned, mixed-use,
hospitality, residential, retail, commercial and infrastructure projects.
Joe Rentfro, Executive Vice President of Real Estate, Tejon Ranch Co. (Photo: Business Wire)
“We are extremely pleased to have a person of the caliber and experience
of Joe Rentfro lead our real estate development efforts,” said Gregory
S. Bielli, President and CEO of Tejon Ranch Co. “He has a global track
record of success, and given the diversity of our real estate ventures,
his wide range of experience will serve us well.”
For the last five years, Rentfro directed development efforts for a
number of major projects within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United
Arab Emirates. Notable developments include the Westin Abu Dhabi Golf
Resort & Spa, Monte Carlo Beach Club-Saadiyat, Eastern Mangroves Resort
and Residences, St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort and Residences, and the
Al Yamm and Al Sahel Villas at the Desert Islands Resort & Spa by
Anantara. Most recently, he oversaw design, development, asset
management, retail leasing, business operations and budgeting for a
subsidiary of the Executive Affairs Authority, which plans, develops and
delivers projects on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi, projects
including New York University Abu Dhabi.
Prior to his work in the Middle East, Rentfro held executive positions
at The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE), ascending ultimately to Regional
Vice President and General Manager. There he led all efforts related to
planning, design, entitlement, development, construction, asset
management, marketing and sales for real estate operations within a
330,000-acre region along the Gulf Coast in Northwest Florida.
During his tenure with St. Joe, the largest landowner in the State of
Florida with ownership of more than one million acres, he was
responsible for the sale of many millions of dollars in real estate
assets, including single family homes, residential lots,
industrial/business park sites, entitled parcels, right-of-ways, and
timberlands.
Rentfro has also held executive positions with Aramark Corporation
(NYSE: RMK) and Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR)—as well as
positions early in his career with PKF Consulting, Loews Hotels &
Resorts, and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS).
A native Texan, Rentfro received a bachelor degree from Texas A&M
University, his Master’s Degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and
has completed executive education programs at Penn State University’s
Smeal College of Business, Harvard Business School, and Stanford’s
Graduate School of Business.
About Tejon Ranch Company (NYSE: TRC)
Tejon Ranch Co. is a diversified real estate development and
agribusiness company, whose principal asset is its 270,000-acre land
holding located approximately 60 miles north of Los Angeles and 30 miles
south of Bakersfield. For more information on the company, visit www.tejonranch.com.
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Tejon Ranch Co.
Barry Zoeller, Vice President
Corporate
Communications & Investor Relations
(661) 663-4212
bzoeller@tejonranch.com
