Eric Cornett
Co-Founder & Partner
Eric Cornett leads Diatom Capital’s real estate strategy and planning.
Eric has been actively involved in commercial real estate for more than 20 years and is a seasoned real estate developer with deep experience in sourcing, leading, managing and executing all aspects of new development and redevelopment real estate projects. Eric has directly executed and managed in a “hands on” manner over $250 million of new ground up development and redevelopment retail projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions ranging from single tenant developments, to grocery anchored centers, to big box power centers, to redevelopment of a 670,000 square foot enclosed mall on 75 acres that was converted from an enclosed mall to a traditional open-air mixed use retail center.
Earlier in his career, Eric served for 14 years as President and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Development Corporation, a regional commercial real estate company focused on anchored retail projects in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Eric led all of the Company’s development projects, leasing, property management, acquisitions and divestitures, financial and legal matters. Prior to Paramount, Eric was an attorney with the regional law firm Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, where he focused on corporate, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, and commercial real estate development transactions.
Eric earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance, Juris Doctor, and Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Kentucky. Eric is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Kentucky Bar Association.
In his spare time, Eric enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, traveling, farming, collecting bourbon, and following UK basketball.