Malcolm Butters
President and Co-Founder
Malcolm Butters is president and co-founder of Butters Construction & Development, Inc., a privately held real estate firm engaged in construction, development, investment, management and leasing of office, industrial, retail and hotel properties. Over the past 29 years, Butters Construction & Development has built over 18 million square feet. Malcolm and his brother Mark, currently own commercial space in several cities in Florida and Georgia. Notable projects include the Boca Village Corporate Center containing over 600,000 square feet of office and retail, Hillsboro Technology Park, a 1,000,000 Square Foot Business Park in Deerfield Beach and Miami International Tradeport, a 2 million square feet project in Miami.
Over the past decade, Butters Construction & Development, Inc. has been listed as one of the most active commercial developers in Florida. In fact, just over the last five years, Butters has put together over 200 acres with a potential build out of 3 million square feet of industrial space, in Dade County alone, to become Miami’s leading industrial developer. Butters Construction & Development has won the National Association of Office and Industrial Property’s South Florida Chapter “Developer of the Year” award six times and, as well as being inducted into the Florida International University, Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame.
Malcolm Butters is considered one of the most innovative and creative developers in the state. He was one of the pioneers in elevating the architectural standards for Commercial buildings resulting in aesthetically pleasing, award winning facilities. Malcolm Butters is also active in a number of community and non-profit organizations. He’s a board member for the Real Estate Advisory Board for the University of Miami, as well as founder of the “Malcolm & Catherine Butters Real Estate Scholarship” award for the Florida International University Hollo School of Real Estate.
Butters earned a Master’s Degree in Real Estate from Florida International University in 1983 and a bachelor of finance from the University of Miami in 1982.