A broker in the Jacksonville office of Nashville, Tennessee-based Matthews Real Estate Investment Services is on his way toward a seat on the Downtown Investment Authority board of directors after action by the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee on Feb. 3.
The committee voted 7-0 to recommend the appointment of Cameron Hooper, a Jacksonville native, to the DIA board in the seat vacated by Jim Citrano. Legislation on the appointment, Resolution 2025-0051, advances to a vote by the full Council on Feb. 11.
Hooper is first vice president of investment sales for Matthews. According to his resume, which is attached to the resolution, he specializes in the acquisition and disposition of multifamily properties with a focus on Northern Florida. In his LinkedIn profile, he states that he and his team brokered more than $100 million in development sites over the past two years, which equates to nearly 4,000 residential units.
Before joining Matthews in June 2023, Hooper had served as senior adviser in investment sales for Capstone Apartment Partners in Jacksonville since May 2021. He was director of finance for Corner Lot Development Group for three years beginning in May 2018.
In a news release announcing his hiring, Matthews said that Hooper was Capstone’s highest-producing Florida multifamily agent in 2022 and 2023, closing over $75 million in transaction volume.
A Bishop Kenny High School graduate, Hooper had served as a financial adviser and investment officer in Atlanta before returning to his hometown. He has a bachelor’s degree and a master of business administration degree from Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, where he played in two NCAA championships as a member of the university golf team. His resume lists him as a professional golfer on the NGA Hooters Tour in 2011 before his career was cut short by injuries.
“I see a lot of push for Downtown. We have a lot of great momentum,” he told Rules Committee members.
Alluding to developments in Brooklyn, the Sports and Entertainment District, NorthCore and elsewhere, Hooper said: “Why I want to be on the board is that the next five years are so critical. We have all these dots in place. Now, in the next five years, we’ve got to connect those dots.”
Citrano was appointed to the DIA board in 2020 and reappointed in 2023. His last meeting was Jan. 31.