William H. Burton
Vice President
503.221.2294 / bburton@gvakm.com

Career Highlights

William Burton joined GVA Kidder Mathews in January 2007.  He has nearly thirty years of commercial real estate experience and since 1998, his sales transactions combined total over $130 million and approximately 1-million square feet.

Bill moved to Kidder Mathews from Cushman & Wakefield of Oregon, Inc., where he was a broker in the Financial Services Group.  Additionally, Mr. Burton is a Certified Public Accountant with over 20-years experience in the commercial real estate market’s private sector.

Prior to joining C&W, Bill was the CFO for City Center Parking, downtown Portland’s largest commercial property owner.  He also served as a consultant to Harsch Investment, a Portland-based real estate investment company, which owns and operates more than 100-properties in six western states.

From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Burton served as the Vice President of Finance for Commercial Securities Group, where he was responsible for managing a $100 million plus portfolio of commercial property in Oregon, California, and Hawaii.  While at Commercial Securities, Bill secured over $80 million in commercial property sales.  Mr. Burton’s real estate career began as Assistant Controller for Mercury Development, the largest strip shopping center owner and manager in Oregon at the time.

Bill was educated at the University of Oregon, majoring in accounting and real estate. He completed his undergraduate work at Portland State University.  He is a CPA and a member of the Oregon Society of CPAs, Oregon State Board of Realtors, and Washington Board of Realtors.  Bill is licensed in Oregon and Washington.

Education/Licenses

B.A. Portland State University: 1980

Certified Public Accountant: 1981

Real Estate Broker Oregon: 1978

Real Estate Broker Washington: 2000

Awards/Recognitions

Cushman & Wakefield’s Top Five Brokers Award in 2002, 2005 & 2006.

Significant Transactions


Client


Property Location


Size


Type

Gerding Edlen Development

Two Main Place Block

39,000 sf

Commercial Land

Urban Growth
Property Trust

Two Main Place Block

39,000 sf

Commercial Land

Markley Enterprises

PSM/Portland Building

71,500 sf

Industrial

Markley Enterprises

Andresen Plaza

95,000 sf

Light Industrial Office/Retail

Lewis & Clark College

Newberg, OR

59 acres

Residential Land

SCI Management, Inc.

Mt. Scott

31 acres

Residential Land

Markley Enterprises

Village Square Shopping Center

84,000 sf

Retai|

Pan Pacific Retail Properties

Troutdale Market Center

90,000 sf

Retail

MK Development

Shute Park Plaza

68,560 sf

Retail

Markley Enterprises

Powell Villa Shopping Center

62,000 sf

Retail

Markley Enterprises

Mt. View Village Shopping Center

36,030 sf

Retail

Phillips Edison Group

Hillsboro Town Center

111,000 sf

Retail

Thomas P. Moyer

Eaton Building

19,768 sf

Retail/Apartment

Foundation Real Estate Development

Mt. View Ice Arena

68,000 sf

Retail/Mixed Use

Thomas P. Moyer

Eaton Building

19,768 sf

Retail/Apartment

Foundation Real Estate Development

Mt. View Ice Arena

68,000 sf

Retail/Mixed Use

John Gray Woodlark Partners, LLC

Woodlark Building

42,000 sf

Urban Office/Retail

Thomas P. Moyer

Alder Park Building

13,706 sf

Urban Office/Retail

Thomas P. Moyer

Old Cornelius Hotel Building

24,000 sf

Urban Office/Retail

B. Moose Enterprises

Durham & Bates Building

20,641 sf

Urban Office/Retail

David Gold

Smith Block Building

21,834 sf

Urban Office/Retail

John Niemeyer

2112 SW First Building

16,000 sf

Urban Office/Retail

Peter Chamberlain
Bodyfelt, Mount, Stroup & Chamberlain

Powers Building

13,600 sf

Urban Office/Retail