Richie L. ButlerRichie L. Butler’s personal mission statement is: God has called him to build people and build community. As he fulfills his mission he has established a national reputation as a leader in urban real estate, community development and faith-based matters. He currently builds people as the founding Senior Pastor of Union Cathedral (Union), located in Dallas, TX. Union has gone from 15 members to over 200 members; has 15 active ministries; has licensed 10 ministers; established a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation for community development; sponsors an education based community program; sponsored homebuyer education training classes; employs a staff of 10; sponsored mission trips to Africa and Cuba; and is building a reputation for church and community innovation in Dallas. He builds community as a Partner and Senior Vice President of National Development at CityView. CityView is a national discretionary housing investor with $2 billion of real estate capacity focused on financing urban residential developments throughout the United States. Mr. Butler leads the company’s business development strategy across all fund platforms and throughout the nation. Mr. Butler’ extensive real estate development and finance experience includes urban, single-family, multi-family, office and mixed-use developments. Prior to joining the CityView team, Mr. Butler served as the managing partner of Solomon Partners, a boutique urban real estate development & consulting company that advised and developed over $100 million of real estate projects. His most noted development was Unity Estates, a planned community sponsored by the African American Pastor's Coalition in Dallas, which supplied 285 single-family homes in the Southern Dallas region. This development was the catalyst that spurred new housing development in the Southern Sector of Dallas. Mr. Butler’s other professional experience includes serving as a bank officer with Bank of America as well as serving as Deputy Political Director for U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. He regularly lectures on US community economic development, real estate and housing matters at national conference at universities and has made several presentations internationally in Africa. He is a board member the Real Estate Council, serves on SMU 21st Century Council, member of the Dallas Sixty, the Dallas Assembly, full-member of the Urban Land Institute and the Trinity River Commons Board. Recently, Mr. Butler was recognized by D CEO as one of the “17 Stars of Tomorrow in Commercial Real Estate” in Dallas and received the 2008 SMU Distinguished Alumni Emerging Leader Award.
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