Simon Butler

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Mr. Butler is a Vice Chairman and Managing Director, North East/Mid Atlantic at CBRE, in addition to leading the Boston based New England Multifamily Investment Sales team. He previously served as Executive Director with Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.’s Capital Markets Group having joined in October 2006. Prior to Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Mr. Butler was with CBRE/New England as a member of the Investment Properties Group. Since 1996, he has dedicated his focus to the marketing of apartment communities and was included as a member of CBRE Multi-housing Group. Since rejoining CBRE, Mr. Butler has been elected to CBRE’s Institutional Group.

Simon has lead client engagements on behalf of investors in the multifamily space including institutional investors, developers, syndicators, family offices, foreign investors and REITs. Simon has most recently closed on 508-unit luxury apartment community in Boston, MA, a 329-unit luxury community in Somerville, MA; a 294-unit luxury apartment community in Cambridge, MA; a 787-unit apartment community in Hamden, CT; a 350-unit apartment community in Concord, MA; a 225-unit apartment community in Marlborough, MA; and a 211-unit luxury apartment community in Billerica, MA. Other notable sales in 2022 include a 1,020-unit apartment community in Framingham, MA; a 932-unit apartment community in Manchester, CT; a 640-unit apartment community in Manchester, NH; and a 285-unit luxury community in Dedham, MA. To date during his career, Mr. Butler has sold over 122,000 multi-housing units for a total consideration in excess of $24 billion.

This activity has kept him in front of investors seeking multi-housing investments in the New England market. Simon was named as one of the “Top 100” sales professionals nationally for Cushman & Wakefield in 2007 and between 2012-2021 for CBRE. Simon was also named to the “Top 200” sales professionals nationwide for CBRE in 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2005. In 2013, Simon was the #2 apartment sales professional for CBRE, #4 in 2016 and #3 in 2019 and 2020.

CBRE, 2012-Present
Cushman & Wakefield, 2006-2011
CBRE New England, 1994-2006

Greater Boston Real Estate Board Rental Housing Association
REFA, Real Estate Finance Association (Member)
National Multi Housing Council (Associate Member)
Urban Land Institute (Associate Member)
Commercial Brokers Association (Member)
Building Impact (Board Member)
Licensed Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island salesperson

	NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS	TRANSACTION VALUE
	Park Lane Seaport, Boston, MA	$193,800,000
	Oak Grove Village, Melrose, MA	$188,063,230
	Granada Highlands, Malden, MA	$181,000,000
	Windsor Gardens at Norwood, Norwood, MA	$160,950,000
	Alterra at Overlook, Malden, MA	$149,200,000
	Dexter Park, Brookline, MA	$129,500,000
	Jefferson Hill, Framingham, MA	$128,000,000
	Longwood Towers, Brookline, MA	$110,000,000
	Bay State Affordable Portfolio, MA	$108,000,000
	CambridgePark Place, Cambridge, MA	$103,250,000
	Garrison Square, Boston, MA	$98,000,000
	Station 250, Dedham, MA	$94,250,000
	Grandview Village and Terrace, Framingham, MA	$84,025,000
	Fountainhead Apartments, Westborough, MA	$83,750,000
	Windsor Heights & Windsor Meadows, Marlborough, MA	$82,515,000
	Neponset Landing, Quincy, MA	$74,600,000
	Windsor Brooke & Windsor Ridge, Middletown, CT	$73,250,000
	Archstone Burlington, Burlington, MA	$71,700,000
	Archstone 2000 Commonwealth Avenue, Brighton, MA	$67,000,000
	Worthington Place, Cambridge, MA	$66,000,000
	Jefferson at Providence Place, Providence, RI	$65,000,000
	Walden Park Cambridge, MA	$64,900,000
	Flanders Hill @ Westborough, Westborough, MA	$63,500,000
	Forest Properties Fenway Portfolio, Boston, MA	$63,500,000
	Alta at the Estate, Watertown, MA	$61,625,000
	Avalon Ledges, Weymouth, MA	$57,300,000
	Princeton Portfolio, Chelmsford, Billerica, MA	$57,035,000
	Cliffside Commons, Malden, MA	$55,400,000
	Summit Place, Methuen, MA	$54,975,000
	SHP Rhode Island Portfolio, RI	$54,803,500
	Boulder Park Apartments, Nashua, NH	$54,350,000
	James Court, Boston, MA	$53,500,000
	Cumberland Crossing, Cumberland, RI	$52,000,000
	Douglass Park, Boston, MA	$52,000,000
	Lodge at Stoughton, Stoughton, MA	$51,125,000
	Alta Brigham Square, Arlington, MA	$50,500,000
	Beechstone, Stonecroft & Colonial Pines, Portsmouth, NH	$49,250,000
	Village at Taylor Pond, Bedford, MA	$49,050,000
	Union Place, Franklin, MA	$48,700,000
	The Ledges, Groton, CT	$48,250,000
	Windsor Green at Andover, Andover, MA	$48,000,000
	Kimball Towers, Burlington, MA	$47,900,000
	Heritage at Bedford Springs, Bedford, MA	$44,670,000
	Riverside Management Portfolio, Greater Boston, MA	$44,065,000
	Alexan Pembroke Woods, Pembroke, MA	$42,300,000
	Hawthorne Commons, Salem, MA	$41,800,000
	Brattle Realty Portfolio, Arlington/Cambridge, MA	$41,200,000
	Colonial Village at Plainville, Plainville, MA	$41,000,000
	Fairlawn Apartments, Mattapan, MA	$41,000,000
	Avalon at Flanders Hill, Westborough, MA	$40,875,000
	Middlesex Crossing, Billerica, MA	$37,100,000
	Windsor Courts at Beverly, Beverly, MA	$36,400,000
	Reserve at Marina Bay, Quincy, MA	$36,150,000
	Archstone Waltham, Waltham, MA	$36,000,000
	Woodview at Randolph, Randolph, MA	$36,000,000
	The Highlands at Faxon Woods, Quincy, MA	$34,300,000

Abbott Real Estate Development
AEW Capital Management LP
AIMCO
Archstone-Smith
Archon Residential
AvalonBay Communities
Bay Mangement
BlackRock Realty
Boston Capital
Boston Land Company
Clarion Partners
Common Fund
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, LLC
Criterion Development Partners
CW Capital
DSF Advisors, LLC
Eastern Bank
Equity Residential
Fairfield Residential
Gerding Edlen
GID Investment Advisers, LLC
Guardian Life
Guggenheim Real Estate, LLC
Hallkeen Real Estate Management & Investment

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Invesco
JPI
John M. Corcoran & Company
Lincoln Property Company
MB Management
MetLife
Mill Creek Residential
National Development
NewStar Financial
New York Life Investment Management
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Picerne Real Estate Group
Praedium Group, LLC
Prudential Real Estate Investors, LLC
Princeton Properties
RECAP
RREEF
Taymil Partners
The Dolben Company
The Hanover Company
Trammell Crow Residential
Wood Partners

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