Marc Brutten

Marc Brutten (born May 25, 1956) is an American private equity investor, real estate investor, and philanthropist. Brutten is Chairman of the Board of Westcore Properties, Brixton Capital, United Apartment Group, and Airport Development Partners, SA.
== Early life ==
Brutten was born May 25, 1956 to Yolanda Molnar, MFA, a professor of modern dance at Bryn Mawr College; and Dr. Milton Brutten, a clinical psychologist and expert on dyslexia, who also founded The Vanguard School (Pennsylvania) in 1959, one of the nation’s first private schools for children with disabilities.
Brutten was educated at the University of California, San Diego.
== Career ==
Via his real estate investment companies, Brutten has raised $7.5 billion of debt and equity with cumulative transaction volume of $10 billion including 900+ buildings totaling 81 million square feet.
Brutten is founder and chairman of Westcore Properties, a real estate investment firm focusing on institutional and office properties. In 2006, Brutten established Westcore’s first European office in Lausanne, Switzerland and founded Westcore Europe, where he currently still serves as chair. 
Brutten is also founder and chairman of Brutten Global, a company that has been the founding or principal investor in direct private equity investments in various industries, including toy manufacturing, specialty retailing, banking, professional sports, cosmetic manufacturing, crowdfunding, and service industries. 
Brutten also founded and continues to serve as Chairman of Brixton Capital (which owns San Antonio-based property management firm United Apartment Group [UAG]) and Airport Development Partners SA (owner of Fairoaks Airport).
Brutten is also the former president of Shidler West, Inc, a company focused on acquiring net leased corporate properties via sale-leasebacks.
== Real estate assets owned ==
* Fairoaks Airport, an airport in Surrey, England 
* Dow Texas Innovation Center, a 34.14-acre research and development (R&D) campus in Lake Jackson, Texas which Brutten acquired in 2020
* Everett Mall, a 673,000-square-foot shopping mall located in Everett, WA, purchased September 2017
* Sherwood Mall, a 511,242-square-foot retail center located in Stockton, CA, acquired in March 2017 
* Rogue Valley Mall, a 640,654-square-foot mall located 27-miles from the California-Oregon border, purchased in August 2016 
* Provo Towne Centre, a 664,597-square-foot mall in Provo, UT, purchased January 2016 
* Redlands Mall, in Redlands, CA, purchased in July 2014
* 1301 Fannin in Houston, TX, a 24-story data center building with major tenant ExxonMobil
* Del Mar Plaza, a lifestyle shopping center in Del Mar, CA which Brutten acquired in 2017
* LuckyJack Farm, a horse hunter-jumper training facility in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
==Personal life==
Brutten is an equestrian and a founding member of the San Diego Polo Club. He also holds black belts in Judo and Jiu Jitsu and is a 2012 World Masters Jiu Jitsu gold medalist. Brutten is also a collector of contemporary art.
Brutten resides in Del Mar, CA at the historic Canfield-Wright House with his wife, Patricia Brutten. 
== Civic engagement ==
Brutten serves on the Sharp Healthcare Board of Directors and is a member of the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate's Policy Advisory Board Executive Committee at University of San Diego. He is also a UC San Diego Foundation Trustee, a regent of Boston College, and a member of the City of Del Mar’s Arts Advisory Committee. 
== Philanthropy and the Brutten Family Foundation ==
Marc Brutten and his wife, Patricia, founded the Brutten Family Foundation in 1996, a private foundation focused on benefitting San Diego County Charities. A few of those charities include the Make-A-Wish Foundation, San Diego Center for Children, and The New Children's Museum. 
Brutten is a supporter of San Pasqual Academy, a residential education campus for foster youth. He has also supported Voices for Children, a nonprofit which provides CASAs (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and other services for foster children. Brutten has also donated more than $100,000 to the San Diego Community Foundation, and more than $2 million to the Brutten Family Foundation, which has donated $50,000 to the United Way of Utah County.
Brutten and his wife provided the initial investment to create the UC San Diego Student Foundation, an organization that teaches students how to invest, fundraise, and manage an endowment to support student scholarships.
==Recognition==
Brutten was named a “California Real Estate Icon” by Real Estate Forum Magazine in June 2014. In 2018, he was included in the San Diego Business Journal’s “The San Diego 500, The Book of Influential Business Leaders.”
Category:American investors
Category:American real estate businesspeople 
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