Mattamy Homes announced that Jim Birkholz has joined the company as president of its Tampa-Sarasota Division. Birkholz will oversee all aspects of Mattamy’s business – including land acquisition and development, marketing, sales, and construction – in the Tampa and Sarasota markets.
Birkholz was the company’s Minnesota Division President from 2008-2009. He has held executive posts in the home building industry for 15 years, across a number of markets. Most recently he was with the CalAtlantic Group as president of their Northeast Florida Division. In addition to his former role with Mattamy in Minnesota, he was the Northeast Florida division president with Standard Pacific Homes, managing director of the Pinnacle Consulting Group, president of Centex’s Myrtle Beach and Virginia Beach Divisions, and VP of operations for Pulte’s Atlanta Division.
“Jim brings a wealth of business and people leadership experience to Mattamy, and we are very much looking forward to him leading the Tampa-Sarasota Division forward,” said Jim Leiferman, president of Mattamy’s U.S. Group, in a press release. “We’re pleased and fortunate that he made the decision to return to Mattamy, as it’s an exciting time for our business in western Florida, and he is the ideal person to take the reins for us.”
“I re-joined Mattamy because of the strength of the senior leadership team in the U.S. and the company’s private status, which facilitates a long-term focus on creating value in the home building space,” Birkholz said in a press release. “Mattamy’s U.S. business has tremendous opportunity for future growth and I look forward working with the Tampa-Sarasota team to help capitalize on and contribute to that opportunity in the years to come.”
