UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 4, 2015

 

Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

 

000-51961

 

20-1862323

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

15601 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600, Addison, Texas 75001

(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP Code)

 

(866) 655-3600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On February 4, 2015, Michael D. Cohen was appointed interim President of Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I, Inc. (the “Company”) effective immediately.  Mr. Cohen has served as one of the Company’s directors since October 2014 and had previously served as an Executive Vice President of the Company.

 

Mr. Cohen serves as a Manager and Executive Vice President of Behringer Harvard Holdings, LLC (“Behringer”) and as Executive Vice President of Behringer Harvard Opportunity Advisors, LLC, the Company’s advisor.  Since February 2013, Mr. Cohen has served as a director of Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc.  Mr. Cohen also works closely with Behringer Securities LP to develop institutional investments and manage relationships with Behringer’s institutional investors.  Mr. Cohen joined Behringer in 2005 from Crow Holdings, the investment office of the Trammell Crow Company, where he concentrated on the acquisition and management of the firm’s office, retail, and hospitality assets. Mr. Cohen began his career in 1997 at Harvard Property Trust and Behringer Partners, predecessor companies to Behringer. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.  He is a member of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

BEHRINGER HARVARD OPPORTUNITY REIT I, INC.

 

 

 

 

Dated: February 6, 2015

By:

/s/ Terri Warren Reynolds

 

 

Terri Warren Reynolds

 

 

Senior Vice President — Legal, General Counsel, & Secretary

 

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