Eric Cooper

Eric Cooper

Senior Vice President, Construction

Eric Cooper joined Arixa Capital in 2022 as Vice President of Construction Operations. In his new role, Mr. Cooper is responsible for enhancing Arixa’s construction risk management through further development of Arixa’s funds control program and construction underwriting, as well as by building the scalable infrastructure that will allow Arixa to continue to grow its construction lending platform. Mr. Cooper comes to Arixa with over a decade of onsite construction project management experience and 5 years of construction lending experience.

Prior to joining Arixa, Eric was the Vice President of Construction Operations at Genesis Capital. During his 5 years with the company, he oversaw the development of a nationwide residential construction underwriting program and was responsible for managing the in-house funds control team. 

Previously, Mr. Cooper was the onsite supervisor and project manager for a two-year project, building an ultra-luxury custom home for a celebrity client in the Trousdale Estates, with the highly regarded general contractor Corbin Reeves. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Cooper was a project manager for ANR Industries, where he oversaw all aspects of single-family residential construction projects from conceptual design through final sale, achieving resale values upwards of $5 million. From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Cooper worked as a project manager for Anchor Loans where he oversaw all aspects of remodeling for multiple single-family properties with resale values between $700,000 and $3,000,000.

Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies from California State University, Northridge.