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title: "Kampgrounds of America, Inc. Hires Vice President of Real Estate Development"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1b693402-059e-466d-88b0-4b373e2c75a6
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20221011_kampgrounds_of_america_inc_hires_vice_president_of_real_estate_development.html
category: "Real estate"
industry: "Business Services"
segment: "Real estate"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2022-10-11T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:58.499Z
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# Kampgrounds of America, Inc. Hires Vice President of Real Estate Development

**TL;DR:** Kampgrounds of America, Inc. has hired Eric Rathburn as vice president of real estate development. Rathburn will lead the overall ground-up development and redevelopment strategy for the owned campground portfolio of Kampgrounds of America, Inc.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-10-11. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20221011_kampgrounds_of_america_inc_hires_vice_president_of_real_estate_development.html).*

## Story

BILLINGS, Mont. - Kampgrounds of America, Inc. (KOA) has hired Eric Rathburn as vice president of real estate development of the Owned and Operated Assets of KOA (OAK). In his new role, Rathburn will lead the overall ground-up development and redevelopment strategy for the owned campground portfolio of Kampgrounds of America, Inc.

Rathburn will lead a team of real estate development project managers to ensure growth and success. His responsibilities include guiding property/land acquisition, entitlements, land planning, architectural and design decisions, construction, property redevelopment and all other aspects of development.

Rathburn brings 20 years of experience in corporate real estate, construction and engineering to the OAK team. In previous roles at Duke Energy, he developed and executed large multi-year capital budgets and managed a team of real estate project managers responsible for the construction, renovation and redevelopment of company real estate assets.

A fourth-generation native of Tampa, Fla., Rathburn holds a degree in management and organizational leadership from St. Petersburg College. He also earned a commercial real estate certificate from Cornell University.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Business Services (sector)
- executive hiring (topic)
- real estate development (topic)
- Kampgrounds of America (company)
- campground expansion (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20221011_kampgrounds_of_america_inc_hires_vice_president_of_real_estate_development.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1b693402-059e-466d-88b0-4b373e2c75a6).