Austin Herlihy started his real estate career in 2005. Since then, Herlihy has been one of the most productive commercial real estate agents in the region, completing over $2 billion dollars in total transaction value. Many of those transactions were hotel and residential development deals. In a joint venture with Woodridge Capital, Herlihy and Parker were successful at entitling a 30-unit Apartment building (Casa Anatega) with 5,000 SF of Commercial square feet in eleven (11) months. Casa Anatega was finished in 2019 on budget, on time and achieved rents that were much higher than forecasted. In 2022, Austin Herlihy, Chris Parker and their partner, RAF Pacifica Group purchased 335 S. Milpas Street (Tri County Produce) and are currently going through the entitlement process with plans to construct a 99 unit mixed use apartment development. In 2023, Herlihy and Parker closed on 52 units at 215 Bath Street in Santa Barbara’s coveted west beach neighborhood.

Herlihy was recognized in 2010 by the Pacific Coast Business Times as a 40 under 40. In addition, he won the Deal Maker of the Year for the Central Coast in 2021 for the high profile sale of the Hotel Californian for $135 million. In 2018 Herlihy and Parker helped found Westerlay Real Estate Group a property management company, which manages 45 properties, 1.2 million SF, appx. $600 million of commercial real estate in Santa Barbara. He remains active in the Santa Barbara community and completed the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Katherine Harvey Fellowship program, which teaches young professionals about the nonprofit community and the grantmaking and fundraising processes. In addition, Austin is a former Board member at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club and is an active member of Birnam Wood Country Club. Austin has called Santa Barbara home for the past twenty-five years and he and his wife Maggie are the proud parents of six children.