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In addition to the operation of the office and industrial portfolio, Halford was responsible for all of The Irvine Company's commercial land sales. Throughout his career with The Irvine Company, Halford directed approximately $2 billion in acquisitions and lead ground-up project development totaling 8 million square feet.

An active leader in the real estate community, Halford chairs the Real Estate Advisory Board at University of California, Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business and is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Halford is also among the Who's Who Orange County Top 50 Business Leaders and a recipient of the Good Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America.

He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science. He completed advanced studies in real estate at both Harvard and MIT.