Mark Ferraro

Mark Ferraro, co-founded and headed up the TMC Companies in 1985, which acquired, entitled, constructed and sold real estate projects throughout Southern California.
The group’s urban infill division developed apartments, shopping centers and single-family housing.
Large-scale master-planned community projects were undertaken in the group’s Communities division, which at its peak, controlled over 5,000 acres of land with entitlements for approximately 14,000 residential units, one million square feet of retail, commercial and hotel uses, and four golf courses.
In 1993, Mr. Ferraro shifted the group’s business strategy from direct development to equity investment by establishing TMC America, LLC, of which he serves as president.
Under his guidance, the company has placed and managed, on behalf of domestic and international investors, in excess of $180 million of equity capital into projects with a build out value in excess of $2.8 billion.
Prior to his founding of the TMC Companies, Mr. Ferraro held the position of senior advisor at the highly respected real estate consulting firm Tarantello & Company of Newport Beach.
In that capacity he advised clients with respect to their real property holdings, including highest and best use studies, property valuations, pricing studies, and land development strategies.
Mr. Ferraro’s clients included General American Life, Mobil Land Development and the Warmington Companies.
Mr. Ferraro holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance with a real estate emphasis from California State University, Long Beach, and is a licensed California real estate broker.
He has been a member and frequent conference speaker at, the Building Industry Association of Southern California, and has sat on various company and non-profit boards such as The Real Estate Development Advisory Network, Aseptic Solutions, LLC, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, and Bibles for America.
Mr. Ferraro lives with his wife and three children in Irvine, California.